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Rents continue to rise in Scotland as the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) warned this was inevitable due to landlords leaving the sector and anti-investment rhetoric.
According to new data from the Scottish government, rents have climbed across property sizes.
The news comes as the Scotland Housing Act gained Royal Assent and will see ministers given the power to introduce a system of long-term rent controls.
According to the data, average rents for one-bedroom properties increased by 4.0%, or £28 per month, reaching £738 per month. Rents for two-bedroom properties rose by 3.1%, or £28 per month, reaching £921 per month.
Meanwhile, rents for three-bedroom properties increased by 1.6%, or £18 per month, reaching £1,154 per month.
However, the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) says the Scottish Government’s rent control plans are to blame for the rise in rents.
SAL chief executive, John Blackwood, tells Property118: “With some landlords leaving the sector due to anti-investment rhetoric and more people than ever needing homes, average rents rising was sadly inevitable.
“We warned the Scottish government that this was also a foreseeable consequence of rent controls, which always pushes rents up wherever they’re tried.
“SAL will continue to speak up for Scotland’s private rented sector and work with our partners to build a sector that works for all.”
The findings also show that for the most common property size, two bedrooms, rents increased in 16 of Scotland’s 18 Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs), which are used to calculate local housing allowance rates, compared with the previous year.
In 12 areas, these rent increases exceeded the 12-month UK CPI inflation rate of 3.1% for two-bedroom properties.
The largest rise in average two-bedroom rents was recorded in Dumfries and Galloway, where rents increased by 13%, or £64 per month.
By contrast, average rents for two-bedroom properties fell in Dundee and Angus by 5.3% (£43 per month) and in Lothian by 0.1% (£2 per month).
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10:07 AM, 1st December 2025, About 2 months ago
I will on Wednesday 3rd be finally taking possession of my last rental property following eviction of the tenant. The notice to quit should have meant that I would have been at this point on December 14th 2024. The ensuing tribunal application following the local council telling the tenant to stay put and the court delays, the appeal process delays, the sherrifs officer delays etc etc has cost me money and nearly a year of my time that I can’t afford. It should be patently obvious to all but the most mentally challenged that the PRS environment has been damaged beyond repair by a government mindset that seems determined to eradicate the sector and extract as much as possible in the course of doing so. At what point I wonder will somebody in government wake up and realise that these people are not going to house themselves. For me this will be my last involvement with this now fiasco. As off Wednesday at 11.00 that will be the last of my three tenanted properties removed from the PRS. I suspect three of many such properties going the same way.