I think you are wrong Mr T, the buying price of houses have very much affected the rents that are charged; also the shortage of affordable housing to buy, pushes more people into the rental market....and it is sellers market at the moment.

A little statistic to ponder, there are now around 450,000( around 1 in 12) English "immigrants" who have moved to live in Scotland and almost 80% of them are reckoned to be "NO" voters.