By Conor Leyden, managing director of The LK Group Investing in new homes to help solve the housing crisis while dealing with government budget cuts is a balancing act that all Scottish local authorities are facing.
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New figures from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) have revealed a rise in the number of new home registrations in Scotland. Local authorities across the country recorded 3,292 new home registrations in the first three months of 2017, up from 3,021 in the same period last year.
Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association’s chief executive, Lorraine Usher, has been named as the only finalist from a Scottish organisation in a major national award for leadership in social housing.
David Bookbinder Social landlords can’t immunise themselves against the impact of the political and economic landscape, and this means some evictions are unavoidable, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has said.
Kevin Stewart The total amount of derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland has decreased by 253 hectares from the previous year with housing the main beneficiary, according to new figures.
Cyrenians CEO Ewan Aitken outlines his questions for candidates in the upcoming council elections. The news that we face a snap Westminster election fills me with, at best, mixed emotions. I relish the opportunity to challenge the philosophy which has brought us welfare reforms that are demonstrably
Milltimber Grange A planning application has been lodged to extend a housing development in Aberdeen following high demand.
Robert Black CBE (left) and the Reverend Richard Holloway – founder of Shelter Scotland and the only other honorary vice-president The former Auditor General for Scotland, Robert Black CBE, has been appointed as an honorary vice-president at Shelter Scotland.
Land reform secretary Rosanna Cunningham MSP meets with farmers Hew and Jane Hunter, who are tenant farmers on the Crown Estate Powers over the revenue and management of Crown Estate resources in Scotland have been transferred to the Scottish Government, with the aim of giving communities a stronger
Court of Session A former member of the armed forces who claimed he was entitled to a larger discount on the purchase price of his council home than he was offered under “right to buy” legislation has had his appeal refused.
The number of home repossession cases going through the courts has fallen by more than 40% in a year, according to new figures published today. There were 1,874 repossession court cases initiated in 2015-16, down 43% on the previous year and 82% fewer than in 2008-09.
Ashley Campbell By Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland
Brand new homes in Ellon from Create Homes Aberdeenshire LLP Interest in an affordable housing scheme has been “low” across Aberdeenshire, according to a new report.
David Melhuish The returns for the Scottish Government’s Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns in February 2017 generated the lowest LBTT revenue of any other month in 2016/17, official figures have shown.
The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in January 2017 was £142,233 – an increase of 4% on January in the previous year and an increase of 2.1% when compared to the previous month. This compares to a UK average of