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Plans to build 550 new homes in a village on the outskirts of Falkirk took a step forward this week. Land at Banknock was earmarked four years ago by developers for the house as well as a community centre, shops and a nature conservation area but the plans have been caught up in red tape.

Major changes to the tenancy laws in Scotland will give more security to tenants, but also produce hazards for landlords, write Lucy Harington and Louise McAlister from the Commercial Dispute Resolution Team at TLT LLP. The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act will commence in stages later thi

Over a quarter (26 per cent) of people in Scotland aged 55 or over are considering or will consider downsizing in the future, while a further 10 per cent have already downsized, a new survey has found. The poll from YouGov was commissioned by retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone to highlight

Some of the Kingdom staff who attended the event (from left) Andy Walls, Dave Roy, Gordon Barclay, John Connelly, Alan Ford, Alex Wilson and Bob Murphy from Police Scotland With over 3,700 affordable homes to maintain across Fife and East Central Scotland and 260 individual clients benefitting from

Annual rent rises in Scotland are at a three-year low, although Edinburgh is bucking the trend with record price increases, the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move has found. Average residential rents in Scotland have climbed 0.6 per cent in the twelve months to April 2016, in the slowes

Clackmannanshire Council is encouraging community groups to apply for grants from the £100,000 Community Development Fund. The initiative aims to help regenerate and improve the physical environment and community facilities in the region.

Tenants in Leith who were facing eviction after a charitable trust put their homes up for sale have been given a reprieve. In October last year around 200 tenants in Lorne Street were given four months statutory notice to quit and find alternative rented accommodation after the Agnes Hunter Trust de

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has outlined a comprehensive programme for the Scottish Government including early action to prepare for new social security powers and delivering 50,000 affordable homes over the parliament. In a speech to MSPs at Holyrood yesterday, Ms Sturgeon said the next five yea

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published an updated guide that simplifies and clarifies some of the steps for landlords to take when designing and carrying out surveys of their tenants and service users.

Scottish social landlords are modernising services and making use of new technology to deliver real, quantifiable savings and improved productivity, according to HouseMark Scotland’s Value for Money Club. The club’s second meeting of the year took place on May 19 in Glasgow.

Sajid Javid Plans to make switching providers quicker and easier across a range of sectors, including energy companies, phone providers and banks, are being considered by the UK government.

Allyson Allison An empty homes officer from Forth Valley has become the first from Scotland to pick up a prestigious UK-wide award.

(from left) Kareen Davidson, chair of the Homes for Scotland 2016 Awards judging panel, Angela Linton, Hillcrest Group chief executive, and Hugh Dennis, host Hillcrest Housing Association has revealed its “honour” in being named Supporting Organisation of the Year during last Friday’s Homes fo

Rachael Wilson A young adult from Glasgow has told how knowing she had a place on an apprenticeship scheme gave her hope after being diagnosed with cancer.

Delegates to TPAS Scotland’s latest Housing Professional Conference have labelled the event in May as the best ever. The organisation said that viewpoints and success stories from different parts of the country maximised the impact of the amazing work of tenants, residents, professionals and gover