A 28% funding increase will help deliver at least 50,000 affordable homes over this Parliament, as announced in the Draft Budget by Finance Secretary Derek Mackay. Communities Secretary Angela Constance said that, while the target is challenging, the government has shown that it can deliver. Continue reading Building a fairer Scotland?
The first interest rate rise in over a decade has shown no signs of impacting Edinburgh’s surging property market. Properties in Edinburgh and the Lothians are experiencing increasingly high demand, and competition amongst buyers has lead to not just fast sales, but selling prices that are frequently well in excess of their Home Report valuation, say leading industry experts Warners. Continue reading Capital’s property market unscathed by interest rate rise
Help transform young people’s lives and give them the chance of a brighter future. Continue reading RICS: Join campaign to give young homeless people in Scotland a home in winter
More than 70,000 affordable homes have now been delivered since 2007- a total of 48,813 homes for social rent, including 8,819 council homes, as well as 4,936 for affordable rent and 17,112 for affordable home ownership. Continue reading 70,000 affordable homes delivered
The number of houses in Scotland sold for over a million pounds fell by over a third (35%) in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, according to research from the Bank of Scotland. A total of 53 homes were sold for at least a million pounds in in the first half of 2017, compared to 81 over the same period a year earlier. Continue reading Sales of £1 million houses in Scotland fall by one third
HOUSE hunters in Edinburgh will see little impact from the abolition of Stamp Duty for first-time buyers, which was the major announcement in the recent UK budget, according to leading experts in the city. Continue reading Eradication of Stamp Duty will not benefit Scotland
Advice and Support session
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Thursday 9 November, 10am – 12 noon
Andy Wightman MSP, Housing spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, has today launched his “Homes First” campaign to control the rapid and unregulated growth of short-term lets, where owners of residential properties offer them as holiday accommodation. Continue reading Homes First: Wightman launches campaign to control short-term lets
The winners of Scotland’s annual awards for excellence in housing were announced at a special awards dinner at Murrayfield Stadium on 27 October. Thirteen award category winners were announced alongside a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Mary Taylor in recognition of her services to Scotland’s housing sector. Continue reading Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland Excellence Award winners announced
