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Market updates, advice and news
- Landlord advice ·
Are you considering venturing into the world of property investment?
Whether you're a seasoned buy-to-let investor or a first-time buyer, here is how a specialist broker can help with experience, paperwork and coordination.
- Landlord advice ·
Should I invest or overpay my mortgage?
With interest rates higher than before, points to consider when deciding whether to pay down mortgages or keep investing. (This is not financial advice.)
- Landlord advice ·
5 factors to research before getting a buy-to-let mortgage
Lenders' criteria, affordability, interest rates, deposit and tax: five things to research before taking the step into property investment.
- Events and news ·
Quick mortgage and business update: February 2023
The February property network event in Dundee, clients' most common question, a completed holiday let in Glasgow's Merchant City, and the March event.
- Landlord advice ·
Coming to the end of your fixed rate or initial rate mortgage?
Your options when a fixed or initial rate ends: the lender's variable rate, tracker products and new fixed rates, and why the total cost matters.
- Landlord advice ·
10 things to consider when investing in Scottish property
Location, condition, rental income, property type, market trends, financing, tax, management, insurance and professional advice.
- Events and news ·
Scotland Property Network Event
Dundee's property networking events, run with the team at Scottish Property Podcast, and the sister events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
- Market updates ·
Market update: December 2022
The mortgage market at the end of an eventful 2022: lenders back at full capacity, and how buy-to-let stress tests changed.
- Market updates ·
Market update: November 2022
Lenders back at full capacity, stress tests, and why to start a remortgage review well before your product ends.
- Landlord advice ·
5 ways to raise money for property investment
Remortgaging, friends and family, a side income, joint ventures and selling belongings: five ways investors raise a first deposit.
Letting property in Scotland
The Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS)
What the ADS is, when it applies to buy-to-let purchases, and the current rate.
Checked 7 October 2026Landlord registration in Scotland
Every private landlord in Scotland must register before letting a property.
Checked 7 October 2026The private residential tenancy
The tenancy used for most new private lets in Scotland since 1 December 2017.
Checked 7 October 2026
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