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The post-lockdown house-move boom has seen Scottish law firm and estate agent Lindsays defy disruption to record a rise in the number of homes sold in the past 12 months. Sales by its residential property division rose by 4.26% in the last financial year, with homes valued at a total of £177.3

Former Rettie managing partner, Patrick Paton, and his wife, property marketing specialist Celia Paton, have joined forces to launch a new Scottish estate agency, Paton & Co. Paton & Co launched on March 15, 2021 from the couple’s home in the Borders, covering properties across Scotlan

Plumbing trade association SNIPEF has welcomed the latest Construction Policy Note (CPN 1/2021) from the Scottish Government on Sustainable Tender Pricing after its manifesto called for more support for the plumbing and heating sector on the issue. The note, issued in March by the Construction

Muir Homes has been given the go-ahead to build the final phase of the development in the grounds of Castlebank House in Port Glasgow. Designed by EMA Architects, the Tree Tops development will offer a mix of 17 high specification two, three and four-bedroom homes on a stunning hilltop location

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has launched a new initiative to train construction sector professionals in Passivhaus standards.

Experienced site and project manager David Natusch has been appointed project director at Glasgow development company Calma Group. With a wealth of construction management experience and from running his own project management consultancy Staunch Projects since 1999, he joined Shawfield-based C

The UK is set for a new generation of giant onshore wind turbines – reaching higher than Queensferry Bridge and approaching the elevation of the Eiffel Tower – as the country goes all out to achieve its green energy targets, according to property experts. 

The average cost of developing a new build home in Scotland has increased by as much as 21% over the life of the last Parliament, research by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has revealed.

Seventeen Sutherland regeneration projects have been awarded funding from the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (HCCF). A total of £3,034,703 was awarded to the Highland Council by the Scottish Government, £700,407 of which was earmarked for the council’s Suther

Care operator Simply UK has earmarked brownfield land overlooking the River Tay in Broughty Ferry for a new £10.5 million 64-bedroom care home.

Tayside construction company Algo has reported a fall in profits but a rise in turnover as directors take steps to ensure that it comes out of the Covid-19 pandemic in as healthy a position as possible. Algo, which employed nearly 100 people during the 12-month period to the end of June 2020, saw pr

A 17-mile tunnel connecting the island of Benbecula to Skye and the mainland is being considered by Transport Scotland as part of a list of potential infrastructure projects that could take shape over the next 20 years.

Barratt Homes West Scotland has returned with a revised proposal for a new housing estate in Cambusbarron with almost a third fewer homes than its previous application. The developer lost its bid to overturn Stirling Council’s refusal of the 265-home plan for the Seven Sist

Two new members of staff have joined the team at Communities Housing Trust (CHT). ​Rob Humphrey joined CHT in March as a construction development officer, working in the Development team to take communities' plans through the development and build stages. 

The implementation of a new Local Development Plan for the Cairngorms National Park has paved the way for an increase in the number of affordable homes required in new developments within the communities that have the greatest need.