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A scheme is being proposed to encourage Perth & Kinross Council tenants who have extra space in their homes to downsize to a more suitable property. The revised Tenant Downsizing Scheme is designed to create more housing opportunities for families in need of larger homes.

Orkney Islands Council and the local Warmworks team have been helping make local homes cosier at a record pace in recent months, with funding awarded to the county by the Scottish Government all but spoken for just over halfway through the project year.

Property-focused PR and communications agency Building Relations PR is celebrating 10 years in the business this month. To coincide with this anniversary, the Edinburgh-based agency has unveiled its growth strategy for the next decade to be spearheaded by founding director Rachel Colgan and managing

A multi-million-pound window and door replacement programme in the southside of Glasgow is now underway on behalf of Linthouse Housing Association. The CCG Group will install 1800 windows and 692 flat entrance door sets for residences across the Linthouse area.

Following on from the recent Scottish Budget, Jim Baxter, who has been financial director at Allanwater Homes for the past 27 years, outlines what he believes can be done to help address Scotland’s housing shortage, alongside his thoughts on improving the country’s planning system. The c

A proposed development promising 3,000 new homes on the site of Edinburgh Airport’s disused runway has received outline planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council.

New Propertymark student members will now be able to take advantage of hundreds of discounts from some of their favourite retailers as the qualification body announces the perk of National Union of Students (NUS) ‘TOTUM’ cards.   Once referred to as NUS extra, TOTUM+ has adapted and

A petition to rename a bridge in Glasgow in memory of Mary Barbour has been submitted to the local authority. Govan Community Council has submitted paperwork to Glasgow City Council to request the Wellbeing, Equalities, Community, Culture and Engagement City Policy Committee consider the request for

Robertson Timer Engineering (RTE) reached a significant milestone on its work for a Lovell Homes development in South Queensferry this week when the 200th fabricated timber frame was craned into place.

Plans for a new retail park project which could bring additional affordable housing and care for the elderly to Straiton have been rejected by ministers.

Hanover Scotland CEO Angela Currie has joined social care organisations across Scotland to alert Chancellor Rachel Reeves of the catastrophic impact of increased National Insurance contributions. In an open letter, Ms Currie and more than 80 leaders of not-for-profit social care organisations have&n

A Stewartry man who had been in temporary homeless accommodation has said he hopes his new home in Springholm is now his ‘forever home’. His comments come as tenants of Wheatley Homes South moved into the 47 homes in the village near Kirkcudbright, with the final handover taking place in

The cost of renting a private three-bed property in Scotland has increased by more than 10% on average in the past year, new figures have shown.

A £2 billion development with the capacity to deliver 7,000 new homes to the outskirts of Edinburgh has been recommended for planning permission in principle approval.

Argyll and Bute Council has updated its Local Housing Strategy (LHS) to continue its priority of tackling the area's housing emergency.