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Real estate can lead the way in shaping how we want to live and work in the post-pandemic future, write Janette Speed, head of real estate and head of office in Scotland at law firm Shoosmiths. According to a recent survey, post-Brexit Britain is considered a prime real estate proposition by investo

Wellhouse Housing Association has crowned the four winners of its Christmas light competition. With traditional events unable to go ahead due to COVID, the Association was happy to take the suggestion for a competition from a tenant who wanted to help spread some Christmas cheer in the neighbourhood

The Housing & Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (FTS) has made the first ever award of a Wrongful Termination Order, penalising a landlord who had evicted a tenant on bogus grounds. Tenant Jesus Rodriguez-Ortega had rented a studio flat in Edinburgh from Cesar Domingu

MSPs have backed calls from student groups for a rent refund from private student accommodation providers and universities for the month of January in light of the end to face-to-face teaching and the public health crisis.

An apprentice has benefited from a new contractual clause between a maintenance company and Bield Housing and Care to create apprenticeship opportunities. 17-year-old Marcus Mackenzie secured an apprenticeship at Rodgers & Johnston Ltd (R&J Ltd) after the firm agreed a new Community Ben

North-East charity Aberdeen Cyrenians is urging anyone facing crisis to get in touch as the latest lockdown begins in Scotland. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK back in March 2020, Aberdeen Cyrenians experienced a 600% increase in demand for their services in the months that followed.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is encouraging people to ‘save your energy’ as the charity launches its Big Energy Saving Month 2021 campaign. The campaign encourages people to get energy advice, and focuses on five key consumer groups:

Residents of South Queensferry have launched a crowdfunder to block Ambassador Living's plans to new roads over their land for access to a new housing estate beside the Forth Road Bridge.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, along with its development partner BL Chesser Ltd, plans to make a Planning Permission in Principle application to the City of Edinburgh Council later this year for the provision of around 150 new homes through the development of further land at Highfield, Gilmerton

Highlands housebuilder Tulloch Homes said it enters 2021 with a full forward workload for the next nine months and the Inverness-based firm’s strongest array of planning consented developments in 20 years.

Hillfoot Homes has submitted plans to build courtyard-style housing at the site of a former farm in Kippen. The proposal comprises of six homes on brownfield land at Fairfield Farm, north of the A811.

The Scottish Government has announced that its temporary ban on eviction orders will be extended until the end of March. 

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed that she is considering whether additional lockdown restrictions are needed for non-essential work in Scotland to help bring the number of coronavirus cases down.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has updated its guidance for social landlords amid new Covid-19 restrictions and the 'stay at home' message issued by the Scottish Government on Monday. Following the announcement of new restrictions and the temporary lockdown now in p

CIH president Aileen Evans has launched a new report based on research carried out by De Montfort University which highlighted a disconnect between housing frontline workers and CEOs. Carried out by Jo Richardson and Andrew Mitchell, the research tells the story of working in social housin