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Bellway Homes has said it expects a 27 per cent increase in revenue despite weeks economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit. In a trading update for the year to July 31, the housebuilder forecast revenue to reach £2.2 billion from £1.73bn in 2015.

Greater Manchester landlords Mosscare Housing Group and St Vincent’s Housing have announced their intention to work together to deliver a business case for merging both organisations into a formal partnership.

Ann and Sandy Dickson Ayrshire residents have the chance to look through the keyhole at one of Scotland’s most inspirational green homes this weekend when Beith homeowners, Sandy and Ann Dickson, open their doors to the public.

(from left) Councillor Joan Griffiths; Councillor Cammy Day; Gerry O’Sullivan, chair of Bield; Councillor Stefan Tymkewycz and Brian Logan, chief executive of Bield One of Scotland’s largest housing and care providers for older people marked their continued commitment to invest in new affordable

Homes near Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium have almost doubled in value over 10 years The price of homes close to Scottish Premiership grounds have increased by almost a third in ten years, significantly higher than the 20 per cent increase in house prices across Scotland as a whole.

Calls are growing for local and national authorities to intervene into the increasing use of short-term letting sites which many believe are having a negative effect on Scotland’s housing market. According to data by Murray Cox, a New York-based community activist and founder of non-commercial dat

Housing associations L&Q and the Hyde Group have agreed to abandon their merger plans after months of negotiations.

There is still time to give the Scottish Government your views and help to develop a Scottish Social Housing Charter for the next five years. The consultation closes on 24th August 2016.

Iain Edmans Physical risk management specialists ACS Group has appointed Iain Edmans to the new position of asbestos technical manager.

Bield is looking for several volunteers to support tenants by increasing their community involvement and helping to reduce isolation. Mansewood Court Retirement Housing Development in Whitburn, West Lothian, is looking to recruit a befriender to get to know and socialise with tenants, helping to bro

A modified draft of the Angus Local Development Plan (ALDP) has been agreed which identifies land for the development of around 330 new homes per annum across the area to 2026. Given the green light by Angus Council this week, the plan also gives continued support for existing sites and brownfield o

Hawthorn Housing Co-operative is to develop its successful estate caretaking service following a grant of £25,000 from Glasgow City Council’s co-operative development unit. The Co-op will use the grant to purchase a shipping container to provide a base and storage for the team, a van, a trailer,

Crofters in some of Scotland’s rural and remote communities will benefit from better housing through funding from the Scottish Government. Cabinet secretary for rural economy Fergus Ewing confirmed 21 crofters will share over £705,000 from the Croft House Grant scheme.

A “fuel bank” which offers pre-pay meter vouchers to those struggling to afford to light and heat their homes has opened in Glasgow. The initiative, which gives people who are suffering from food poverty pre-payment meter vouchers for gas or electricity, is available at Glasgow South East Foodba

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand