23/08/2008
By DAVID ALEXANDER
FOR investors in buy-to-let properties these are, to quote Dickens, the best of times and the worst of times.
11/08/2008
By DAVID ALEXANDER
When the BBC recently carried a report on Beetham Tower in Manchester, Britain’s tallest residential building, it said one-quarter of the flats were on the market. Across the Pennines, in Leeds, around 1,000 new flats were lying empty in the city centre – with more in the pipeline.
05/08/2008
RIGSBY would be rubbing his hands with glee. The credit crunch is persuading more and more Scots to give up the dream of buying their own home and opting to rent instead.
19/07/2008
David Alexander
16/07/2008
SOME of Glasgow's finest buildings
16/07/2008
SCOTLAND'S faltering housing market is forcing estate agents and builders to move into letting properties instead of selling them.
13/07/2008
By Rosemary Gallagher
HOUSEBUILDERS are turning to the rental sector in a bid to generate income from new properties they cannot sell.
13/06/2008
DAVID ALEXANDER, head of a letting and estate agency based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Dubai
05/06/2008
A rare opportunity to buy into one of Glasgow’s most exclusive addresses has arisen with the conversion of 20 Park Terrace, situated overlooking the city skyline.
11/05/2008
TENANTS are facing a 50% rent rise in Scotland's two biggest cities as landlords cope with rising demand for rented accommodation.
26/04/2008
Purchased a buy to let investment lately and now wishing you had put your money under the mattress instead?
09/04/2008
IT'S been a tough few years being a landlord in "Parliament City". Only a few years ago the market was at saturation point. Tenants were firmly in control. If you could present yourself as a good quality tenant, you were able to negotiate yourself a pretty good deal. Today, we see demand outstripping supply for the first time in a long while.
07/04/2008
THE cost of renting property in Edinburgh has soared as the city's affordable housing crisis deepens.
07/04/2008
Steven Currie, director of Edinburgh operations for D J Alexander, was interviewed on camera for STV’s flagship news bulletin, Scotland Today.
03/04/2008
Paul and Kelly Monds wanted to buy the flat they were renting in Edinburgh. But the couple were warned by their bank they would be unlikely to get a mortgage.
30/03/2008
I am keen to buy an investment property in central Scotland and can’t help but think that the current market conditions make this a lot easier today, than it might have been a year ago. However, I wonder whether I should hang on a bit longer. All the predictions seem to be that the market will get a lot slower yet.
GD West Lothian
20/03/2008
Between The Lines - By DAVID ALEXANDER
09/03/2008
From THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
09/03/2008
I live in what was a very large Edwardian three bedroom house in Edinburgh. At some point all three bedrooms were divided. It is rather an ugly solution, but has created six rooms that can just about described as doubles. The property would be a lot more attractive is the dividing walls were taken down - do you think that there is any sense in doing this before I place the house on the market.
01/03/2008
As The Scotsman revealed last week, the taxman is about to "target" the buy-to-let market. But this should not have honest landlords shaking in their shoes.
26/01/2008
FUTURE interest-rate cuts by the Bank of England are unlikely to make buying a house any easier for borrowers because the credit crunch is making it more difficult for lenders to raise funds.
24/01/2008
Take heart if you have ever had problems securing your dream home. In Scotland we may have the uncertainties of the offers-over system to contend with but even experienced property experts can fall foul of the English system.
13/01/2008
I have just learned that my job is to be relocated, almost immediately, from Glasgow to London. I am minded to sell my flat - it is in a nice new development on the south side of the city. My question is, should I let it for six months and then market in May, or do you think that the return will be just as good it I market it in early January?