Property

HONEST TOUN EYED AS CAPITAL CURE FOLLOWING INCREASED HOUSING DEMAND

Musselburgh sees property demand soar with the hope of offering a viable alternative for house hunters seeking a home in Edinburgh. The EH21 region, where Musselburgh is located, has experienced a strong recovery in the wake of lockdown restrictions being lifted mid-2020, with sales exceeding £24million in March 2021, more than £18m above pre pandemic […]

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SCOTTISH HOUSEBUILDER CONSOLIDATES REGIONAL BUSINESS

Cruden Group is consolidating its regional housebuilding businesses into one central operation. Cruden Building (East) and Cruden Building (West) will be combined to form Cruden Building (Scotland) Limited. Some 180 employees from Cruden Building (East) will transfer over to the combined business, which will have a total of nearly 500 employees. When put together, the

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FUNDING OFFERED TO HOUSING ASSOCIATION RESIDENTS FOR FUEL SUPPORT

Wellhouse Housing Association residents struggling with climbing energy and fuel costs have been offered access to £6,000 to help heat their homes this winter. The funding, gained via the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Fuel Support Fund which is managed and administered by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), is available to any Wellhouse resident

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ENTREPRENEURIAL COUPLE TARGET MAJOR TURNOVER BY 2024

A Scottish entrepreneurial couple have revealed they are on target for a £500m a year turnover by 2024. Graeme and Leanne Carling (pictured above) quit their jobs at a food logistics company in Glasgow to move into property rental in 2015. They combined life savings to buy their first house, gradually going from buying single

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DUNDAS CEMENTS NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS AFTER NEW APPOINTMENT

An independent homebuilder is putting customer experience and sustainability at the forefront of its business after creating a new role and swooping for a senior hire. John Croal (pictured above) has taken up the newly created role at Dundas Estates as part of its plans to redefine the “outdated” new-build home buying process, moving from

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BARRATT HOMES SUBMITS PROPOSAL FOR A NEW DUNDEE DEVELOPMENT

An application by Barratt Homes to build a much-needed new family development close to Dundee city centre is set to go before the Council planning committee next week (14 February).  The five-star housebuilder’s plan to build 223 new homes on an area of brownfield land – which was once the site of the former Keiller’s

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SCOTLAND’S MOST AMBITIOUS PASSIVHAUS IS UNDERWAY

The most ambitious Passivhaus affordable housing programme in Scotland is underway in Midlothian. Midlothian Council is paving the way by building 182 green council homes of the future. All of them will meet the demanding energy-efficient building ‘Passivhaus’ standard. Cabinet Member for Housing Cllr Stephen Curran (Pictured above on the left) said: “I am very

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BUILDING SOCIETY INVESTS IN LUXURY HOTEL REFURBISHMENT

The Cumberland Building Society has kicked off 2022 by announcing a six‐figure investment to support a luxury hotel rebrand and refurbishment project.   Whilst the hospitality sector is still facing the challenges of COVID‐19, the Cumberland has made a statement of intent by financing more than 60% of the acquisition of the hotel in Oban, a

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