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CIH Scotland has appointed Indigo House to review the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies. As part of its brief, Indigo House will evaluate whether the existing continuous professional development (CPD) requirements for letting agents:

AS Homes (Scotland) has unveiled plans for a new development on the site of a former church in Glasgow.

The progress of a £6.5 million, three-year research and development project to transform housebuilding to meet net-zero carbon targets will be high on the agenda at Futurebuild today. Housebuilder Stewart Milne Group is one of several organisations involved in the Advanced Industrialised Metho

A second bid has been submitted to demolish a former Glasgow convent to make way for a new block of apartments. Surplus Property Solutions wants to replace the empty villa at 32 Mansionhouse Road, Langside with a five-storey development of 16 apartments, roof terrace amenity space and landscapi

Engineers are to carry out free health checks on central heating systems throughout the Lothians as part of a new fuel poverty prevention scheme. The Edinburgh Boiler Company is investing £30,000 into the project that launches today.

Plans submitted by Caledonian Property seeking to construct 1,000 new homes in a development on greenbelt land on the edge of Glasgow have been rejected.

A new post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), as the university successfully joins the UK Green Building Council.

Following the completion last year of 39 council houses as part of Taylor Wimpey's Maidenhill development, a further 43 homes are set to be handed over to East Renfrewshire residents throughout the summer including a mix of cottage flats, terraced houses, semi-detached and detached homes. New tenant

Philip Whyte has been appointed director of Scotland’s progressive think tank IPPR Scotland. Mr Whyte brings to the role significant experience across government and the third sector, with particular expertise in social security, social justice, and education and skills. He joins IPPR Scotland

Scottish charity Hillcrest Futures has successfully secured £26,250 from the Scottish Government’s Winter Support Fund to help financially insecure households throughout Angus. The grant, which is distributed by Angus Council, is set to help approximately 350 low-income households to ove

Angus councillors will be asked this week to consider a range of measures proposed by the council. These include budget proposals that seek to meet a significant funding gap, respond to the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and keep costs to residents as low as possible, while supportin

Abronhill Housing Association tenants struggling with increasing energy costs have been given access to an £11,000 fuel support fund.

With energy bills set to rise in April, housing associations and co-operatives are providing essential support to tenants struggling with bills thanks to the Scottish Government’s £2.4 million Social Housing Fuel Support Fund.

Local authorities must prioritise making it easier to secure planning permission for urgently needed housing in Scotland's rural areas, according to a veteran hotelier.

There could be a cut of more than 36,000 homes available to rent in Scotland as over a third of private landlords look to reduce the number of properties they let out, leading to more housing shortages, Scotland’s largest membership organisation for the sector warned today. The Scottish Associ