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Savills: Scotland leads UK prime housing market recovery

Published 5 months ago

Savills has released its latest forecast for the prime housing market, highlighting Scotland as the standout performer with the highest projected five-year growth of +21.0%.

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ARO expands Scottish presence with new Aberdeenshire office

Published 5 months ago

Surrey-based IT services and solutions firm ARO has agreed to lease office space at Kingshill Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, from Knight Property Group.

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Propertymark criticises Building Safety Levy cladding proposal

Published 5 months ago

The Scottish Government’s proposed Building Safety Levy is not the most appropriate way of funding actions to remediate unsafe cladding, according to landlord body Propertymark.

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Aberdein Considine expands commercial property business to Manchester

Published 5 months ago

Aberdein Considine has opened a commercial property practice in Manchester’s Spinningfields, marking its first step of Northwest expansion.

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HFD expands serviced office offering with purchase of Mercury House

Published 5 months ago

Commercial property company HFD is expanding its Ospa brand of serviced offices following the acquisition of Mercury House at Strathclyde Business Park.

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Colliers: Third quarter investment in Scottish hotels soars by 150%

Published 5 months ago

Scotland’s hotel sector is experiencing a surge in investment, with Q3 2024 figures having reached £110 million, a 150% increase on the five-year quarterly average of £44m, according to Colliers.

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Savills markets former Perthshire private school

Published 5 months ago

Savills has brought Kilgraston, a former school, to market, on the instructions of the Trustee in Bankruptcy.

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Scotland’s build-to-rent market ‘stuck in the pipeline’, says Rettie

Published 5 months ago

Scotland’s Build to Rent market is “stuck in the pipeline” with an estimated 14,000 new homes held up in the pre-planning or planning stage and at increased risk of not being delivered, property firm Rettie has revealed.

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Landlords can make money and are working people, housing minister confirms

Published 5 months ago

Scotland’s landlords have the right to make a “return” on their investment, housing minister Paul McLennan has confirmed.

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Electrical engineering firm expands with new Aberdeenshire premises

Published 6 months ago

Knight Property Group has welcomed Ener-G Services Limited as its latest tenant to Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.

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90% of Edinburgh short-term lets applications ‘refused planning permission’ since new system introduced

Published 6 months ago

Almost all of the planning applications made to the City of Edinburgh Council for properties to operate as short-term lets have been rejected since the introduction of a new system in 2022, according to a freedom of information request lodged by Gilson Gray.

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L&G secures trio of tenants for its Glasgow’s ‘Capsule’ offices

Published 6 months ago

Legal & General, advised jointly by Savills and CBRE, has let three fully fitted offices at both Kintyre House and 140 West George Street in Glasgow city centre to occupiers including Hiscox, Beale & Co and Diamond & Co.

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Newton expands Aberdeen presence with APL acquisition

Published 6 months ago

Newton Property Management has acquired Aberdeen Property Leasing’s block factoring portfolio.

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RAAC discovered in properties of three more social landlords, SHR reveals

Published 6 months ago

The number of social landlords that have discovered the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their properties has increased to 16, with almost 2,500 homes now impacted by the material.

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Mortgage approvals soar to two-year high

Published 6 months ago

Mortgage approvals have reached a two-year high in September, with 65,600 loans approved, according to the Bank of England.

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