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Purchasing a property is a better move than renting for Scottish first-time buyers, research by Bank of Scotland has found. The average monthly buying cost, including mortgage payments, associated with a first-time buyer buying a three bedroom house stood at £525 in December 2015; £120 (or 19 per

Norma Jones Suddenly, but very peacefully, Norma Jones, housing consultant and former Edinburgh councillor, passed away on Saturday, 6th February, 2016, at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Jim McCormick The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has called for measures to control the cost of renting in Scotland and a tax on the Winter Fuel Payment as part of a wide-ranging plan to reduce high levels of poverty in the country.

Falkirk Council tenants are set to benefit from a wide range of improvements to their homes over the next year, as the local authority agreed its housing budget for next year. The investment, which was agreed as part of a larger three year £81 million budget, will upgrade existing homes and add new

Social landlord expenditure on responsive repairs was worth £3 billion to the UK economy in 2014/15, data analysis published by HouseMark has estimated. Using its detailed breakdown of costs, the data provider found that around 77 per cent of social landlords’ responsive repairs expenditure pays

A judgement in a court case involving Ryanair may significantly reduce the UK government’s ability to enforce its ‘Right to Rent’ policy, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In a case involving the airline appealing against fines imposed for carrying illegal immigrants in

James Battye As the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill moves at a pace through the infrastructure and capital investment committee, James Battye, policy officer at Shelter Scotland, discusses how things will change for the 330,000 households renting from private landlords across Scotland.

The Sutcliffe Road development includes 24 affordable flats An affordable housing development with an adjoining church has been described as ‘divine’ by its new residents.

Stevyn Wilkinson Dundee based employment and training charity Craigowl Communities, part of the Hillcrest Group, is re-launching two of its popular jobs training programmes later this month with a view to getting young people into quality jobs with some of the city’s top employers.

Jenny Gardner A regional manager at Blackwood has smashed her target of raising £600 to replace a Stirling care home’s beloved greenhouse after it was destroyed last year.

Stirling’s first street clinic offering housing and homelessness advice is setting up home today on Port Street. Experts from charity Shelter Scotland will be on hand from 10am-3pm to offer help and advice on a range of housing issues, including rent and mortgage arrears, fuel poverty, money and d

Scottish Borders Council is encouraging local communities from across the region to apply to its community grant scheme. The scheme is open to all constituted community groups across the Borders and provides grants of up to £5,000 to support projects which:

The Camlachie Burn An urban flooding project to tackle the deficiencies in Glasgow's drainage system and allow the building of 22,000 new homes on previously unviable brownfield sites has been received a funding boost.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called on political parties to acknowledge that investing in housing is vital for the nation’s health and wellbeing. In the run up to May’s Scottish Parliament elections, the organisation has outlined five key requests for the next Scott

Maggie Chapman The Scottish Green Party has stepped up its calls for action on the cost of renting a home as a new poll revealed most Scots support a points-based system of rent controls.