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Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the...

The private rented sector (PRS) has been under the looking glass for the past few weeks, yet the PRS is not...

Investors could help to plug the shortage of private rented properties in Scotland, which is in desperate need of new supply. According...

Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...

DJ Alexander, a lettings firm based in Scotland, recently claimed that the level of interest and activity in the rental market...

The average volume of properties advertised on the market has fallen by nearly 22% since it hit a peak in November, according...

Many landlords and property investors will have watched the Chancellor’s budget with a feeling of trepidation. There had been hints of...

The Budget could leave many property investors and landlords ‘between a rock and a hard place’, according to Apropos. The letting firm...

The last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am David Alexander, Joint CEO of apropos and D.J....

Homeowners must be helped out of the cladding crisis as insurance premiums soar, according to Apropos. The firm believes that the continuing...

Almost two thirds of the UK’s largest cities are experiencing a property selling boom, according to Apropos. The letting firm analysed year-on-year...

Scotland has enjoyed a boom in its property market since the beginning of lockdown in March, according to UK-wide letting firm...

A third of the UK’s largest cities are experiencing a property boom, according to research from leading letting firm Apropos. It looked...

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...

The stamp duty holiday, which has set the tax threshold for property purchases at £500,000, is a potential future tax trap...

Who are you? David Alexander What does it say on your business card? Joint Manager Director What is apropos? Apropos is a revolutionary new property management...

A leading property market commentator suggests that an urgent review of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and Land and Buildings Transaction...

The Covid-19 outbreak has impacted all industries, including the whole of the property sector, but the short-lets market has perhaps been...

The property sector has been told to prepare for a downturn in the market whilst keeping everybody safe during the coronavirus...

Newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak should use the forthcoming Budget to ‘produce a level playing field for taxation’ with the short-term letting...

Proposals for regulatory and financial changes to the status of Airbnb in Scotland and Bristol, aimed at curbing the growth of...

A leading property management firm has warned UK landlords to be cautious about turning to Airbnb and other short-term online lettings...

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of cash buyers in London over the last year, according to Apropos...

Agents and landlords in Scotland who are letting property and declaring them to be holiday lets to avoid long-term tenancy rights...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been falling or...

The value of new-build properties is beginning to outstrip the value of existing properties, according to a study by DJ Alexander...

The UK property market is facing a period of consolidation as property transactions dip, according to DJ Alexander Ltd. The property management...

The housing market is not set up for the increasing number of life-long renters, a property management company has claimed. DJ Alexander,...

Hundreds of landlords are moving from long to short-term lets on Airbnb and other online outlets to counter falling yields, according...