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Aberdeen’s semi-detached house prices down as overall prices rise 3% in Q1

Published 1 day ago

Aberdeen house prices grew 3% in the first quarter of 2024, while semi-detached properties experienced a quarterly decline of 2.9%, according to a new report.

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RSM: Appetite increases for property investment in Scotland as first minister resigns

Published 2 days ago

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next three years, according to RSM UK’s Real Estate 360 survey.

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Glasgow ‘needs 22,000 student beds’ to address supply and demand imbalance

Published 2 days ago

Glasgow has the largest imbalance between supply and demand for purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, requiring 22,000 additional beds in order to fulfil requirements, according to Savills.

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Safer Group launches new head office in Inverclyde

Published 4 days ago

Safer Group, a site security firm based in Inverclyde, has inaugurated its new head office within Kelburn Business Park.

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Tesco confirmed for Ocean Terminal as part of Leith redevelopment project

Published 4 days ago

The owners of Ocean Terminal have confirmed they have signed a deal which will bring a Tesco Express to the Leith waterfront development as part of multi-million pound plans to regenerate the site.

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Extra £80m to bring properties into use as affordable housing

Published 1 week ago

Efforts to boost affordable housing supply by acquiring properties to bring into use for affordable housing and help reduce homelessness will be given an £80 million uplift over the next two years, the Scottish Government has announced.

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RICS: Occupier demand for commercial property rises as office and industrial sectors strengthen

Published 1 week ago

Scotland’s overall occupier demand for commercial property rose in the first quarter of the year, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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Property industry calls for government to restore investor confidence in Scotland

Published 1 week ago

The Scottish property industry has highlighted the critical need for clarity from the Scottish Government to support investment in Scotland’s built environment.

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ASPC reports uptick in Aberdeen property market

Published 1 week ago

Figures from Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre (ASPC) show that the number of properties for sale during the first quarter of 2024 has risen 10% on last year.

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Govan Housing Association transfers factoring and property management services to new social enterprise

Published 1 week ago

Govan Housing Group’s newest subsidiary, the Water Row Company, has welcomed more than 800 new customers as responsibilities for factoring and property management services transition to its newly established social enterprise from Govan Housing Association.

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OCS secures seven-year facilities management deal with SCTS and COPFS

Published 2 weeks ago

Facilities management company OCS has secured a seven-year contract (with options for the clients to extend for up to another two years) to provide total facilities management services to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

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Call for VAT cut on energy efficiency measures in private homes

Published 2 weeks ago

The UK Government should cut VAT on energy efficiency measures in private homes to encourage owners to make their properties greener and help drive the nation towards net zero, the founder of a home improvements company has said.

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House prices continue to increase with average 5.6% annual jump in February

Published 2 weeks ago

The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2024 was £188,000, an increase of 5.6% when compared to February 2023, the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) have shown.

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Cairn Group appoints new joint managing directors in restructure

Published 3 weeks ago

Cairn Group, estate agency and letting firm serving Scotland’s central belt, from Edinburgh to Glasgow, has undergone a significant management restructure.

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RICS: Number of homes going up for sale in Scotland increases at strongest rate in three-and-a-half years

Published 3 weeks ago

The number of homes coming onto the market for sale in Scotland increased at its strongest rate in three-and-a-half years in March according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

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