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The strategic partnership between Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre, hosted by BE-ST, and the UK National Retrofit Hub has deepened through new appointments. Since 2023 BE-ST and the National Retrofit Hub (NRH) have worked together to enable the delivery of retrofit at scale across the UK. T

Barratt Homes East Scotland is set to deliver 33 new homes for West Lothian Council at its Woodland Gait site on Houstoun Road in Livingston.

House prices in Scotland began 2025 in growth mode, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and they are expected to continue rising into the three months ahead.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today pave the way for the largest housebuilding programme in England since the post-war era.

Housing and energy campaigners are calling for a network of ‘one-stop shops’ to help the nation electrify its homes and move away from harmful fossil fuels. As part of Glasgow’s Retrofit Summit (11-13 February) Gillian Campbell, co-director of Existing Homes Alliance, called for Sc

Moray Council has approved a comprehensive plan to address feedback from a major survey of council house tenants.

A new partnership has been set up to tackle fuel poverty which affects around one in four households across South Lanarkshire.

Six brand new council houses have been completed at a development in Kinross.

A bespoke property factoring service operating across Scotland has announced a major new recruit. Nic Mayall, formerly managing director of James Gibb and a past president of the Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS), played a key role in transforming James Gibb into one of Scotland’s

North Lanarkshire Council has approved the expansion of its new council housing supply programme to deliver 6,000 homes by 2035.

Scotland’s housing minister has visited McTaggart Construction’s new mixed home development in Prestwick and heard first-hand about the challenges faced by the industry.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is part of the NatWest Group, has announced an updated package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures.

As Glasgow’s Retrofit Action Week kicks off this week, across Scotland the urgent need to equip our homes for a warmer, greener future becomes ever clearer.  Figures released last month showed a worrying increase in fuel poverty thanks to rising energy bills, and campaigners hope that the

A 5.2% increase in housing rent for 2025-26 was agreed at a special meeting of Angus Council’s Housing Committee yesterday.

Langstane Housing Association has been granted a generous donation of 15 Chromebooks from law firm Harper Macleod. This contribution will greatly enhance resources for the tenant scrutiny group, with additional Chromebooks allocated to vulnerable tenants in need.