Calling all small housing developers, we need your knowledge and experience. The Scottish Government is exploring ways of delivering more homes and to inform this work researchers working in Communities Analysis Division are undertaking a survey of small developers in Scotland to develop understandi
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Citizens Advice Scotland is calling on the UK government to delay the final deadline for rolling-out its new smart meter programme. A report by the charity's Consumer Futures Unit (CFU) suggests that the current deadline of 2020 is likely to cause problems for vulnerable consumers and increase the o
Caledonia Housing Association has become the newest member of HouseMark Scotland, using the business intelligence tool alongside a wealth of other Scotland-based registered social landlords. Julie Cosgrove, chief executive of Caledonia Housing Association, said: “Providing excellent services that
A number of key factors have led to developers and house builders adopting a cautious approach to retirement living in Scotland to date, according to new research from Savills. The research points to a number of challenges facing this market, including relatively high land prices in Scotland compare
Rents in Scotland are at a record high of £549 on average per month after the fastest month-on-month growth on record, according to new figures from one of Scotland’s largest lettings agent networks. The latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move revealed that average residential rents have
More than 400 new homes will be built in the Raploch district of Stirling in a bid to accelerate ongoing work to tackle disadvantage and deprivation in the area, the local authority has revealed. Stirling Council has approved the Raploch Regeneration Initiative, a partnership with housebuilder Rober
A woman who suffers from psychiatric problems has lost a human rights battle at the Supreme Court to stop her home from being possessed. Five justices at the UK's highest court unanimously dismissed an appeal by 45-year-old Fiona McDonald, whose home in Witney, Oxfordshire, was bought by her parents
Councillors have approved plans by Persimmon Homes to build 91 properties at the old Kinross High School site. The Edwardian-school will be retained and transformed into four homes as part of the project, while other buildings on the seven-acre site will be demolished, The Courier has reported.
A family has been granted permanent planning permission for a previously unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller site in Moray. The Stewart family, who have lived on the site at Doohill, near Lhanbryde, for seven years, had an application for temporary planning permission turned down by Moray councillors four
The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is still a major lender in Scotland with over half a billion (£582 million) loaned out to families, according to new figures. The Bank of Scotland’s latest How Scotland Lives research, which looks at family debt, identified that the average Scot owes their parents £
The Registers of Scotland (RoS) has announced the publication of the first single official UK House Price Index covering statistics up to April 2016 and now to be published on a monthly basis from now on. The 2010 National Statistician’s Review of Official House Price Statistics recommended the pr
The Scottish Housing Regulator has decided not to extend the statutory appointments to Muirhouse Housing Association following a review of its engagement with the Association. A revised regulation plan from the watchdog reveals that Muirhouse has taken action to address the issues that led to the Re
Housebuilder Bellway has said it is on track for a record year as strong demand for new homes appears unaffected by uncertainty over the EU referendum outcome. The FTSE 250 company, which built 7,752 properties in the twelve months to July last year, expects to build at least 10 per cent more homes
The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase, though the rate of growth is smaller than before the economic downturn. Figures published by National Records of Scotland (NRS) revealed there were 2.43 million households in 2015, a rise of around 160,000 over the last ten years and an
Perth and Kinross Council is to ask members of its strategic policy and resources committee to give authority to write-off some of the outstanding debts of money owed to different services across the council. The debts proposed to be written off include £281,607.29 in rent charges owed by former te