Mid-Market Rent

A new office, community space and shop have opened up in Prestonpans as part of an affordable housing development. The site, at Jim Bush Drive in the town, was developed by Lar Housing Trust into 16 two-bed mid-market rental flats and also included three commercial units on the ground floor. 

Harbour Homes has worked in partnership with Cairn Housing Association to create 306 new affordable homes at Granton Harbour.

The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its support for the construction of 2,800 mid-market rent homes with £100 million of investment. As announced as part of the 2024-25 Programme for Government, funding will be used alongside institutional investment – such as pension funds – to

Tenants have started to move into one of the largest affordable new-build developments in Scotland. The first of the mid-market rental properties in Edinburgh have been handed over to tenants of Lowther, part of Wheatley Group, at West Craigs in Edinburgh.

The final tenants have moved into the last remaining Lowther homes at Raw Holdings in West Lothian.

Work has started this month on 71 new mid-market homes on the site of the former Shawbridge Arcade.

In an exclusive for Scottish Housing News, Gail Matheson, CEO at HHA, highlights her concerns about the proposed Housing Bill for mid-market rent developers. A sense of dismay was shared across a swathe of developers and housing operators working within Scotland’s housing industry when the Hou

A development of 71 new homes has been given the go-ahead on the site of the former shopping arcade in Pollokshaws.

The first tranche of over 250 new homes within the historic Glasgow Meat Market development has been handed over to customers. Close to 150 years after the market on Bellgrove Road opened, it’s hoped the development will bring back vibrancy to an area that has long been missing.

Work has officially started on a new housing development in the east of Glasgow. Sanctuary Scotland is bringing 128 high quality homes for social and mid-market rent to Myreside Street in Carntyne. Delivered by developer AS Homes (Scotland), the properties are being built on a 2.48-hectare brownfiel

The Scottish National Investment Bank has secured the completion of 481 mid-market rental homes over the course of the last financial year, its second full year accounts have revealed. In February 2022, the Bank committed £40 million to aid the construction of affordable housing acro

Lar Housing Trust has said it faced unprecedented demand for its latest East Lothian development.

East Renfrewshire Council is undertaking an assessment into the requirement and need for mid-market rent (MMR) housing in the local authority area. MMR homes are designed to assist those who are on low to modest incomes, struggling to afford private renting or home ownership and for people who want

A key element in Edinburgh’s ongoing waterfront regeneration programme has been nominated as Scotland’s Best Affordable Housing Development at the prestigious Herald Property Awards ceremony to be held next month in Glasgow. The Heron Place development at Granton Harbour, completed by Po

LAR Housing Trust has applied for permission to remove the façade of a listed Glasgow building undergoing redevelopment after revealing the structure cannot be saved due to safety grounds. The housing charity was granted permission last year for 37 mid-market rent flats at the old I