At Umega we’re always looking to improve customer experience and we’ve introduced an innovative system that allows tenants in Edinburgh to book a viewing online!

Edinburgh is one of the most popular cities in Europe for holiday lets. AirBnB has triggered the creation of a whole industry of holiday let landlords and this new sector is rapidly maturing. However, many landlords are turning their backs on holiday lets and deciding instead to rent their properties long-term.

To have won as the Residential Lettings Team of the year at the Scottish Home Awards is a huge boost and it compliments nicely some of the fantastic customer feedback we’ve received over the past 12 months

An open-market sale may appeal to many property owners but it also comes at a high cost. Selling tenanted property, on the other hand, can take place with tenants in situ, so you can continue to receive rent while a buyer is sourced and up until the day the property sale concludes.

When calculating self-assessment income for residential property only the mortgage interest is an allowable expense. In addition to this HMRC have put in place further restrictions for the tax relief on finance costs since 6th April 2017. Find out more here.

If a landlord has a rental property in the UK and their usual place of abode is outside the UK then they will be taxed as a non-resident landlord. This means that income tax is payable to HMRC on any profits.

There’s no doubt that you can enhance your property hugely but carrying out a refurbishment and this will have a positive impact on prospective tenants, increasing likely rent and reducing any void periods.

You may or may not have heard of Making Tax Digital (MTD) but if you are a landlord who receives more than £10,000 per annum in rental income (gross income not net profit) it may well have a big impact on you from April 2020. Here is some information that may help!

We've been short listed for Residential Letting Team of the Year in the Scottish Home Awards. We look forward to finding out who wins on 14th June. Fingers crossed!

Not sure whether it's better to use an old Short Assured Tenancy (SAT) or new Private Rented Tenancy (PRT) in Scotland? We explain the pros and cons of each in this helpful and timely blog.

We're often asked by new landlords whether they should rent their properties furnished or unfurnished. Here's our thoughts on this.

Here's a quick summary of Citylet's Quarterly lettings market report focusing on Edinburgh. Rents continue to climb for all property sizes as demand from tenants grows.