Savills

Savills has been appointed to bring a prestigious strategic land portfolio to the market totalling 80.37 hectares across Bearsden, Lenzie, and Milngavie. Comprising three prime land sites, each presents an opportunity for significant future residential development subject to planning consents.

Savills Affordable Housing Consultancy has added to its expertise with three new appointments including from the Bank of England and a CEO from a recently merged housing association. Alan Ward has joined as an associate consultant, Eleanor Hudson as a governance, risk and regulation consultant and L

Savills Residential Research has launched its latest research report highlighting a significant rebound in Scotland’s prime residential market, and highlights the significant resilience and growth of the Glasgow market. The prime residential market in Scotland experienced significant growth in

A total of 187,000 additional affordable homes are needed in England each year, yet affordable house building seems to have peaked, according to the latest Savills research. 

Given Scotland’s national housing crisis, more needs to be done to fast track planning and new Local Development Plans amid an "alarming" drop in housing completions and new planning consents, says Savills. An uptick in new build sales across Scotland is hastening the demand for residential de

A total of £300 billion is needed to deliver the additional million homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) required to meet the future household growth requirements by 2031, Savills has warned. According to the real estate advisor's latest report on the UK Build to Rent (BtR) secto

Scotland's residential development market has seen a positive first half of the year, with a significant increase in viewings and reservations, according to Savills.

Glasgow has the largest imbalance between supply and demand for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the UK, requiring 22,000 additional beds in order to fulfil requirements, according to Savills. Edinburgh is also experiencing a considerable shortfall needing an additional 17,000 beds to c

The Scottish Government has announced that it will be easing permitted development rights (PDRs) for rooftop solar.

Just 8.5% of private rental homes are likely to be affordable to Universal Credit claimants, despite increases to the amount of housing benefit they can access from next month. Local Housing Allowance will increase from 1 April for the first time since April 2020. Yet Savills research has found the

An extensive mixed-use development site at the gateway to west Edinburgh at Maybury has been purchased by sustainable regeneration specialist Summix. In a deal brokered by Savills for the sellers Saica, with Scarlett Land and Development Ltd acting for the purchasers, the prime 15.5-acre residential

The total value of all homes across the UK now stands at £8.678 trillion, with Scotland showing a 1.3% increase in total value and outperforming the rest of the UK, according to new research by Savills. Faisal Choudhry, head of residential research for Savills in Scotland, said: &ldq

The time required for Build-to-Rent (BtR) planning applications to be determined has significantly increased over the past decade, with 40% of sites achieving detailed planning permission last year taking at least a year to do so, according to the British Property Federation (BPF). Analysis conducte

New research has found approximately a quarter of all luxury new build homes in UK towns and cities are being bought by over 60s.

After a period of exceptional strength, the Scottish development land market slowed over Q4 2022 as wider market uncertainty took hold.