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The very strong demand witnessed in Scotland’s housing market since the summer started to ease back in November as the end of the year nears, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. More respondents in Scotland saw the number of newly agreed sales fall last month than saw them

Home Fix Scotland is helping to spread some of the Christmas cheer this winter after the organisation donated £500 to Barnardo’s and £400 worth of toys to i58. With 2020 being a tough year for many people up and down the country, the organisation wanted to ensure that those struggl

Cairn Housing Group is preparing for 2021 with a reshaped executive team, which it said is designed to support a step change in services to customers, continued modernisation, and investment in homes. The group recently celebrated the second anniversary of Ancho tenants voting in favour of a constit

Glen Oaks Housing Association has gained planning approval to build 30 houses and cottage flats for the Arden area of Glasgow. The properties on a vacant 2.5-acre grassed site in Kilmuir Crescent would be built by AS Homes (Scotland) in conjunction with the Association.

Osprey Housing Group staff are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Investors In People Gold accreditation, a standard achieved by only around 16% of organisations assessed. Osprey, which provides and manages more than 1,800 properties across the north-east of Scotland, was also commended

Shire Housing Association has been awarded £37,5000 from the Scottish Government's Communities Recovery Fund. This will help the association to continue working with local community groups dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To mark its 25th anniversary, Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has sponsored 25 Food Train boxes – one for each year - which will be used to deliver essential food shopping to isolated and vulnerable elderly people during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Staff at BHA BeFriend have been

As part of its on-going work in the community during the national lockdown, Milnbank Housing Association volunteers and staff distributed an early Christmas gift of biscuits to the elderly residents and a selection box for school-aged children. Joining them last week was Philip Braat, the Lord Provo

Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Construction has secured a batch of new contracts valued at more than £25 million, including work at housing developments in Dundee, Nairn and Inverness. In Inverness, Bancon’s newest £9m contract is for a housing development at Stratton Farm, on the outs

Eddie Fraser has been appointed as the new chief executive of East Ayrshire Council to replace Fiona Lees when she retires in a few weeks’ time. Eddie has over 34 years of local government experience, having worked with Strathclyde Regional Council and Glasgow City Council prior to joinin

West Lothian Council has granted planning permission in principle for Blackridge Developments to build 185 new homes in West Lothian. The homes are proposed for a site on Barbuchlaw Burn and land south of Craiginn Terrace.

Moray Council's planning committee has agreed plans to build 77 houses in the village of Lhanbryde. Yesterday, the committee backed the council officers' recommendation to approve Springfield Properties’ development at St Andrew Terrace.

A public consultation is being held on a new housing development proposed for Bellevue Gardens, Kilmarnock.

UK fund manager and social enterprise Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has appointed two new housing experts as board members. Terrie Alafat CBE, the former chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Caroline Pillay, a senior partner at Airey Miller and the founder and chai

In collaboration with Network Homes, HACT has developed a framework that will enable social housing organisations to optimise resident feedback.