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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

(from left) Calum Murray (director – CCG), Cllr Rashid Hussain, Pat Cahill (director – Sanctuary Scotland), Thomas Burrows (apprentice – CCG), Richard Smith (plumber – CCG), David Paterson (apprentice – CCG), Humza Yousaf MSP, David McMahon (site manager – CCG) Local residents are buildi

National housing agency Homes England has announced strategic partnerships with eight housing associations to deliver 14,280 additional affordable homes by March 2022. The deals include homes for social rent in areas of high affordability pressure, with the funding available boosted by the UK govern

Join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The walk will take five days so we will be camping for four nights along the trail at well-established sites.

A bulk uplift service has been carried out by Paisley Housing Association Community based housing associations are increasingly stepping in to provide environmental and other services which may be replacing services previously carried out by the local authority, according to the Glasgow and West of