Housing

Nearly have of prospective homebuyers are waiting for prices to go down

Budding homebuyers hold fire as four in 10 wait for prices to drop

Residents at 95 and 120 Lawrie Reilly Place have been told they they will be able to stay in their properties after initially getting advance warning of an eviction notice for the buildings to be sold.

Abbeyhill tenants to remain in homes despite eviction warning

A homeless army veteran begs on the street. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Council agrees review to improve veterans' access to housing

A total of 36 affordable homes have been delivered to Farrier Fields in south Gilmerton.

More than 30 'affordable' homes delivered in south Gilmerton

Owners in Westfield Court welcomed the council's decision despite continued uncertainty

Flat-owners in troubled Westfield Court welcome council decision

Westfield Court has been plagued with problems for years

Councillors vote to look at repairing flats earmarked for demolition

Westfield Court was built as Edinburgh's first municipal housing block in 1952

Westfield Court owners fear they will be left in limbo for years

Westfield Court now has crash decks in case of falling cladding

New blow for flat owners in troubled Westfield Court

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A person saving alone in London could face a 21-year wait to build a 10% house deposit, research has found

Ad Feature House deposit saving takes 21 years in London, study finds

Living Rent campaigners staged their protest outside the City Chambers

Call to close 'loophole' that encourages luxury student accommodation

Wealthy property investors were accused of ‘planting money’ in houses in North Berwick making it impossible for local workers to live there at a council meeting last week.

Property investors accused of ‘planting money’ in North Berwick homes

Homes under construction. Photo (stock image)

New housing development to be built in north Livingston

The derelict Heather Inn in Longridge. Plans were lodged to convert it into an accommodation unit of 14 single rooms.

Plans to convert derelict village pub into short-term let rejected

An artist's impression of the proposed flats at the site of the former Longstone Inn pub, which have now been rejected.

Plans for 20 flats at site of former landmark pub rejected

Edinburgh council to end housing allocation suspension after 16 months
City of Edinburgh Council to end housing allocation suspensionafter 16 months
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New research from CIA Landlords has analysed where renters are most and least likely to have access to a garden

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Access to the new estate will be her through what is currently a farm gate at the head of Station Mews, in Kirknewton.

Plans approved for 43 new village homes despite objections from locals

An artist's impression of how the new building at the bottom of McLeod Street would look if the plans are approved.

Plans lodged to replace social club with 97-bed short-term housing

Many flat owners at Westfield Court are relieved the block will not now be listed.

Plans to give listed status to troubled block of flats are dropped

Smyth is accused of crashing into electronic bollards outside Edinburgh City Chambers (Jane Barlow/PA)

Nearly a third of capital's housing applicants waiting over five years

Scottish Water is seeking permission for demolition of all existing buildings at its Fairmilehead site and the erection of a residential development of up to 124 new homes.

New homes proposed for Scottish Water site at Fairmilehead

Number of council house rentals increases in opening months of year

Christopher Spall says he and his wife felt' 'completely trapped'

Flat owners say listing their troubled building would ruin their lives

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Protesters like Robbie Alexander said they want to see government intervention

Tenants storm landlord offices over 'unaffordable' rent hikes

Plans have been submitted to turn the Alderston House, north of Haddington, into housing and a holiday let in a bid to save the historic 18th century building.

Historical East Lothian building to become housing and holiday let
Alderston House was built in the late 18th century and has been used previously as a East Lothian Council offices
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The purpose-built student accommodation development will have 124 bedrooms

Controversial city student flats approved despite over 200 objections

Aerial view map, showing the site of the development within the red line

Go-ahead in principle for up to 250 new homes at Port of Leith

Research revealed that more than half of Gen Z rank illness or pain among their top aging concerns, higher than Boomers.

Ad Feature Gen Z worry more about aging than Boomers, study reveals

Westfield Court now has crash decks in case of falling cladding

Council will object to listing of troubled block of flats

Tenants protesting the eviction entered the property management company's offices on Saturday afternoon

Tenants protest eviction after two years 'living in cold and damp'

Buyer demand is at its weakest in years

Ad Feature Frozen market sees homeowners extend rather than move

More than 60 women and children at risk of domestic violence and homelessness have been rehomed in properties across Edinburgh thanks to a £7.7m 'Women In Safe Homes Fund'

More than 60 at-risk women and children rehomed in Edinburgh

Westfield Court now has crash decks in case of falling cladding

Warning of 'dystopia' if council walks away from problem flats

Westfield Court was built as Edinburgh's first municipal housing block in 1952 and hosts 95 flats

Residents angry as council drops plans to buy flats due for demolition

Housing convener Tim Pogson says the investment shows Edinburgh is responding the the housing emergency. Picture: Getty Images

Council's £92 million investment this year for over 2,000 new homes

Edinburgh’s Westfield Court looks likely to become a listed building

Plans to demolish block of flats in chaos after move to list building

The six acre site off Abercromby Crescent where Cala will build new homes.

Go-ahead for new housing development in East Calder

Inchmickery Court - viewed from its sister block, Oxcars Court - began to be decanted in January of this year in anticipation of refit works that never came

Tower block demolition ‘held up by lone tenant’

Saudi Developmental Housing Foundation (Sakan) has achieved a national milestone with international recognition by winning the Learning Excellence Award in London

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A van advertising Saltines biscuits outside Central Coachworks on Merchiston Avenue in November 1958.

Merchiston Heritage in Pictures: 24 photos from the 1950s and 1960s

The Meadowbank development will finally see 600 new homes. Image: Collective Architecture.

Slow response to Edinburgh’s housing emergency shortfall - Iain Whyte

The Welcome Centre at ELS House on Gorgie Road, operated by Bethany Christian Trust, will continue to operate year-round after securing council funding.

Homeless shelter to operator year-round after funding secured

The new homes already built and occupied two years ago in Deans South.

£9m plan will see last trace of Ghost Estate gone by summer next year

Objections mount against plans to build 91 new homes near Livingston

An artist's impression of the new flats in Portobello.

Plans lodged to turn storage yard into new block of 10 flats

Derelict homes would be sold for £1 to be renovated

Labour plans £1 home ownership scheme for derelict homes in Edinburgh

Second home owners were to be charged four times the normal rate

Edinburgh council suspends 300% council tax rise on second homes

A CGI image of the proposed courtyard of the student accommodation in Leith.

Plans finally approved to turn bingo hall into 200-bed student blocks

An artist's impression of the proposed new homes in Chesser, off Gorgie Road.

Plans approved to build 63 new homes despite 33 objections from locals

Work starts on next stage of Powderhall regeneration project

Run by the Housing Developmental Foundation, known as SAKAN, the programme has developed a housing support model that brings together 313 nonprofit organisations and 1.4 million volunteers

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New houses are planned for this site at Whitehill Road, Rosewell.

Councillors prefer luxury housing to industrial units in countryside

An artist's impression of the proposed new development at Salamander Street in Leith.

Plans lodged to turn scrapyard into mixed use site with 123 flats

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