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 .

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The general sense from our own internal metrics and through the Rightmove market data is that the market is moving positively again, slowly.

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.

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.

The lettings sector finds itself in uncharted waters. We are making huge adjustments to the way we work and what we focus on in this new environment.

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