The Scottish Government has announced that their affordable homes scheme has launched a further procurement round following significant demand from local councils and developers. The scheme allows tenants the chance to rent below market rates for five to ten years before being given priority to buy the property at the end of the rental period. [...]
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has just announced their monthly UK Residential Market Survey figures indicating a positive outlook for the property market in Scotland. For the third consecutive month RICS’s have recorded a growth in new buyer enquires and newly agreed sales for the first time since mid-2011. Sarah Speirs, Director RICS [...]
Our latest quarterly house price report shows a widening of the Reality Gap (the difference between what house sellers hope to sell their properties for and the price they actually achieve) as the average price achieved continues to fall. On average properties in Scotland in the first quarter of the year sold for almost exactly [...]
Aberdein Considine is to open an office in Edinburgh to provide even more choice to the Edinburgh property market. The Edinburgh office will be on Lothian Road in the city centre and will specialise in property and financial work. This will be the firm’s first site in the Scottish capital and add to central belt [...]
If you’ve not been on our mobile site, mobile.s1homes.com, for a while, make sure you take a look. We’ve improved the site to be more like our desktop meaning it’s easier for you to search for exactly where you want to live. We’ve also made quite a few other changes to make searching for your [...]
Our latest report shows home sellers at the higher end of the market continue to be unrealistic with their asking prices, as selling prices fall further. The Reality Gap (the difference between what house sellers hope to sell their properties for and the price they actually achieve) is still widening at the upper end with [...]
As we enter 2013, we thought we’d take a look back at the most popular properties on s1homes in 2012. There’s a good mix from country estates to city living, with each one creating a great level of interest for many different reasons. 1. Monkton House and Cottage, Whitecraig, East Lothian You may have seen our [...]
Our latest quarterly house price report shows a further reduction in the Reality Gap (the difference between what house sellers hope to sell their properties for and the price they actually achieve) as sellers achieve higher prices. The s1homes Scottish house price report reveals that the average asking price across Scotland fell by almost 1% [...]
Our latest quarterly house price report shows there is still a significant Reality Gap (the difference between what house sellers hope to sell their properties for and the price they actually achieve) as sellers achieve almost 10% less than their asking price. The s1homes Scottish house price report reveals that the average asking price across [...]
Property factors across Scotland can sign up to a compulsory registration scheme from August 1. Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil said the move is both good news for consumers and would help enhance the reputation of this sector of industry. About 225,000 homeowners across Scotland use property managers to carry out repair and maintenance responsibilities of [...]