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Scottish Opera has fleshed out its proposals for a major mixed-use transformation of its current New Rotterdam Wharf site in Glasgow, including multi-storey student accommodation blocks.

A taskforce created to identify and propose solutions to barriers to investing in homes met for the first time yesterday. The first Housing Investment Taskforce meeting was held in London and attended by housing minister Paul McLennan and various stakeholders from housing and finance.

A construction director has warned that building firms may be put off taking on social housing projects after he attributed his company's £3.5 million pre-tax loss to two fixed-price contracts. Perthshire-based Algo signed fixed-price deals to build social housing projects in Kirkcaldy an

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has acquired a Grade B listed former office building in Glasgow city centre for a multi-million-pound conversion to mid-market rent housing.

Early compensation figures for the forced installation of prepayment meters are a "drop in the ocean" compared to the scale of the problem, a charity has said. Figures from Ofgem today reveal that 1,502 customers have received compensation, totalling £342,450. Suppliers are planning more payme

Campion Homes is now onsite to deliver three major affordable housing developments across Fife and Dundee. The family-run housing developer, which will mark 35 years in business this year, will build 99 affordable new homes as part of ongoing partnerships with Angus Housing Association and Kingdom H

East Renfrewshire Council has given consent to Cala Homes (West) to create 346 new homes in Barrhead. Designed to suit a wide range of owners, the new residential-led development will be constructed on land allocated for housing by the local authority adjacent to Balgraystone Road and Springfield Ro

Cala Homes is considering plans to build 55 homes on the demolished Silverburn House site in Bridge of Don. The developer has lodged a building warrant with Aberdeen City Council outlining the £5.5 million cost of a potential development.

Fears that stricter regulations will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown, according to new research from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think tank.

Euroroute Ltd has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council to build five new homes on land to the west of 40 Kersie Road.

Three vital causes supporting families and individuals in Edinburgh and the Lothians have been named the first recipients of this year’s Barratt Developments Community Fund. Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, currently donates £1,500 per month to l

Barratt & David Wilson Homes North Scotland has announced plans to bring 194 new homes – including 48 affordable properties – to Potterton on the northern edge of Aberdeen.

Plans have been lodged for a new development in Cupar that would help tackle Fife’s housing emergency and deliver a new bypass to reduce town centre traffic.

Connect Modular has successfully delivered the first six houses to its new 14-home affordable housing development programme for North Ayrshire Council.

Plans for 70 new homes on the site of the former Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh have been unanimously approved.