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A shortage of supply of homes to buy in Scotland has continued to cause affordability challenges, according to a new survey. The January 2017 UK Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) revealed that 30% of respondents reported a rise in house prices than a

Gill Henry (left) & Nicola Barclay presenting a key to the new home Two leading female figures from Scotland’s home building industry have returned from building a home for a vulnerable family in Mumbai, raising over £10,000 in the process to support charity Habitat for Humanity.

The Consumer Futures Unit (CFU) of Citizens Advice Scotland has today published its draft Work Plan for 2017-18. This is the first time the CFU has published a distinct Scottish work plan following the devolution of consumer advocacy powers last year.

Jim Rooney Experienced housing practitioner Jim Rooney has been working in asset management for the past 25 years and this year will chair HouseMark Scotland’s new Active Asset Management Specialist Club. He considers the main challenges currently facing registered social landlords in asset manage

Kingdom Housing Association has reported “excellent progress” on its development of 22 new homes at Paton Street in Dunfermline and announced that completion of the first phase is now expected for May this year.

Dundee councillors are set to approve plans on Monday to install external wall insulation on 92 properties at a cost of over £642,000. If approved, the insulation will be installed in both council and private properties in the Lawton Road tenements by May.

Tricia McShane Tricia McShane has been appointed as customer services manager at Dunbritton Housing Association.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has used its statutory powers to appoint a manager and five governing body members to Wishaw & District Housing Association. The Regulator decided to intervene after independent reviews highlighted serious weaknesses in Wishaw & District’s governance, risk ma

More Scottish councils have revealed their tax and spending proposals for 2017/18, with Edinburgh, East Renfrewshire, Highlands, Borders and Aberdeenshire councils announcing council tax rises. Aberdeenshire Council has approved a 2.5 per cent rise, while the other councils have opted for a slightly

Over 200 customers of Cloch Housing Association, their children and grandchildren attended a private screening of the animated blockbuster Sing all in the name of Cloch’s latest initiative, FACE.

Twelve new apartments for Cunninghame Housing Association will go ahead in Largs after detailed planning was approved last week.

Foreigners and British citizens without passports, particularly those from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the private rental housing market as a result of the Right to Rent scheme designed to crack down on irregular immigration, according to a new report by the Joint Council f

Ruth Maguire Scotland is leading the way in the UK in building affordable and social rented housing, the SNP has claimed following the publication of new figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Kenny Stocks After 28 years as the organisation’s senior officer, Kenny Stocks has confirmed he will be retiring in May from his role as Chief Executive of Ardenglen Housing Association.

Brenda Higgins Wishaw & District Housing Association has said it has "an opportunity for a fresh start" in its first statement since the Scottish Housing Regulator took statutory action to appoint a manager and five governing body members.