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Tammy Adams The long-awaited approval of Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan (LDP) will not deliver the number of homes that the city needs, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned.

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).

Sandy Adam Springfield Properties has opened consultation on plans to build a new village at Durieshill near Stirling after lodging a Pre-Application Notice with Stirling Council.

Peter Martin, Sanctuary Group’s director of development (left) with Kevin Stewart MSP The development of a former Aberdeen prison site into affordable homes for key workers is officially underway.

Russell Young HouseMark Scotland has used the latest Scottish Social Housing Charter data to produce a new version of its own comparison tool allowing landlords to flexibly benchmark their performance against an unlimited number of their peers.

Last year's winning entry - the S'up Spoon, which benefits people with cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s and other conditions which cause shaking Aspiring designers, engineers and inventors are set to battle it out in a ‘Dragons Den’ inspired event which has become a magnet for global talent.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for a new retirement housing development in Pollockshields. The Evening Times reports that the site at 69 Springkell Avenue will be redeveloped into 56 one and two bedroom apartments designed for people over 60.

The new garden at Burnside Court It was a day of celebrations for residents at a sheltered housing development in Moray earlier this month as they officially opened their recently renovated garden with a craft fayre and day of activities.

(from left) Maurice Corry – regional MSP West Scotland, Malcolm MacLeod – regional director NHBC Scotland, John McColgan – senior site manager (Keepmoat) Conservative MSP for West Scotland, Maurice Corry, visited a new build housing development in Greenock to assess the measures being taken by

(from left) Taylor Cook, Claire Ironside, Heather Kiteley, Gordon Cameron and Lawrence Mayers At first glance letting a cat and mouse loose in a sports hall might seem like a very bad idea.

Shelter Scotland has accused local and national government of taking their eye off the ball with efforts to tackle and prevent what it calls the “national shame” of homelessness levels in the country. According to the housing and homelessness charity, a household becomes homeless in Scotland eve

John Blackwood The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has announced its support for a move to measure the impact of tax changes for Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords on the availability of affordable housing.

Tom Brown Ochil View Housing Association has announced its intention to end the suspension of its development programme during its Annual General Meeting last month.

Ashleigh (Scotland) joint managing director, Douglas Small handing keys for the Kirkcudbright properties to Loreburn’s chief executive, Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association and construction company Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd have recently completed their 500th new home as a partnership.

For the first time in its 37 year history, Williamsburgh Housing Association took the decision to combine its Residents Conference and Annual General Meeting. Given that the numbers attending exceeded previous records for such events, this proved to be a successful strategy.