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Chris Dun Chris Dun charts recent changes to the Scottish Housing Regulator's powers regarding registered social landlords (RSLs) and debates whether less regulation is a good thing.

The latest housing development for Aberdeenshire Council has been officially opened in Inverurie. The North Street development is a collection of 16 one and two-bedroom flats for rent, handed over to the council in April this year.

Ferguslie Park Housing Association (FPHA) has set itself the goal of transforming a Paisley estate into the cleanest in the town. A team of volunteers joined the Association in picking up rubbish dumped on roads and gardens around the Ferguslie Park scheme.

Tollcross Housing Association is moving to its new office at 868 Tollcross Road in Glasgow from July 9. The new office forms part of an £8.5 million project which includes 47 high quality affordable flats and houses for rent.

As the Home Report prepares to turn ten years old this year, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has argued that there is no doubt that it has found its place in the complex world of property transactions. Introduced in Scotland amid a welter of controversy on December 1, 2008, the Hom

A housebuilder has submitted plans to build more than 100 new homes in an Aberdeenshire village. Scotia Homes wants to create 113 new homes would be built in Tarves.

A planning application for the development of 130 properties on the Ellengowan estate in Dundee was submitted to the local authority last week. The plans, which focus on good quality design and landscaping, offer a mix of houses, cottage flats, amenity flats and flats.

Housing charity LAR has completed its biggest ever deal for a development in the east end of Glasgow. The organisation has agreed to purchase 64 homes at a site being developed by Cruden Estates Limited on Helenvale Street, just a short walk from the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. This is LAR’s single b

The fully let signs are up at Osprey Housing’s first ever, new build development in Inverurie. Tenants have just moved in to the housing association’s 12 flats at its brand new, high specification, £1 million development in Portstown. The Scottish Government provided a grant of £864,000 for th

Michael Cameron Scottish Housing Regulator chief executive, Michael Cameron, on recent discussions about the Annual Assurance Statement.

The analysis of responses to a consultation on a revised the Code of Conduct for registered property factors has been published by the Scottish Government. A draft revised Code was published as part of a public consultation which took place between 6 October 2017 and 15 January 2018. The current Cod

Glen Oaks Housing Association has embarked on a new planned maintenance programme in the south side of Glasgow with a suite of window replacements for up to 480 properties. Undertaking these works are CCG Asset Management (CCG AM), the planned maintenance division of CCG (Scotland) Ltd with extensiv

As new research reveals the extent of hidden homelessness across Scotland, Nationwide Building Society is making £250,000 available to help make a difference in communities. The Society is urging its members to vote for which projects should receive a grant of up to £50,000, with polling due to cl

Kevin Cordell Council house tenants in Dundee have given their landlords the thumbs-up in a recent survey in a performance bettering the Scottish average.

Affordable homes builder Clyde Homes Limited is on the move to new manufacturing premises. The company, which builds a range of affordable and bespoke homes to customer’s requirements, is increasing manufacturing capacity for its factory built homes and moving to new premises in Coatbridge after a