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December 11, 2014

Webinar – What’s Changed on Lettingweb.com

Following the release of a new version of Lettingweb.com on Tuesday 2 December, we ran a webinar covering some items which have changed. The focus of this release was making the site easier to tenants to use. So while very little has changed from an agent’s perspective, the purpose of this webinar was to showcase the innovations we are continuing to make…

December 5, 2014

Interim Results of the Scotland’s Largest Private Sector Tenant Survey

Labour “rent controls” policy a “solution looking for a problem” Holyrood debate informed by largest-ever survey of tenants in private rented property conducted by Lettingstats Letscotland, the trade membership body for letting agents in Scotland, has made clear that mid-lease rent rises are an irrelevance to the vast majority of private rented sector (PRS) tenants in Scotland. The Scottish Government…

December 1, 2014

Legionnaires’ Disease: Letting Agents’ Responsibilities

In 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) amended its policy on management of Legionnaires’ Disease to include residential lettings, and landlords (and letting agents acting on their behalf) became responsible for conducting risk assessments and taking relevant action. Yet many remain unclear exactly what is involved, and where letting agents’ responsibilities lie when it comes to Legionnaires’. The HSE…

November 7, 2014

Training Webinar – Adding & Edit Properties

Rachel Manclark, Lettingweb’s friendly and helpful Office Manager, provided around 30 Lettingweb members with an excellent webinar on Friday 7 November explaining how to add and edit properties on the website. The feedback was fantastic and we thank all our members who attended. This training webinar covered: Adding properties Uploading images Saving properties as drafts, archiving and re-publishing properties Selecting and adding property features Generating…

November 6, 2014

Tips For Renting to Overseas Tenants

If you are a landlord looking to rent out a property in a large city, there are a wide variety of different types of tenants to fill your property. University cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee have a significant number of overseas students looking for accommodation which keeps the rental market strong. However with overseas tenants there are a number…

Author: LettingWeb Team

Webinar – What’s Changed on Lettingweb.com

Interim Results of the Scotland’s Largest Private Sector Tenant Survey

Legionnaires’ Disease: Letting Agents’ Responsibilities

Training Webinar – Adding & Edit Properties

Tips For Renting to Overseas Tenants