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Experts from the housing and property sector in Glasgow met to take part in a round-table discussion at Grand Central Hotel last week. Hosted by Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the event explored housing issues and the local property

Argyll and Bute has the highest average rate of second homes in Scotland One in five properties in some parts of Scotland are now classed as second homes with around 28,400 properties lived in on a temporary basis, The Scotsman has reported.

Nearly a third of Scotland’s young people expect to work beyond retirement age to pay off their mortgage, according to a report. A study by Halifax found 30 per cent of people aged between 20 and 45 north of the Border believe they will have to keep working to clear off the loan after they have re

The number of new homes registered in Scotland fell during the first three months of this year, according to latest new home registration statistics from the National House Building Council (NHBC). A total of 2,910 new homes were registered north of the Border in the first quarter of 2016, down 9 pe

Debbie King, campaigns & public affairs officer at Shelter Scotland blogs on the charity’s recent #CoProWhereNow event with The Scottish Co-production Network. At our joint event on 20 April called ‘Housing and Homelessness: Where now for service user involvement?’ we wanted to:

From 3rd to 11th June a team from Castlehill Housing Association will climb the highest mountains in Wales, England & Scotland and cycle a route of 500 miles between the peaks. The team will climb Snowdon on June 3rd and then cycle about 200 miles in four days before ascending Scafell Pike on Mo

Milton of Leys FC collected the Cairn Cup from chief executive Jason MacGilp More than 300 young footballers competed in the 2016 Cairn Cup which was hosted for the third year running by Cradlehall Primary School in Inverness.

BHA tenant volunteers presenting BHS students with a cheque for £600 Berwickshire Housing Association’s tenant volunteer group has presented Berwickshire High School students with a cheque for £600.

This is the best time of year to join Scotland’s leading housing network as our annual benchmarking service goes live in June. We have over 120 Social Landlords as members and have experienced significant growth in recent years. Almost two thirds of social landlords in Scotland are our members whi

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its annual summary of the outcomes of its risk assessment of local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs).

(from left) Alexander Macleod, housing manager (strategy) of Aberdeenshire Council, Barry Davidson, financial director, Barratt North Scotland, new tenant and her children, Neil Clapperton - chief executive of Grampian Housing Association, Nora Radcliffe - board member of Grampian Housing Associatio

Maureen Middleton Link staff said goodbye to Maureen Middleton last week as she stepped down as director of housing services, 43 years after she first started at Link.

Lawrie West (left) being presented with a Robert Bruce Royal Seal by Duncan Thomson, a member of the Strathleven Artisans. A gift from the colleagues he has worked with at Cordale. Caledonia Housing Association has bid a fond farewell to its integration director Lawrie West who left the Association

A company that made over 2.5 million nuisance calls has been handed a £50,000 fine. Nevis Home Improvements, based in Glasgow, was given the penalty after 175 complaints were made about its recorded phone message about its energy-saving services.

Elizabeth (Betty) Leonard, who uses Blue Triangle's service and has had a positive experience with the Better Futures framework People using a Glasgow housing support project are being given the chance to take more control to change their lives thanks to the introduction of a pioneering initiative.