But activity set to pick up again later in the year as wider economy rebounds from the pandemic.Housing is set for a mid-year slump following the end of the stamp duty holiday and the first phase of the Help to buy scheme on 31 March, according to a Construction Products Association (CPA) Survey. The end of the government schemes are expected to put the brakes on a still thriving market which was seeing higher levels of mortgage lending and property transactions at the end of last year than before the pandemic. Read more on the CPA website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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