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Hundreds of Dundee properties are in line for the improvements. Picture: Complimentary

£3m improvement plan unveiled for Dundee housing

NEARLY £3 million of improvements are set to be carried out to Dundee City Council’s housing stock.

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Picture: Neil Hanna

Creating a home full of character

SERENDIPITY is how Pauline Brotherton explains finding Cleish Mill eight years ago.

Picture: Phil Wilkinson

A Dalry apartment has an A-listed ceiling bearing the crests of the 17th century king Charles II

EVEN keen renovators sometimes need a break, and the catalyst for that break can be finding a property that’s too good to miss, and simply doesn’t need any work.

Picture:  Neil Hanna

Original features and plenty of space for their kids to play

‘WE TOTALLY fell in love with this house,’ says Steph Middleton of her home at 2 Albert Terrace in Musselburgh. “We had been looking extensively and couldn’t find anywhere in our budget that offered the same amount of space, with all the original features that we love.”

Jeff Salway: Policies accommodate landlords rather than target housing issues

The landlords are revolting. The government’s proposal to make them responsible for checking their tenants aren’t illegal immigrants prompted one property firm to accuse the government of “putting obstacles in the way of landlords expanding their portfolios”.

A home once seen as a ticket to secure retirement will be worth no more than if theyd rented it. Picture: Jane Barlow

House of cards: The dangers of interest-only mortgages

If they could pull their heads out of the sand, many interest-only mortgage borrowers would realise their best move is to sell up now, writes Dani Garavelli

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How the Marischal Square development is expected to look. Picture: Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen civic square developers announced

ONE of Britain’s leading commercial and urban regeneration companies was today named as the preferred bidder to transform the “eyesore” former headquarters of Aberdeen City Council into a new and vibrant civic square in the heart of the Granite City.

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House prices are on the up, suggesting that the market is seeing a pick-up. Picture: PA

Housing market showing signs of recovery

HOUSE prices recorded their strongest annual increase in more than a year in April, amid further signs that the market is seeing a pick-up, Nationwide reported today.

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The Steading, Ayr. Picture: Robert Perry

A move to a former steading in Ayrshire provides a totally new lifestyle

Dave Hall and Alida Biagi look at each other quizzically and wonder why they didn’t get stressed out during the two-year creation of their new home.

Proposed tax to replace stamp duty will not be revealed until September next year. Picture: Jane Barlow

John Swinney: 2014 launch for new house-buyer tax

THE fees house-buyers will pay under a new tax to replace stamp duty will not be revealed until September next year at the earliest, Finance Secretary John Swinney said.

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