Homes For Scotland

Continuing the 20th anniversary celebrations at Scottish Housing News is Nicola Barclay, chief executive at Homes for Scotland. “With Homes for Scotland being a cross-sector representative body, the wide perspective Scottish Housing News provides is extremely valuable. Timely, informative

A national new home customer satisfaction survey has revealed a fourth successive year of improved results for home builders. The annual New Homes Survey by Homes for Scotland and the Home Builders Federation found that 91% of the customers would "recommend their builde

The Scottish Government is set to scrap the Help to Buy scheme from this week after announcing it is no longer able to financially support the initiative.

With the importance of ensuring everyone living in Scotland has a quality home that meets their needs never more apparent, the country’s home building industry has today urged politicians across all parties to support a shared ambition to achieve and consistently deliver at least 25,000 new ho

Proposed changes to Scottish planning regulations are at odds with the welcome extension of the First Home Fund, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The scheme was introduced as a pilot to help buyers purchase their first home from either the new or secondhand market, providing up

The Scottish Government must issue a clear statement of intent on the need to deliver 25,000 new homes of all tenures each year and mandate public agencies to work in partnership with developers across sectors to achieve this, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The trade body said this would gen

Homes for Scotland has unveiled the shortlisted candidates for its Development of the Year - large. The trade body has announced there will be no winners of its 2020 Awards this year, but all shortlisted candidates will be revealed to recognise the efforts of successful submissions.

Homes for Scotland has unveiled the shortlisted candidates for its Development of the Year - medium. The trade body has announced there will be no winners of its 2020 Awards this year, but all shortlisted candidates will be revealed to recognise the efforts of successful submissions.

Homes for Scotland has unveiled the shortlisted candidates for its Development of the Year - small. The trade body has announced there will be no winners of its 2020 Awards this year, but all shortlisted candidates will be revealed to recognise the efforts of successful submissions.

Homes for Scotland has unveiled the shortlisted candidates for its Associate Member of the Year. The trade body has announced there will be no winners of its 2020 Awards this year, but all shortlisted candidates will be revealed to recognise the efforts of successful submissions.

Homes for Scotland has announced there will be no winners of its 2020 Awards this year, but all shortlisted candidates will be revealed to recognise the efforts of successful submissions, kicking off with the Innovation of the Year award. Having closed to entries in February, the independent judging

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the Scottish Government plans to “generate significant economic growth, combined with a focus on supporting jobs, skills and training” but warned that new proposals on planning contradicted such intentions. Announcing its decision to ac

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has described another overall increase in decision times for housing applications as “hugely frustrating”. Official planning performance statistics for 2019/20 revealed that the average decision time for local development applications was 9.1 weeks, sl

The threshold at which Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) is paid will be raised from £145,000 to £250,000 as the Scottish Government steps up efforts to support homebuyers and help the economy recover from the impact of coronavirus.

With show homes and sales offices in Scotland now open again as lockdown restrictions begin to ease, builders are reporting strong levels of interest.