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Forth Court A new development of one bedroom flats in the heart of Craigshill has been handed over to Almond Housing Association.

Terrie Alafat The latest benefit cap statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there is a need for the UK government to re-look at welfare policies, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has said.

Over £10 million of taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private homes being let out as holiday accommodation during the Edinburgh festival, according to an MSP. Lothian representative Andy Wightman MSP said he has been “inundated” with correspondence from constituents concerned

Plans have been submitted for a £6 million housing development on a former hospital site in Arbroath. Chamberlain Bell Developments Ltd has applied to create 49 homes on the 2.2 hectare site of Little Cairnie Hospital in Arbroath, which closed in 2015.

Nicola Barclay New energy performance data gathered from buildings in England and Wales has busted the myth perpetuated by critics of modern new homes that they are “rabbit hutches”, according to trade body Homes for Scotland.

Gillian Craig Gillian Craig looks at the risk attaching to ownership in an imperfect registration system.

Business Fives founder John McClarey with ambassadors Pat Stanton and Gary Mackay With over 80 companies representing Scotland’s diverse economy it is the charitable element of Business Fives that everyone is talking about. Over 60 local and national charities will benefit from the summer season.

James Strang Jim Strang has described becoming the next vice president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) as the “greatest achievement of his career to date” after winning an election of the organisation’s members.

Artist's impression of the Maidenhill community Developers behind plans for a new community in Maidenhill, Newton Mearns, are to provide multiple pockets of land to facilitate the delivery of affordable housing as part of a range of newly agreed community benefits.

Beggars and rough sleepers in Glasgow city centre are damaging trade and putting shoppers off visiting the city, according to a leading Scottish business figure. Stuart Patrick, chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said there had been an undeniable rise in begging and the number of rough

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has announced that its consultancy business is to be made insolvent due to a “difficult financial landscape”. A profit-making body which was purchased in 2007, the CIH Consultancy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CIH and any of its profits are reinvest

Home Group's Stuart Dixon and PC Mark Symons A regeneration project in Dundee has been recognised for its safe and secure design by Police Scotland.

Miller Homes is to be acquired by private equity group Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling £655 million. The firm, which is the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK operating from three regional divisions in the Midlands & South, North, and Scotland, had declined to comment on spec

Hackney Council is inviting housing associations to bid for a £16 million fund made up of Right to Buy receipts in an effort to deliver more affordable homes in the borough. Councils in England have just three years to use any profit made from Right to Buy sales before it is handed over to UK gover

Supporting Communities and TPAS Scotland have arranged for housing workers in Northern Ireland visit to the Glasgow area following a successful trip by Scottish workers earlier this year.