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Plans to decarbonise Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.

Wheatley Group has been confirmed the UK’s largest builder of social-rented homes in a newly-released annual new build survey by Inside Housing Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. The housing, care and property-management group built 601 homes for social rent between April 2019

Tayside property developer DJ Laing Homes has launched a new series of online webinars aimed at helping home buyers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars aim to look at the different options and changes in buying, financing and government initiatives when buying a new home.

Poor infrastructure on the Scottish islands and rural areas is holding back house-building, according to an Argyll-based developer. Kenny MacLeod, director of MacLeod Construction Ltd, spoke to the Argyllshire Advertiser about his firm's experience building homes in Argyll and Oban and on islands su

Plans to build a new western gateway for Cupar are set to be recommended by Fife Council next week.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd, Partick Housing Association, and Hanover Scotland have submitted plans to build 50 flats on the site of a former sawmill in Anniesland. 

A couple have moved to a new home in Edinburgh after carrying out an innovative property viewing over WhatsApp from South Africa, thanks to staff at housing provider Bield. 

Taylor Wimpey is hosting its first virtual Ask the Experts event on Sunday, where buyers can book an appointment to chat to its local property experts from the comfort of their sofa.

A construction worker became a viral TikTok sensation after adopting an orphaned squirrel.

Maven Capital Partners has announced the £2.8 million purchase of a site at Murieston Crescent in Edinburgh for the development of a £15 million purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) complex.

London-based property developer XUSA has submitted plans to Aberdeen City Council to convert a disused office block in Dyce into a complex of modern apartments and public space.

Ashleigh Building is currently delivering 157 affordable homes for Cunninghame Housing Association across two separate sites in Annan.

An independent specialist body should be given responsibility to help prioritise the infrastructure needed to enable an inclusive, net-zero carbon economy and to develop a 30-year infrastructure strategy that is reinforced by a long-term needs assessment, the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland (

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced the appointment of Graeme Fox as its new head of technical. Mr Fox, a Dundee man who has headed REFCOM since late 2016, said he was delighted to be taking up his new position “at an exciting time for the industry”.

Plans to develop the first purpose-built mosque in Perth have been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council for approval.