Greatest clicks: Top 30 stories of the year

(from left) Colin MacCallum, Lynne Donnelly, Stewart Gibb and Dan WoodAppointments and company awards figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2016. Here, in reverse order of number of times viewed, are numbers 30-21.

30. Nation’s best housebuilders honoured at Scottish Home Awards

29. Scottish landlords take case against ‘harmful’ tax changes to the Treasury

28. Final days of Right to Buy in Scotland

27. Wheatley appoints Tom Barclay as group director of property

26. Rise of Airbnb ‘exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis’

25. Chief executive appointment completes corporate management team at West of Scotland

24. Caroline MacAskill

23. New MD takes reins at Dunedin Canmore

22. Sanctuary merger to create Scotland’s 4th largest social landlord

21. Research shows impact of payday loans on mental health

Excellence Awards winnersOur second segment of numbers 20-11 includes CIH Scotland’s Excellence Awards and the ongoing dispute at Wishaw & District Housing Association.

20. Housing & Care 21 and Sanctuary Group withdraw from proposed merger

19. Regulator publishes updated engagement plans

18. Wellhouse Housing Association appoints new director

17. Blog: Regeneration is more than bricks and mortar

16. Winners of CIH Excellence Awards announced

15. Edinburgh clinic for homeless people faces closure

14. Senior Wishaw & District Housing Association Board member resigns over dispute

13. Staff strike at Wishaw & District Housing Association

12. Regulator intervenes to address serious weaknesses at Ferguslie Park

11. Home rented out by Liz McColgan deemed ‘unfit for human habitation’

The S'up Spoon in useOur top ten most read stories of 2016 features Wheatley Group’s joint venture maintenance service plans, landmark legislation for the private rented sector and an innovative, but somewhat surprising, winner.

10. Sanctuary to build new homes in Glasgow

9. Tributes follow sudden death of Irwell Valley Housing Association chief executive Tom Manion

8. Obituary – Christine Murphy, Elderpark Housing Association director

7. Scotland’s private tenants launch national union to ‘counter landlord lobby’

6. Wheatley Group becomes 50-50 joint owner of City Building Glasgow

5. Scotland’s first ‘fuel bank’ opens in Glasgow

4. Private Tenancies Bill passed by Scottish Parliament

3. ‘Second homes tax’ passed into law by Scottish Parliament

2. Over £110m worth of empty homes brought back into use in 12 months

1. Spoon that doesn’t spill wins Blackwood design award

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