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The number of house sales across Scotland has increased by more than a fifth in a month as landlords rushed to buy up property ahead of changes to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). The House Price Index for Scotland by Your Move/Acadata found home sales rose by 21 per cent between Febru

Steve Fletcher New research from Clydesdale Bank has highlighted the challenges facing renters as they strive to become homeowners for the first time.

A new fund has opened to not-for-profit organisations which can help engage people and communities across Britain with information about how to get and use smart meters. The Smart Energy GB in Communities Fund has been launched by Smart Energy GB, the voice of the smart meter rollout. Every home in

Perth & Kinross Council is inviting all housing tenants to attend its annual Tenants’ Conference 2016 on Wednesday 1st June. The event will be held at Perth’s Salutation Hotel between 6pm-8.30pm.

Tourists visiting Scotland's capital city can be treated to walking tours with a difference thanks to an initiative by a local charity. Invisible Edinburgh works with people affected by homelessness and trains them to become walking tour guides for their city.

Housing and care provider Bield is highlighting the important role that volunteers can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives in Perth & Kinross. Gladstone Court retirement housing development in Perth is looking for friendly and enthusiastic befrienders and social act

A new initiative offering formerly homeless people the chance to volunteer at the 2016 Homeless World Cup has scored a Big Lottery Fund grant of £343,353. Aiming to create a lasting legacy from July’s Homeless World Cup, the Glasgow Life led project will recruit and train 200 people to volunteer

A Bield resident has brought in her 104th birthday in style by continuing a tradition which she started four years ago. Since turning 100, Bessie Irving has celebrated her big day with residents of the Oakbank retirement housing development in Alexandria by hosting an afternoon tea – an event whic

Angela Constance First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tasked Angela Constance with overseeing the Scottish Government’s pledge to deliver 50,000 new affordable homes over the next parliament as well as taking forward the implementation of new welfare powers being devolved to Scotland.

Thousands of Scots are being pushed into poverty and homelessness because of higher private rental costs as a direct result of failures to protect the country’s social housing stock, a think tank has found. While Scotland had almost one million social rental homes in 1990, the report by the Scotla

Letting agents from across Scotland will today start signing up to a new programme of compliance with government regulations with the aim of raising standards and driving rogue operators out of the market. Developed by Landlord Accreditation Scotland (LAS) and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH

Multi-sector firm Campbell & Kennedy (C&K) has been selected by the Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde housing association consortium I-FLAIR to join its social housing property maintenance framework. C&K will have opportunities to carry out electrical maintenance work for me

Ashley Campbell Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland, blogs about newly commissioned research on mid-market rent, in partnership with Wheatley Group.

Midlothian Council is to make a number of changes to its housing allocation policy in order to make best use of its stock. Among the changes is the reintroduction of the choice of one- or two-bedroom housing for single people and couples.

Willie Sinclair with some of the contents of a starter pack Tenants taking on their first tenancy with Thenue Housing are to be given a helping hand.