Sep 30, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
The January Bullet Point Update touched on the new Code of Practice for Letting Agents http://www.mitchells-roberton.co.uk/bullet-point-update/january-2018-letting-agents-code/ which anyone who falls within the definition of “letting agent” is required to follow. This...
Mar 6, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
The “Code” here is nothing to do with Da Vinci but is more prosaic. On 31st January, the Letting Agent Code of Practice came into force. The Regulations (the Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016) include the 25-page Code as a schedule. In...
Mar 29, 2017 | Bullet Point Update
Section 29 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 requires the setting up of a mandatory register of letting agents and section 43 gave Scottish Ministers power to set out a code of practice about letting agency work. The Letting Agent Registration (Scotland) Regulations...
Oct 10, 2016 | Blog, Residential Leases
LET IT – be known that letting agents can be sanctioned for failing to comply with Tenancy Deposit Scheme rules. For the first time, a letting agent, rather than a landlord, has been penalised since the introduction of regulations imposing an obligation on a landlord...
