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Oak Tree Housing Association is piloting a new, free mobile app for its tenants.

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has said a warning given to private sector tenants by London Trading Standards (LTS) is an admission of failure in enforcement in London.

North Lanarkshire Council's plans to work with housing developers to buy new 'off the shelf homes' has been given the green light. The council's plans to deliver new affordable housing across North Lanarkshire received a boost on Friday, as the innovative pilot to begin the pilot programme was agree

Homes for Good (HFG) have been awarded £2.4 million in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

Housing developer Gladman Developments Limited has sought planning permission for a £9.8 million housing development near Kingseat.

Edinburgh residents are now settling into their new affordable homes in the Western Harbour development. The new houses were built through the innovative National Housing Trust (NHT) scheme, which forms part of a wider commitment from the Scottish Government to deliver 50,000 affordable and high-qua

Matthew Benson, director of development services at Rettie & Co, reflects on the Harbour Gateway development in Leith. Last week a Scottish Government ministerial visit took place at Harbour Gateway in Leith, recognised by industry commentators as both the largest and best example of mid-rent ho

Changes requiring landlords to declare whether or not they comply with specific duties have come into force with effect from today. The Scottish Government announced the changes in response to the failure of some landlords to comply with the legal requirements of letting homes to tenants.

Whiteburn Projects is to host its second public consultation for new homes at Viewforth in Kirkcaldy. The project developer is preparing to deliver around 100 new homes, offering a mix of three- and four-bedroom new homes as well as two-bedroom apartments through the conversion of the original C-lis

Apropos by DJ Alexander believes that it is the beginning of the end for let only tenancies. The firm believes that let only tenancies have historically been subsidised by tenants’ fees and, since their ban in June, agents will now increase charges to landlords to cover their lost revenue.

Ardenglen Housing Association has received tenant approval ratings of 90% or above through its wide-randing opinion survey.

Colin Lavety, Barton Willmore's planning director and Paul McGuire, commercial manager at Morris & Spottiswood, have raised over £5,000 for two Scottish charities by undertaking a 22.6-mile swim, covering the length of Loch Lomond. Colin Lavety raised over £2,700 and swam for Accord

Homeless charity Aberdeen Cyrenians has teamed up with Aberdeen's Union Square to host Sleepout 2019 in the shopping centre's multi-storey car park.

One in four households in England who are homeless or under the threat of homelessness in 2018 were in paid employment at the time, an Observer study of government figures has found.

Rightmove has revealed that UK house prices have decreased for the first September since 2010 as the usual autumn rebound failed to transpire.