Tag: Housing

Quarter of Scottish first-time buyers have benefited from stamp duty holiday

AN EXTRA 23% of first-time buyers (FTBs) have been exempt from paying stamp duty as a result of the Government raising the starting threshold...

Housing initiative builds on success with launch of phase two

A SCHEME to fund hundreds of affordable new homes in Scotland is responding to massive demand with a second phase. The National Housing Trust initiative...

Trapped foster family rescued from blaze as thugs torch home

A TERRIFIED foster family had to be rescued by fire-fighters after their home was torched by thugs leaving them trapped inside. Linda and William Mackenzie...

Scottish culture changed by mortgages say property experts

STRICT mortgage restrictions are causing a major cultural change in Scotland, property experts claimed today (wed). New figures show that between July and September of...

First new council houses in generation to be built in Edinburgh

By Amanda MacMillan SCOTLAND’S Housing Minister Alex Neil cut a sod of earth as work on the first new council houses to be built in...

Roller refuses to pay £15,000 for "cowboy" refurbishment

By Michael MacLeod BAY City Rollers star Pat McGlynn is being taken to court over an unpaid £15,000 bill for a house refurbishment. The guitarist refused...

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