Tag: housing

Wightman: Government must act on housing repairs to tackle fuel poverty

Fuel poverty will not be eliminated in Scotland until the government takes action to fix the one in two homes that have issues with weather-tightness and structural stability, says a Green MSP. Continue reading Wightman: Government must act on housing repairs to tackle fuel poverty

Home truths: Edinburgh’s housing stock depleted by short-term lets

Capital-ism: Edinburgh landlords fill their boots while waiting lists grow longer

More than 30 landlords are operating lucrative short term letting businesses in Scotland’s capital, a new report reveals, adding to the pressure on Edinburgh’s housing stock.  Continue reading Home truths: Edinburgh’s housing stock depleted by short-term lets

Not lonely this Christmas at Castlebrae Glebe

A HOUSING and care provider in Edinburgh made sure that no-one was left feeling lonely this Christmas. Staff and tenants at supported housing accommodation in Craigmillar organised a lonely scheme, which runs all year round, and this year the scheme made sure that its users had somewhere to be on Christmas Day. Continue reading Not lonely this Christmas at Castlebrae Glebe

Building a fairer Scotland?

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?

Capital’s property market unscathed by interest rate rise

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

Sales of £1 million houses in Scotland fall by one third

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