Spacious and immaculately presented, three-bedroom family home with enclosed garden, in a quiet cul-de-sac in a desirable residential development.

With the phasing of restrictions being lifted by the Scottish government, the amount of activity in the rental market has increased significantly from June into July.

The number of tenancies (read people) that we are responsible for is growing and we need a new Relationship Manager (RM) to join our team.

The Scottish Government is planning to announce a move to phase 2 of lockdown restrictions onthe 18th of June. This will mean the “reopening” of the housing market and buying and selling homes can restart.

We are expecting the market to become busier, as more people will be looking to move and enter into new tenancies .

A new loan scheme has been made available this week for some landlords whose tenancies have been affected by COVID-19. 

We’ve used wider market data from Rightmove alongside our own internal metrics to understand what’s going on and where things seem to be headed in Edinburgh.

Now things are calming down, we are a bit clearer on how the market is going to behave up to and after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

The Scottish Parliament passed an emergency Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill that includes some points that are relevant for our sector.

Safely finding a rental home Edinburgh: Need to move into a new property during this period of restricted movement? we’ve adapted our services so that you will not come face-to-face with anyone.

Our priority is to keep our tenancies going and make sure we keep roofs over our tenants' heads. PLEASE talk to us if you have any financial concerns.

Learn more about Kevin Stewart's open letter to landlords and letting agents asking for their support and calling for a 6 month payment holiday for all buy to let mortgages and an extension for mandatory ground for tenant eviction from 3 to 6 months.