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Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has raised concern on whether the housing growth seen in Scotland in 2018 can be maintained in the longer-term. The warning comes amid new analysis of the number of new homes securing planning permission in tandem with statistics showing a long-awaited upturn i

River Clyde Homes’ new Community Caretaking Service for multi-storey customers has been launched.

Social landlords across the UK are being urged to help tenants kick the habit after new research found 512,000 (or one in seven) social tenants are living in poverty because of the impact of smoking costs on their disposable income.

Build to Rent is critical to addressing issues of a lack of housing supply but Scotland still lags the rest of the UK, writes Will Scarlett. With the news that L&G have committed to a Build To Rent (BTR) scheme for 338 apartments in Edinburgh, it is fair to say that BTR in Scotland is finally, a

Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame has been acquired by Barratt Developments.

Ikea could be building homes in the UK after a council in the south of England agreed to work with a developer owned by the flat-pack retailer.

Edinburgh locals are being given the chance to pay tribute to their favourite famous faces at the new phase of the Pennywell Living housing development. To mark the launch of the latest phase of 134 homes at Pennywell, Urban Union is calling for nominations of local legends to name each of the 15 ho

Remarkable has announced the appointment of Bonnie Clarke as its permanent CEO. Bonnie brings to the role her passion for working with organisations in Scotland and across the UK and Ireland to create the best possible business and people outcomes. She is an advocate for continued professional devel

Originally situated in Glasgow City Chambers with just two staff and a handful of members, Glasgow Credit Union has grown substantially over the past four decades to become the largest and most financially successful credit union in the UK with almost 50,000 members. This Saturday marks 30-years of

Homelessness applications in Scotland rose by 3% to 100 a day in the past year while the number of households and children in temporary accommodation also increased, new figures have revealed.

Plans for 58 new affordable council homes on the grounds of the former Haldane Primary School in West Dunbartonshire have been given the go ahead.

Hanover (Scotland)’s Kesson Court, in Elgin, swept the board at Tuesday night’s Saltire Housing Awards. Kesson Court not only won the Saltire Housing Design Award but also the CIOB Building Award and the Saltire Medal at the Scottish Parliament event.

The second phase of a major council housing development in Aberdeen has been completed – with more than half the properties now occupied.  

Councillors in Midlothian have approved masterplans to regenerate Newtongrange centre and Stobhill and Lady Victoria business centre. The masterplans could be worth £20.2 million to the Midlothian economy and generate 447 jobs. They will be used to inform the future land uses in these areas an

Specialist housing and care provider Blackwood adopted an ingenious method of transporting its ‘home of the future’ to Europe’s largest housing festival – by building it across three shipping containers.