Housing

Estate agents said there are signs that some buyers are encountering problems securing mortgages. Picture: PA

Housing experts have warned of a growing affordability crisis

First Minister John Swinney and Housing Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville are under pressure to deliver more new homes

SNP criticised for 'appalling' new homes drop amid housing emergency

New property venture looks to unlock Scotland’s ‘constrained’ housing market

‘Critical point’ for housing industry amid fall in new homes

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

Owners of troubled flats fear they will be left in limbo for years

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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

Edinburgh’s working age population rose by 33,000 between 2014 and 2024 (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Edinburgh leads field – but it needs more rental homes

£20m of Scottish taxpayers’ money to back 370 new Edinburgh homes

The Scottish government is shifting its approach from crisis management to prevention of homelessness and rapid rehousing (Picture: Jack Taylor)

How the SNP are fighting homelessness and anti-refugee racism Shirley-Anne Somerville

Six fire engines and specialist resources were sent to the scene in Stonyhurst Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow.

Police say Glasgow tenement fire was started deliberately

A new report argues housing associations should be treated as critical economic infrastructure.

Exclusive Housing associations 'should be treated as economic infrastructure'

How housing associations build more than homes Susan Murray

New research from CIA Landlords has analysed where renters are most and least likely to have access to a garden

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Trussell's food banks across Scotland provided 20,000 emergency food parcels in 2025 to those aged between 17 and 24. Picture: PA

Young Scots cutting back on food due to financial squeeze

‘World first’ as recycled glass innovation approved for Scottish housing scheme

SNP leader John Swinney has published what he will prioritise in the first 100 days of his party being re-elected to Holyrood

John Swinney grapples with delivery of SNP's flagship '100-days' vows

The Isle of Gigha, just west of the Kintyre peninsula

Hay's Way: Gigha's fine milk, fresh hotel rooms and landscape changes

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander (Yui Mok/PA)

Exclusive MPs to meet Scots Secretary to discuss 'Highland premium'

Bays Geocrab on the Isle of Harris

Isle of Harris community given £1m to buy 11,000-hectare estate

Kevin Harraughty, right, and his wife Tina

Exclusive Iraq veteran and wheelchair-bound wife to be made homeless by MoD cuts

Dermand for a home in Scotland remains relatively strong, particularly in the Central Belt (Picture: Alistair Linford)

Scotland resilient despite housing market’s collapse south of Border

Buchanan Street, the heart of Lawless Glasgow

Glasgow is lawless? Thomas Kerr misses the true spirit of the city Catriona Stewart

Andy Burnham's victory rally at Ashton Town FC after being elected as Makerfield MP

Who will be in Andy Burnham's cabinet?

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games has pushed accommodation prices higher.

Exclusive Commonwealth Games pushes Glasgow hotel prices up 150 per cent

Middle East conflict likely to hammer Scottish house price growth in 2026

Andy Burnham in Manchester on Monday

Five key takeaways from Andy Burnham's devolution speech

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

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The latest figures show the average tax levied per housebuyer in Scotland is £20,820 (Picture: Alistair Linford)

It’s past time for a rethink of punitive property taxes

Buyer demand is at its weakest in years

Ad Feature Frozen market sees homeowners extend rather than move

Scottish homes built from Scottish timber could make a real difference to the fight against climate change and also dramatically cut people's energy bills (Picture: David Cheskin)

£5-a-week heating bills? How timber houses can transform Scotland Dr Jeremy Leggett

Westfield Court now has crash decks in case of falling cladding

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

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

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

Scotland may have a problem with surveyors' home reports but at least the house-buying system is not as bad as the one in England (Picture: Scott Barbour)

Are all surveyors' home reports as ridiculous as the one I just got? Stephen Jardine

For many young people, getting on the housing ladder can seem like a distant dream (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Struggling to buy a house, pay your mortgage or rent? Here's why Professor Duncan Maclennan

The private sector built 13,725 new homes and started 11,929 new builds last year (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Housing should be high on the First Minister’s agenda

King Charles III and Queen Camilla ahead of the King's Speech.

Explainer Five ways the King's Speech will impact Scots: From touts to business

Portree is one of the worst-affected places

Highlands move to curb Airbnb-style lets amid deepening housing crisis

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

Ad Feature Sakan wins learning excellence awards in London

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

New plans promise 145 Helensburgh homes and future for historic golf club

The Scottish government is setting up a new agency to help speed up housebuilding progress

'Catastrophe' warning as SNP's housebuilding strategy in 'decline'

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

Ad Feature Saudi housing scheme helps millions in effort to tackle homes crisis

Part of the Tayvallich Estate in Argyll looks set to be sold by Highlands Rewilding with the announcement coming just 15 months after the firm bought the land. PIC: Highlands Rewilding.

Abandoned buildings on stunning peninsula turned into permanent homes

The Scottish government is setting up a new agency to help speed up housebuilding progress

Exclusive SNP pledges to fast-track decisions on major housing developments

Councillor Gary Bouse Picture: Contributed

Exclusive SNP MSP candidate 'openly defied' Swinney over World Cup holiday

A major blaze engulfing the building near Glasgow Central Station

Devastating impact of Glasgow fire 'like something out of the Blitz'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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