Property
RICS: Scottish home sales expected to increase in 2025
Published 3 months ago
Expectations for home sales in Scotland have reached their highest in over three years, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, with a net balance of 50% of respondents expecting the volume of transactions to increase in the three months ahead.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
SLR consolidates Edinburgh presence in new sustainable office
Published 3 months ago
Sustainability solutions firm SLR Consulting has moved into a new 175-person office at The Tun in Edinburgh following a number of business acquisitions.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Value of forestry sales plummets by 75% to just £70m
Published 3 months ago
A new report by the Scottish Land Commission has revealed a significant slowdown in Scotland’s forestry transactions and low activity in large-scale land sales.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Savills: Scotland leads UK prime housing market recovery
Published 3 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%.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
ARO expands Scottish presence with new Aberdeenshire office
Published 3 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Propertymark criticises Building Safety Levy cladding proposal
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Aberdein Considine expands commercial property business to Manchester
Published 4 months ago
Aberdein Considine has opened a commercial property practice in Manchester’s Spinningfields, marking its first step of Northwest expansion.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
HFD expands serviced office offering with purchase of Mercury House
Published 4 months ago
Commercial property company HFD is expanding its Ospa brand of serviced offices following the acquisition of Mercury House at Strathclyde Business Park.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Colliers: Third quarter investment in Scottish hotels soars by 150%
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Savills markets former Perthshire private school
Published 4 months ago
Savills has brought Kilgraston, a former school, to market, on the instructions of the Trustee in Bankruptcy.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Scotland’s build-to-rent market ‘stuck in the pipeline’, says Rettie
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Landlords can make money and are working people, housing minister confirms
Published 4 months ago
Scotland’s landlords have the right to make a “return” on their investment, housing minister Paul McLennan has confirmed.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
Electrical engineering firm expands with new Aberdeenshire premises
Published 4 months ago
Knight Property Group has welcomed Ener-G Services Limited as its latest tenant to Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
90% of Edinburgh short-term lets applications ‘refused planning permission’ since new system introduced
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
L&G secures trio of tenants for its Glasgow’s ‘Capsule’ offices
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
RICS: Scottish home sales expected to increase in 2025
Published 3 months ago
Expectations for home sales in Scotland have reached their highest in over three years, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, with a net balance of 50% of respondents expecting the volume of transactions to increase in the three months ahead.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
SLR consolidates Edinburgh presence in new sustainable office
Published 3 months ago
Sustainability solutions firm SLR Consulting has moved into a new 175-person office at The Tun in Edinburgh following a number of business acquisitions.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Value of forestry sales plummets by 75% to just £70m
Published 3 months ago
A new report by the Scottish Land Commission has revealed a significant slowdown in Scotland’s forestry transactions and low activity in large-scale land sales.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Savills: Scotland leads UK prime housing market recovery
Published 3 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%.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
ARO expands Scottish presence with new Aberdeenshire office
Published 3 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Propertymark criticises Building Safety Levy cladding proposal
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Aberdein Considine expands commercial property business to Manchester
Published 4 months ago
Aberdein Considine has opened a commercial property practice in Manchester’s Spinningfields, marking its first step of Northwest expansion.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
HFD expands serviced office offering with purchase of Mercury House
Published 4 months ago
Commercial property company HFD is expanding its Ospa brand of serviced offices following the acquisition of Mercury House at Strathclyde Business Park.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Colliers: Third quarter investment in Scottish hotels soars by 150%
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Savills markets former Perthshire private school
Published 4 months ago
Savills has brought Kilgraston, a former school, to market, on the instructions of the Trustee in Bankruptcy.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Scotland’s build-to-rent market ‘stuck in the pipeline’, says Rettie
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Landlords can make money and are working people, housing minister confirms
Published 4 months ago
Scotland’s landlords have the right to make a “return” on their investment, housing minister Paul McLennan has confirmed.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
Electrical engineering firm expands with new Aberdeenshire premises
Published 4 months ago
Knight Property Group has welcomed Ener-G Services Limited as its latest tenant to Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
90% of Edinburgh short-term lets applications ‘refused planning permission’ since new system introduced
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishhousingnews.com →
L&G secures trio of tenants for its Glasgow’s ‘Capsule’ offices
Published 4 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.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →