Homes For Scotland

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.

Philip Hogg Homes for Scotland has welcomed the publication of a major report which called for a radical look at the future direction of housing policy in Scotland.

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Government is ahead of its five-year target to deliver 30,000 affordable homes by March 2016, despite a decrease in the number of social sector homes being built.

Karen Campbell Lending to first-time buyers in Scotland was down in both value and volume, according to the latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Family run house builder Springfield Properties has swept the board at this year’s industry Oscars and believes that its family-values is what keeps it the people’s favourite. The company, which has nineteen developments across Scotland, was announced as the Homes for Scotland’s House Builder

Ronnie Dumma, Eildon’s development manager collecting the award Eildon Housing Association’s new Dunwhinny Gardens development in Peebles was the latest to be recognised at a national awards ceremony winning the ‘Best Development - Medium’ category at the Homes for Scotland Awards last week.

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is nearly fully subscribed due to a bumper level of sales reservations, the Scottish Government has announced. The scheme, which helps people move up and onto the property ladder, will accept new applications up until midnight on Tuesday 26 May and sales will take p

Jim Mather during his inaugural address Former minister Jim Mather has called on the Scottish Government to maintain positive progress to support buyers, build homes and create jobs.

The winners of the 2015 Homes for Scotland Annual Awards were announced in front of some 900 guests at the organisation’s Annual Lunch Recognising the efforts made to ensure the strongest possible platform for recovery within the new build market, the winners of trade body Homes for Scotland’s p

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed that its Local Development Plan should be moved on to be examined by the Reporter appointed by the Scottish Government, before the final plan is agreed. The long-awaited plan allocates land around the city for the next 10 years, and has been driven by Scottis

Margaret Burgess More than 5,000 families and first time buyers have purchased their home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, housing minister Margaret Burgess revealed yesterday.

Nicola Barclay Home builders have urged Edinburgh councillors preparing to meet tomorrow to move ahead with submitting the draft Local Development Plan to the Scottish Government for examination in order to start addressing the city’s housing shortage and avoid further delays.

Nicola Barclay Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has appointed Nicola Barclay as director of planning with responsibility for ensuring that the organisation’s planning function is utilised to the maximum benefit of members and helps enable the development of homes of all tenures across the count

Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has called on the UK government to increase housing investment to enable 100,000 affordable homes to be built in the UK every year.

Two new build projects by Eildon Housing Association (pictured) are in the running for a Best Development award in the prestigious Scottish Homes Awards.