Property Management in Edinburgh: Why should I use a property management company

Property Management Edinburgh: Here’s some reasons why it might make more sense, financially and emotionally, to employ a property management company in Edinburgh.

Changing Legislation can be a minefield – Legislation surrounding lettings is being tightened up throughout the UK with Scotland leading the charge on areas around property…

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Preparing to buy a Property Investment in Edinburgh

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • Landlord
  • September 27th, 2017

Thinking of buying a property investment in Edinburgh? Here are some tips on getting yourself ready to make your first property investment.

Register with a solicitor – You’ll need a solicitor in order to make offers for suitable properties and, with properties selling in super-quick times you don’t want a…
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UMEGA WELCOMES NEW PROPERTYMARK NATIONAL TV ADVERT

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • Legal
  • September 07th, 2017

Propertymark, the go-to consumer organisation which helps people buy, sell, rent and let their homes, today launches its first national television advertisement to highlight the importance of using an agent who is ‘Propertymark Protected’.

The advert will appear across popular channels such as More 4, Home, Good Food, Eden, Discovery,…

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Meadows Point Quartermile

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • Landlord
  • August 28th, 2017

Meadows Point is the latest release of apartments within the exclusive Quartermile development.

Meadows Point – After the successful release of ‘The Lofts’, the final conversion of the original hospital buildings within Quartermile, Meadows Point is the last New-build release to be constructed adjacent to The Meadows. This release (known…

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Getting your Edinburgh Student Property Ready

Student Property Edinburgh-The market for renting properties to students in Edinburgh is booming. Edinburgh University continues to invest heavily and attract students from all over the Globe while Edinburgh’s other Universities; Napier, Heriot Watt and Queen Margaret are performing well and pulling students to Scotland’s capital City. The recent Edinburgh…

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Tenants, here's how to get your deposit back

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • Legal
  • May 31st, 2017

It’s getting to that time of the year again. Exams have begun (maybe even finished!) and your imminent move out is getting closer. SafeDeposits Scotland have shared some straightforward advice on how to claim your deposit back:

Where is my deposit held?

If you rent your home and pay a…

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Edinburgh Good News

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • General
  • May 01st, 2017

There’s plenty doom, gloom, confusion and frustration surrounding Brexit, Indyref2 and Trumpmania at the moment (let’s not get into any of that here!) but there’s also plenty to smile about if you’re a proud ‘Edinburger’ as the city continues to charge forward, fighting well above its weight as a global…

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Why would a property owner sell off-market?

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • General
  • April 24th, 2017

With the property market so hot at the moment you might be surprised to hear that residential properties still sell off-market. Surely you would sell your property on the open market to maximise the chance of getting the best price with the successful party having to outbid others? Not always;…

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Property Investment – a focus on The Lofts, Quartermile

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • General
  • April 12th, 2017

As one of the recommended letting agents for Quartermile and with our lettings branch onsite we’ve helped several landlords rent out their apartments within the latest release of properties at Quartermile, ‘The Lofts’. Here’s some analysis to show how well The Lofts has performed.

1 bedroom Rents in Edinburgh…

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Umega Investments Off Market Case Study

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • General
  • April 03rd, 2017

An Off market buy to let property in Canonmills

Here’s an example of an off-market property our investment team bought on Broughton Road to give you a taste of what we do for our investor clients.

We were approached by a new investor (let’s call him William) who had…

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Edinburgh Property Investment - Focus on Fountainbridge

  • Written by Umega Lettings
  • General
  • March 08th, 2017

We’ve had a lot of success recently helping investors purchase buy to let properties in Edinburgh and a high proportion of these have been around Fountainbridge. I’m often asked ‘Andy, why do you like Fountainbridge so much?’ Well….here’s why……

(My interpretation of) A brief history of Fountainbridge

Fountainbridge was historically…

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