In response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on increasing council tax premiums for second and empty homes, Propertymark members in a recent survey said they strongly oppose the proposal. Instead, incentives should be provided to homeowners to make vacant homes more productive and help combat the ever-growing gap in supply and demand. According to the …
Read more >As Humza Yousaf is voted in as the new First Minister and a cabinet reshuffle seeing Paul McLennan in a new position as Housing Minister, there are pressing issues within the entire housing and property sector that need to be prioritised as part of the Scottish Government’s new leadership agenda. The new Ministerial post for …
Read more >Episode 64 of Lets Talk hears how an Aberdeen based initiative helps get empty homes back into use to assist those most in need, as well as supporting landlords. Aberdeen is currently facing an empty homes crisis and the cost of this is predicted to reach £3m this year. ‘Settled Homes for All’, an initiative …
Read more >The modern world seems to be all about risk. We analyse it endlessly, look at risk aversion so we don’t face it all and then mitigate against all the risks we can think of for our businesses. The construction and house building sector is no different to any other in that respect and possibly takes …
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