Housemark Scotland

Kirsty Wells Social landlords in Scotland and across the UK have managed to reduce back office costs while increasing annual turnover, according to new data analysis from HouseMark.

Scottish social landlords are modernising services and making use of new technology to deliver real, quantifiable savings and improved productivity, according to HouseMark Scotland’s Value for Money Club. The club’s second meeting of the year took place on May 19 in Glasgow.

More than two thirds of Scottish social housing landlords responding to a new survey expect the number of units they manage to increase over the next 12 months – but only one third anticipate that rising revenues within their organisation will exceed any rise in their organisation’s costs during

Russell Young Many in the Scottish housing community will be looking forward to the 31st May with a combination of apprehension and anticipation. As many will be all too well aware, that is the deadline for landlords to submit their Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) submissions to the Scottish Hous

An independent report highlighting Eildon Group’s significant economic impact should give confidence and inspiration to the housing sector to continue to innovate and improve, writes Kirsty Wells, head of HouseMark Scotland. Dear Editor,

Membership of HouseMark Scotland continues to grow with the announcement that, following its recent Value for Money pilot involving small housing associations, both Ore Valley Housing Association and Prospect Community Housing have joined its ranks. A provider of social housing data and insight in t

Kirsty Wells A new report published in March by Audit Scotland provided encouraging evidence that Scotland’s local authorities have made important progress in the levels of service they provide in housing, even in the face of ongoing cuts to funding.

Kirsty Wells As legislation to implement the integration of health and social care in Scotland comes into force today, housing professionals are being encouraged to participate in a new Housing, Health and Social Care club to discuss the potential implications for the Scottish housing sector.

HouseMark Scotland, the provider of social housing data and insight in the housing sector, has responded to newly published analysis from the Scottish Housing Regulator regarding the finances of registered social landlords in Scotland. Released last week, the analysis shows the finances of Scottish

A tenant’s sense of ‘wellbeing’ may have a dramatic effect on satisfaction with their landlord, according to John Wickenden, data analysis manager at HouseMark. John was speaking about a new pattern observed between overall ‘Star’ satisfaction and wellbeing questions at HouseMark Scotlandâ

A Value for Money (VFM) benchmarking pilot, has recently been completed with nine small social landlords from across Scotland. It examined the costs of providing services, levels of staff resources, as well as levels of tenant satisfaction and service performance.

(from left) Gillian Campbell, Kirsty Wells, Monika Gouws and Russell Young HouseMark Scotland has added two new staff members to its Edinburgh based team following sustained growth over the past year.

This is the question that a group of housing associations have been getting to grips with since June, following the HouseMark Scotland VFM Club meeting that month. Kevin Scarlett, CEO at River Clyde Homes and Jason MacGilp, CEO at Cairn Housing Association have been leading the group’s discussions

What can the Scottish Charter data tell you? Larger landlords have longer re-let times, the smaller you are, the better you seem to be at resolving ASB cases and rent collection and lettings efficiency appears to be improving across the board…

Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new report contributing to the debate on what value for money means for tenants, social landlords and the housing sector in Scotland.