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Blackwood Housing and Care has appointed a new chief executive following a rigorous recruitment process led by external advisors. Simon Fitzpatrick will be promoted internally to lead the independent living specialist, which has 600 staff and operates more than 1500 properties across 28 local author

A development by housebuilder Scotia Homes featuring new homes all heated from non-fossil fuel sources has been recognised as one of the most sustainable in the UK.

CCG (Scotland) has commenced work on a new planned maintenance contract in Drumchapel with Cernach Housing Association.

An application to demolish a former brass foundry in Glasgow to make way for an eight-storey apartment block is to be decided by the Scottish Government.

Developers are launching £60 million plans to revive a vacant site in Aberdeen city centre. Levelling Up Real Estate wants to create a “buzzing hub of homes” on a huge patch of wasteland left empty for a decade.

A family-run plumbing business has been fined £4,000 after a blind man fell into an open manhole at a sheltered housing development in Banchory.

A planning application for the development of high-quality purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Edinburgh’s Canongate has been given the green light following an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government. Summix (CGE) Developments and S Harrison have been granted permis

Financial projections for Scotland's Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) show aggregate financial performance should remain robust over the next five years however RSLs also continue to face a very challenging operating context, a new report by the Scottish Housing Regulator has found.

Plans for new key worker accommodation in Inverness have taken a major step forward.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published an updated engagement plan for Calvay Housing Association in which it concludes that the landlord is working "constructively and openly" towards compliance with the regulatory standards of governance and financial management.

Wheatley customers over the age of 70 will receive drop-in visits from their housing officer over the winter months

A huge operation to hand out 300 festive food goodie bags to Elderpark Housing tenants is underway. Over the next nine days the Association will distribute the festive helping hand in time for Christmas.

The average price of a property in Scotland in October 2022 was £194,874, an increase of 8.5% on October 2021 and 1.1% compared to the previous month.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) launched its refreshed consumer guide on flooding amid reports that extreme flooding could become more common in the UK due to the effects of climate change.

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has delighted hundreds of local young people by donating 197 Christmas gifts to Glasgow’s Spirit of Christmas gift drive in aid of Possilpark’s social work service. The organisation’s support will ensure that vulnerable young people acr