New research from Bank of Scotland has concluded that first-time buyers in Scotland are on average £860 a year better off than those who rent. According to the bank’s Buying versus Renting Review, the average monthly costs (including mortgage payments) associated with buying a three-bedroom house
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Bruce Forbes Angus Housing Association director, Bruce Forbes, has accused a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesperson of “peddling lies and deliberately misleading the public” to justify the Westminster government’s “brutal” cuts to welfare.
Cruden Homes was named Home Builder of the Year in 2016 Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) is inviting entries from across a variety of categories for its 2017 awards scheme.
House sales in Scotland will continue a downward trend into 2017 due to a lack of stock while prices are expected to rise over the next three months, surveyors have suggested. The November RICS Residential Market Survey found that while the number of prospective buyers in the Scottish housing market
Christine Macleod A new poster has been published to raise awareness of the standards that are expected to be delivered for Gypsy/Travellers who use sites provided by social landlords.
Councils in England have told people to sleep rough in order to access the relevant support, new research from homelessness charity St Mungo’s has revealed. Shedding light on the dangers of sleeping on the streets for those who experience it on a daily basis, the charity’s report, Nowhere safe t
Last week Scottish Housing News reported on the victory of students who sued for the return of their rent deposit. Our sister publication, Scottish Legal News, is today publishing a full case report. Three flat-sharing university students who sued their landlady after she failed to lodge their depos
Gillian Guy Citizens Advice is calling for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland’s lead and ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants.
Adam Lang Adam Lang, head of communications and policy at Shelter Scotland, believes good progress has been made since the Commission on Housing and Wellbeing launched its report a year ago, but there is still a long way still to go.
Cornerstone’s new office at Centurion Court in Aberdeen Scottish social care charity Cornerstone has completed a move into a new riverfront office in Aberdeen following the closure of its previous workspace.
(from left) Steven Good, CHA, director of property services; Janet Strang, CHA, chairperson; David Smith, joint management director, Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd; Linda Anderson, CHA, executive director of operations; Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government & housing; Cllr Tony Gurney, North
Kevin Rowe Housing and care services provider Bield has raised more than £160,000 over the past year thanks to the efforts of the tenants, carers, family, friends and staff.
The Scottish Government has recently stated that it will not meet its target to end fuel poverty in Scotland. The chair of The Independent Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group informed the Housing Minister that the fuel poverty target will not be met this year.
Three homelessness charities are calling for action from the next Scottish Government as new figures show that demand for winter shelters in Glasgow and Edinburgh rose sharply in 2015/16. Crisis, Glasgow City Mission and the Bethany Christian Trust are raising the alarm after demand for their respec
Average rents in the Scottish private rented sector (PRS) now stand at £767 per month, up 2.1 per cent on the year, according to new research. The latest quarterly report from rental property portal Citylets found that, with the exception of accelerated reduction of rents in Aberdeen, rents Scotlan