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Buy To Let, Investment
Advice For Investors And Landlords
Advice For Investors And Landlords Despite both selling and letting properties, investment is very much at the core of Cairn’s business. We’re regularly approached by investors looking for us to help them source and let out a property on their behalf, especially for the HMO market. But we don’t just specialise in just sourcing and […]
Buy To Let, Investment, Letting
HMO Properties, An Investors Dream
HMO Properties, An Investors Dream For many students, at this time of year, as well as exams, thoughts turn to their housing situation for the following term. Many who choose not to stay in student halls find themselves on the hunt for an HMO (house of multiple occupancy) property where they can share the property […]
General
Demolishing The Red Road Flats, A Celebration Or An Insult?
Demolishing The Red Road Flats, A Celebration Or An Insult? At Cairn we like to keep our finger on the pulse of all that’s happening in the property industry, whether it be buying, letting, or investing. However we also keep a close eye on what’s going on close to home, and there’s one story in […]
Student Accommodation
Waiting List for New West End Student Flats Now Open
Waiting List for New West End Student Flats Now Open We’re delighted to inform you that the waiting list for new student accommodation in Glasgow’s west end, Hyndland House, is now open for next term (August 2014). We invite interested parties to contact us either by phone or email to arrange a date and time […]
Cities
Living In Dundee
Living In Dundee At Cairn we know that the market is such just now that it would be madness to make a decision as big as buying or investing in a property without doing a little research first of all. Previously we’ve created blog posts about living in Glasgow and about living in Edinburgh. Although […]
Legislation, Letting
Landlord Legislation
Landlord Legislation Thinking of becoming a landlord? It’s perhaps not as straight forward to you as first thought. Do you know just how much you’d be responsible for? Deciding whether or not to take the plunge into becoming a landlord isn’t a decision you should take lightly. With this in mind, we’ve created this blog […]
Services
Reasons to Invest with Cairn
Reasons to Invest with Cairn Looking to invest in property north of the border? Did you know Cairn don’t just sell and let properties; we also develop and furnish them too?! As property investors ourselves, we understand the quality of work required hence we have a dedicated team of experienced tradesmen to deliver a […]
General, Services
Beat The Winter Blues
Beat The Winter Blues The days have begun to get shorter, the nights longer, leaves are falling off the trees, and there’s a distinct nip in the air; it can mean only one thing, winter is on its way. With autumn just begun, we thought this was a perfect time to give you some […]
General
Slight Increase in Second Stepping in Scotland
Slight Increase in Second Stepping in Scotland A recent review by Bank of Scotland Homeowners has revealed some pretty good news regarding the Scottish housing market. The review showed that affordability for ‘second steppers’ in Scotland has improved in the past year as a result of higher equity levels. According to an article in […]
