Despite the fact that the Scottish housing market started 2021 with a somewhat shaky start and the overall gloomy economic picture across the UK, house prices in Scotland have continued to rise. According to official figures from the Office of National Statistics, the average house price in Scotland increased by 8.4% in the last year, …
Read more >Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders experienced a material annual rise in property sales volume at 128% from February to April 2021. This may come as no surprise, given stringent lockdown restrictions enforced in March and April last year, however, when looking further back i.e. to February – April 2019, the volume of properties …
Read more >One of the most controversial and debated pieces of legislation in recent years, has been ruled unconstitutional by Germany’s highest court. A cap introduced in February 2020 to combat soaring rents in Berlin, violated the Basic Law and as such was unlawful, in the view of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. The rent cap …
Read more >A planning approval has been awarded to Link Group, in partnership with Govanhill Housing Association, to deliver 33 mid-market rent homes on the former Larkfield bus depot in Glasgow, as part of a larger project which will see a total of 121 new apartments built. The new development, designed by Hypostyle Architects, is due to …
Read more >It has been reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to rent out his cottage in Oxfordshire for a cool £4,250 a month. Boris Johnson and his ex-wife Marina Wheeler bought the cottage in 2003 for £690,000. Described as a “lovely Grade II listed 4 bed family home”, the property is located in North Weston, …
Read more >A new app designed to improve the condition of property in co-ownership in Edinburgh and all of Scotland has been launched. The Edinburgh City Council and its partner Novoville announced the release of a free app called Novoville Shared Repairs, which was born out of the Scottish Government’s CivTech Accelerator programme. The app is intended …
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