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Activity in the Scottish housing market stalled last month, and surveyors are now less optimistic than they were about the outlook during the three months ahead, according to the Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

More than £40,000 was raised for Beatson Cancer Charity by guests attending the annual Stewart Milne Homes Charity Ball last weekend. The significant figure takes the total amount raised for the charity by the homebuilder to more than £230,000.

Morrison Construction has raised £4,644 for charity after successfully rowing the distance of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,770 miles, during a five-day challenge last week.

Housebuilder Cruden Homes is supporting this year’s Scottish Housing Day by making a donation of £100 to Shelter Scotland for every new home that is reserved this weekend.

A retired police sergeant who collects bricks as a hobby has amassed almost 3,500 bricks which he keeps in his garden shed.

Consultants have advised Galliford Try to only expect to recover around £100 million from the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project, the firm revealed today as it reported a £61.5m operating loss for the year ended June 30.

A Dundee building firm which fell into administration after falling victim to the loss of McGill & Co has lost an employment tribunal regarding the payment of staff wages.

3DReid has gained planning consent to transform Glasgow’s B-listed Wellington House into a boutique hotel.

Muir Group is seeking to add to its land bank after lower construction opportunities saw turnover fall last year. Outlining a three-pronged strategy for future development, the Inverkeithing group, which includes Muir Construction and Muir Homes, plans to add to its private housing arm’s exist

Senior industry figures have welcomed a pledge to publish a consultation on the regulation of electricians but have called on the Scottish Government to make it happen soon. The announcement in the 2019-20 Programme for Government was accompanied by an assurance from Holyrood that it would “la

The Scottish Government has announced the establishment of its National Planning Framework team.

Scotland is on track to enjoy its best-ever year of inward investment for commercial real estate after attracting over £500 million in international capital in the first half of 2019, according to international real estate advisors Savills. Almost half (49%) of all investment (£575 milli

Peterhead’s affordable housing stock received a significant boost this week with the official launch of 23 new homes by Osprey Housing Group. The nine two-bedroom flats and 14 three-bedroom houses in Lingbank Close in the town’s Upper Grange area were officially opened by housing ministe

Highland Housing Alliance has handed over keys to tenants at a new development marking the completion of another successful mixed-tenure development in Inverness.

The CCG Group and Linthouse Housing Association are to embark on a third phase of planned renewal works to properties in Govan. The work will take the number of properties that have received upgrades to approximately 450 since early 2018.