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Joe Warren, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank, looks ahead to the EPC changes coming into effect later in the year. There are lots of legislative and regulatory difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK. But perhaps one of the most misunderstood differences in property has been t
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The late 19th century and early 20th century phases of HMP Barlinnie have been recognised by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) as a Category A listed building, the designation reserved for the country’s most significant structures.
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Paul Hilton looks at how the property market is evolving into a hybrid model, combining the efficiency of digital tools with the invaluable reassurance and personalised guidance of face-to-face expert advice. Over the past decade, the property market has been transformed by digital innovation. From
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House prices in Scotland rose over the past three months at the slowest rate seen since the beginning of 2024, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
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Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland has received the maximum 5-star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey.
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A £6 million mansion, raffled off as a grand prize by Omaze, has come under scrutiny for breaching planning regulations, according to North Norfolk District Council. The Larkfields property in Blakeney, situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, was reportedly not built in ac
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Poundland is offering its first ever apartments for sale as it prepares to open a new store on Elgin's historic High Street.
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Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway, looks back over 10 years of regeneration since the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Planners have blamed UK Communities Secretary Eric Pickles for making them powerless to prevent a row between two homeowners over a “monstrosity” of an extension. Two homes in the Moseley area of Birmingham which now share a gutter because one neighbour extended several inches beyond that for wh
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After receiving more entries than ever before, the Ladder Association’s Idiots on Ladders contest has ended and this year’s “biggest idiot on a ladder” has been crowned. The success of Idiots on Ladders mirrored a record-breaking year for the Ladder Exchange, which traded over 15 per cent mo
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Germany's Autobahns have been praised and replicated the world over. They're beautifully flat, and on most stretches there's no enforced speed limit – just an "advised" one of about 80mph. But in Hamburg, residents have become a little sick of their local motorway, and the city government's decide
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Underwater properties in Dubai are now going on sale before being finished later this year, though at a cost of £1 million. Each of the 42 villas feature a sea-floor room “offering magnificent views of the spectacular sea world”.
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Graham Blair More than half of Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have identified the slashing of red tape as the top priority for the new Westminster government for driving growth north of the border.
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A 150-metre long comic book strip has been unveiled at BAM Construction’s site hoardings at the V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Comic illustrator Will Morris and graphic designer David Mackenzie were commissioned to design the giant comic strip. Called Adventures in Design, it tells the story of
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A 760 mph capsule-based transportation system which would connect London to Glasgow in as little as 30 minutes could be built in the UK, according to its developers. Speaking at BaseStone's Construct//Disrupt, an event held in London to explore the future of transportation technologies, the company
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