Professor John Robertson OBA

From the Scotsman in March 2024:

Almost 22,000 rental properties MAY have been removed from the market in Scotland in the past year, research has revealed, with “anti-landlord rhetoric” from the Scottish Government cited as a reason for the drop. The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) said such rhetoric, combined with “short-term, ineffective policies” from ministers, was “harming investment in private rented housing in Scotland”.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/rent-scotland-almost-22000-rental-properties-removed-from-market-amid-anti-landlord-rhetoric-research-claims-4541621

From Housing statistics: Scottish Landlord Register data published today, we can see that the number of registered landlords in Scotland has fallen slightly, by 1.1% or around 2 000, but the number of registered properties available to rent has grown steadily over the last three years, by 3.2% or around 11 000.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-landlord-register-data/