Mid-Market Rent

Water Row in Govan Plans are in the pipeline for a £17 million housing-led development project to regenerate a key location in Govan.

Albyn Housing Society’s ambitious plans to build 750 new affordable homes across the region by 2020 have made a concrete start according to its recent AGM report which recorded 130 completions across nine Highland communities during the past financial year. Announced in April, the new build progra

Stuart Nicholson, loan investments director at Scottish Widows, LAR chairman Andrew Robertson, housing minister Kevin Stewart and Alan Brennan, relationship director at Bank of Scotland Commercial Real Estate LAR Housing Trust has secured £65 million of funding to boost its portfolio of mid-market

(from left) Clackmannanshire Council leader, Councillor Les Sharp with new tenants Kenny Wilson & Lynn Syme being welcomed to their new home by Bill Banks, Kingdom Group CEO Kingdom Housing Association has completed 69 houses across Clackmannanshire in the last 18 months and is poised to deliver

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits GHA tenant Marilyn Cunningham at her new home, alongside GHA chair Bernadette Hewitt (right) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited tenants of Glasgow’s latest affordable homes development as Wheatley Group announced it had secured a further £65 million of pr

Lord Provost Councillor Frank Ross (left) and Manor Estates Housing Association chairman Nigel Hicks officially open Sandilands Close Edinburgh’s new Lord Provost, Councillor Frank Ross, was involved in some tree planting at an event officially opening Manor Estates Housing Association’s new £1

More than 1000 low cost rental homes could be built on derelict ground at Edinburgh’s Western Harbour if developer Forth Ports secures a £76 million loan from the Scottish Government, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. An initiative launched in April last year invited housebuilders to bid f

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) is to set up a new mid-market rent (MMR) practice exchange and benchmarking service after a survey revealed a high level of interest within the Scottish social rented sector. Places are still available at the first meeting of the MMR practice exchange forum for soc

Osprey Initiatives is hailing its development of 20 mid-market rental (MMR) homes in Westhill as a huge success. The one and two bed terraced houses, built by Stewart Milne Homes, were successfully let on completion in 2016 by Osprey Initiatives, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Osprey Housing Gro

Neil Clapperton, chief executive of Grampian Housing Association (left) and Kevin Stewart MSP Grampian Housing Association and its subsidiary Kirkgate Developments are celebrating the completion of its latest development of affordable homes, increasing the group’s portfolio of properties for rent

Albyn Housing Society has completed a £2.3 million deal to secure 21 flats from a private landlord in Inverness. The Invergordon-based Association said the acquisition for the one and two-bedroom homes in the Castle Heather area was aimed at meeting “huge demand for mid-market rental properties�

Brand new homes in Ellon from Create Homes Aberdeenshire LLP Interest in an affordable housing scheme has been “low” across Aberdeenshire, according to a new report.

A stable block which was home to dozens of working horses in Glasgow is to be turned into flats for mid-market rent. GHA, part of Wheatley Group, is behind the multi-million pound plans which will save – and breathe new life into – the Bell Street Stables in the Merchant City, a category B-liste

New research into mid-market rent (MMR) has found high satisfaction levels among tenants living in the properties but there is still limited awareness among many people about what mid-market rent is, the potential benefits it offers and whether it might be an option open to them. The research was co

Castlehill Housing Association is to build 147 affordable homes in Aberdeen and Inverurie after securing funding of £12.5 million from Clydesdale Bank. The loan will fund the building of 119 homes for social rent and a further 28 for mid-market rent. The properties will range from one-bedroom flats