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Property consultancy Galbraith has appointed Mark Paton as head of the firm’s residential division for the Scottish Borders, with responsibility for residential agency, estate and country house sales. Mark Paton replaces Alex Inglis, who is retiring after 30 years as head of the Galbraith resi

Eildon Housing has secured permission from Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee to build a new development of 57 high quality homes in Chirnside.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to Gorebridge Community Development Trust and its community hub, The Gorebridge Beacon to benefit the community in the local area. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the home builder is do

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from Monday 13 December until Tuesday 4 January 2022.

The UK housing market saw another month of declining new listings, which may frustrate the growing number of prospective buyers, according to the latest UK Residential Market Survey published today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

A planning application has been submitted for an expansion of the Aberdeen village of Peterculter first unveiled almost two years ago. The development boundary (Image by Halliday Fraser Munro)

East Lothian Council’s planning committee has granted permission for the final new homes at Hallhill in Dunbar and a further 100 homes as part of the wider development at Windygoul South, Tranent. The final phase of the wider development at Hallhill, will see 197 houses and 48 flats delivered

A new trade body has been launched to promote the interests of modular building firms and accelerate the growth of the sector.

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Aberdeen City Council

An innovative glow in the dark paving system that absorbs ultraviolet rays during the day and radiates a soft luminescent light at night has been used to bring a new commercial development in Derbyshire to life.

Throsk-based sports surface specialists Greentech Sportsturf Ltd has set up an Employee Ownership Trust to hold 100% of the leading sports and recreational surfaces firm and put it into the hands of the people who work for it - making them the direct beneficiaries of the company's future succes

McGill is set to commence work in the new year on a contract awarded by Abertay Housing Association, to upgrade kitchens and bathrooms in properties across Dundee.

Kelvindale Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club and Abercromby Homes have submitted plans to Glasgow City Council to build an apartment block that will fund more than £300,000 of investment at a Glasgow West End sports club.

Swan Real Estate has submitted plans to build 113 new homes in Springboig.

A total of 4,834 all-sector new build homes were completed in Scotland in the year to end December 2020, a decrease of 35% (7,839 homes) on the previous year, according to the latest Quarterly Housing Statistics published by Scotland's chief statistician.