Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and anti-landlord comments in recent weeks.
Ross Greer, a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Green Party, most recently put up a tweet over the holiday season sharing a newspaper article about landlords being forced to sell up and accompanying his post with a "tiny violin" emoji.
Greer’s party - which is in a loose alliance with the Scottish National Party to form a majority in the Scottish Parliament - recently introduced a rent freeze across the private and social rental sectors north of the border. In theory it lasts until the end of April this year but there is scope for it to be extended.
The politician has gone on to claim to the Scottish media that: “Housing is a fundamental human right. Hoarding properties for profit isn't contributing anything useful to society and these landlord scare stories about homes coming off the market simply don't add up.
