Our festive opening hours are as follows;
Wednesday 24th December – 09:00 – 17:00 Thursday 25th December – Closed Friday 26th December – Closed Monday 29th December – 09.00 – 17:00 Tuesday 30th December – 09.00 – 17:00 Wednesday 31st December – 09.00 – 17:00 Thursday 1st January – Closed…Client money protection is a hot topic in the letting industry. The private rental sector in Scotland is an increasing and critical part of the housing mix and as a result the Government is looking at ways to improve the quality of private rented property. This means as well…
Earlier this month, John Swinney announced the new Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT), to replace Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) bandings, due to come into force in April 2015.
Quick off the mark, as ever, Mov8 Real Estate’s Robert Carroll beat me to getting his blog out there on…
Consultation is Open
The period is open for consultation on a New Tenancy for the Private Sector from the Scottish Government and I’m encouraged by what is in the consultation document. The Scottish Government is seeking to implement a new type of tenancy for the…
As letting agents we regularly help clients find investment property investments in Edinburgh. It dawned on me this week that we don’t shout about this enough and that we just presume that clients (existing and potential) know we can help them out. But from the positive and surprised reaction…
Here we are. August is now well underway and the Edinburgh festival is in full flow! What an incredible buzz around the city at this time of year. It makes you (even more) proud to be an Edin-burger……just a shame the weather is trying its best to spoil the outdoor-drinking-fun…
To the Umega Class of 2015:
It’s that time of year again when you, our students, who have been living in our rental properties for the last year (or years), pack up and move out in to the big bad world. It’s true that some of you will be coming…
We’ve learnt a lot about furnishing rental property over the past 9 years renting out Properties services in Edinburgh. Badly furnished, cluttered properties, with a mismatch of furniture and a wide range of ‘hand me down’ chipped mugs, plates and personal objects, create problems. When a…
Not long after starting out in the Edinburgh property industry, I asked the advice of a more experienced colleague about how he went about valuing a property. After a long and wistful look he answered with “I just walk into a place and think to myself, what would I pay…
When considering becoming a landlord it is important to crunch your numbers first. There are a good number of small costs to consider but when it comes to the income side of the financial equation then the most important question is ‘how much will my property let for’?.
It is…
There are signs that the buy to let market is hotting up again. At Umega Lettings we’re receiving a lot of enquiries from new property investment clients looking to purchase buy to let properties in Edinburgh. You can review earlier blogs from here containing more information on some great buy…
Switching letting agent is a very simple process yet very few landlords ever do it. The main reason for the low number of landlords changing or switching letting agent is to do with perceived barriers to switching. However, these perceptions turn out to be false in reality. Switching letting agent…