Help To Buy

Lochlee Wynd CCG has started work to deliver a new residential housing development in Dundee which will see bespoke smart technology used to enhance the care and support of its tenants.

I’m delighted to support the first Scottish Housing Day and I want to congratulate all of those hard working organisations and individuals who have made this annual date possible. Scottish Housing Day is a great opportunity to let people know about the range of housing options available in Scotlan

Stuart Bowler and his mum Alison outside his new home bought through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme The Scottish Government’s Help to Buy scheme has reached another milestone with the latest phase enabling more than 30 households a week to purchase a new build home.

Nicole Sutherland The relaunched Scottish Government-backed Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is offering a lifeline for buyers taking their first steps on the property ladder.

Alex Neil More than 8,000 households have now received support to own their own home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, social justice secretary Alex Neil has announced.

Nicola Barclay A year-on-year growth in house purchase lending in Scotland has been welcomed as a signal of optimism for the sector by the country’s home building industry.

Alex Neil More than £160 million of new funding will be targeted in 2016/17 on home ownership schemes to support 5000 households to buy their own home, the Scottish Government said today.

Professor L Crerar Law firm Harper Macleod has been appointed by the Scottish Government to help administer the £195 million successor to its hugely popular Help to Buy schemes.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the Scottish Government to switch its housing policy from assisting demand to assisting supply if it is to effectively tackle the housing crisis. In its annual Residential Policy Paper, the RICS highlighted the success of Help to Buy

Alex Johnstone Thousands of homebuyers in Scotland have benefitted from the Help to Buy scheme since it was launched two years ago.

Housing and social security have a central role to play in the Scottish Government’s programme for government 2015-16, published this week. CIH Scotland policy and practice officer Ashley Campbell takes a look at the detail. The Scottish Government’s legislative programme for 2015/16 acknowledge

Alex Neil meets residents who have benefitted from Help to Buy The Scottish Government has unveiled more details of its plans to spend £195 million over the next three years on a successor to the existing Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme.

Tracey Menzies Delays to planning consent are the most significant barrier to building new homes, according to a survey of the housebuilding sector conducted by law firm Brodies LLP.

Progress is well under way with the first new homes now on site at a new housing development in Niddrie, Edinburgh. Being developed by CCG (Scotland) Ltd, The Schoolhouse is giving a new lease of life to the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School.

A new report has found a wide disconnect between prospective first-time buyers and their parents with regards to their perception of the first-time buyer market. While just 12 per cent of parents believe it is “virtually impossible for first-time buyers to obtain a mortgage” this rises to 21 per