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The volume of residential property sales rose 18.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 19,802 properties changed hands between January and March, the highest volume of s

A wheelchair user has spoken of the transformative experience of using a specially designed wheelchair to enable him to play golf standing upright for the first time. Peter McWilliams, a tenant at Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home in Glasgow, attended the official launch of the Paragolfer at Me

(from left) Janet Strang, chair, Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd; Margaret Rout, lady president, Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club; Larry Tumilty, president, Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club; Martin Williamson, manager, Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club Ardrossan Indoor Bowling Club has been awarded £750

New Gorbals Housing Association held an inaugural football tournament in on honour of its head of maintenance Michael Houghton. Since his passing a few months ago, the team at New Gorbals have been working hard to make sure that Michael gets the tribute he deserves.

(from left) Christine McCormack (chair), Margaret Welsh (treasurer), Clare Keenan and Patricia Young Staff and committee members at Craigdale Housing Association enjoyed an away day at the Westerwood Hotel last week.

The rising share of income spent on housing over the last two decades is equivalent to a 10p increase in the basic rate of tax for a typical family, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis. The analysis, which forms part of the Foundation’s forthcoming housing audit, finds that the share o

Modern airtight homes can expose inhabitants to harmful levels of pollutants unless they are properly ventilated, experts have found.

Current and former Wheatley Group apprentices Chelsea McPhail, Danni Currie, James McGregor, Emma Shearer, Aidan Williams and Pamela Campbell Wheatley Group is making a last call to recruit 37 new Modern Apprentices.

Around 9 out of 10 elderly people say they love their experience of living in retirement housing or enjoy it most of the time, according to a new report by the NHBC Foundation. The report found that there is high demand in the UK for more quality retirement housing with residents citing companionshi

Claire Maugham, director of policy and communications at Smart Energy GB People in Scotland will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform the way they use and buy energy through the national rollout of smart meters, a major seminar heard yesterday.

Local people from across Gowkthrapple and beyond came along to join in spring celebrations at CentrePoint Hub on Saturday 23rd April. Garrion People’s Housing Co-op Ltd staff and local volunteers from the GOLD Group offered a range of spring themed activities for all the family.

Big celebrations for Gowanlea Court’s 40th birthday A Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) sheltered housing complex in Coldstream, Gowanlea Court, turned 40 this month.

St Andrews Care Home in Uphall is looking for volunteers as part of the launch of a befriending initiative aimed at improving the lives of tenants. Bield recognises the important role that companionship can have on improving the lives of residents at St Andrews Care Home, enabling them to participat

Craigmillar residents are being invited to find out more about The EDI Group’s plans to build up to 200 new homes as part of its emerging masterplan for Greendykes South. A blueprint for a mixed-residential development, alongside potential local retail and commercial spaces, as well as adjoining a

Phase 2 of the Pennywell masterplan housing development Construction companies in the Edinburgh area are being urged to apply early if they are to share in a £110 million boom of work in the city.