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Nicola Barclay New energy performance data gathered from buildings in England and Wales has busted the myth perpetuated by critics of modern new homes that they are “rabbit hutches”, according to trade body Homes for Scotland.

Gillian Craig Gillian Craig looks at the risk attaching to ownership in an imperfect registration system.

Business Fives founder John McClarey with ambassadors Pat Stanton and Gary Mackay With over 80 companies representing Scotland’s diverse economy it is the charitable element of Business Fives that everyone is talking about. Over 60 local and national charities will benefit from the summer season.

James Strang Jim Strang has described becoming the next vice president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) as the “greatest achievement of his career to date” after winning an election of the organisation’s members.

Artist's impression of the Maidenhill community Developers behind plans for a new community in Maidenhill, Newton Mearns, are to provide multiple pockets of land to facilitate the delivery of affordable housing as part of a range of newly agreed community benefits.

Beggars and rough sleepers in Glasgow city centre are damaging trade and putting shoppers off visiting the city, according to a leading Scottish business figure. Stuart Patrick, chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said there had been an undeniable rise in begging and the number of rough

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has announced that its consultancy business is to be made insolvent due to a “difficult financial landscape”. A profit-making body which was purchased in 2007, the CIH Consultancy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CIH and any of its profits are reinvest

Home Group's Stuart Dixon and PC Mark Symons A regeneration project in Dundee has been recognised for its safe and secure design by Police Scotland.

Miller Homes is to be acquired by private equity group Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling £655 million. The firm, which is the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK operating from three regional divisions in the Midlands & South, North, and Scotland, had declined to comment on spec

Hackney Council is inviting housing associations to bid for a £16 million fund made up of Right to Buy receipts in an effort to deliver more affordable homes in the borough. Councils in England have just three years to use any profit made from Right to Buy sales before it is handed over to UK gover

Supporting Communities and TPAS Scotland have arranged for housing workers in Northern Ireland visit to the Glasgow area following a successful trip by Scottish workers earlier this year.

People move in and out of properties every day. More often than not, the beginning and ending of tenancies go without any major problems – and words like ‘eviction’ never come into play. But, as Shelter Scotland’s Jocasta Mann writes, it can happen, and it is a daunting prospect if you’re

Scotland's population has grown to a record 5.4 million following another rise in migration. New statistics published by National Records of Scotland (NRS) show 5,404,700 people were living in Scotland as of June 2016, up from 5,373,000 the previous year.

The Laurieston Living development delivered by Urban Union in the Gorbals Glasgow’s Pollokshaws is set for its next phase of regeneration after developers Urban Union acquired land in the area.

An appeal against East Dunbartonshire Council’s decision to reject plans for housing on greenbelt land has been dismissed by the Scottish Government. The local authority’s Planning Board unanimously agreed on 8 November 2016 to refuse planning permission in principle for housing on land at Weste