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Scots government ‘must prioritise new homes’

Nicola Barclay 2
Scotland’s home building industry called for the Scottish government to use the £800 million extra funding it will receive through to 2020-21 to boost the housing sector.  Mr Hammond outlined aRead More

Brexit hangs over sector

Calls for more house building as prices flatten

Nicola Barclay 2
Demands for more homes to be built came amid new research showing the housing market to be stable but still facing the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote. A report from propertyRead More

Industry wants same banding across UK

Call to bring homes tax into line with England

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Housing trade body Homes for Scotland has urged the Scottish government ..

4% rise in completions last year

More homes built, but not enough, says trade body

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A 4% rise in the number of homes built in Scotland last year has been described the industry as a "positive trend" but well short of demand. READ MORE

Government cash welcomed

New fund to help speed up home-building

Nicola Barclay
Scotland’s home building industry has welcomed the Scottish Government’s new £50 million infrastructure fund aimed at speeding the construction of thousands of houses. Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil said theRead More

Housebuilders 'doing all we can'

‘Help young on to housing ladder’ industry tells Holyrood

Nicola Barclay
Housebuilders are demanding more help from government to help those who currently believe they will never be able to afford their own home. READ MORE

Some builders will be excluded from scheme

Industry says new funding for homebuyers is not enough

Nicola Barclay
More than £160 million of new funding is being provided to help first time home buyers, though the industry says it does not go far enough. READ MORE

Call for Scotland to follow England

Building homes ‘would create 40,000 jobs’

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Scotland's housebuilding lobby group is urging the government to help kickstart construction which it believes would create 40,000 jobs. READ MORE

100,000 homes required

Homes body welcomes Labour’s cash but demands more building

Philip Hogg
Scottish homebuilders have welcomed the Labour party's cash offer to help buyers get on the housing ladder but says the bigger issue is a shortage of homes being built. READ MORE

Demand for 100,000 new homes

Trade body urges Holyrood ‘to get housing sorted’

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The Scottish government will be urged today to provide at least 100,000 homes of all types by the end of the next Holyrood Parliament in order to tackle the country's housing crisis. READ MORE