Housing experts have warned of a growing affordability crisis with sales falling through and chains collapsing

Duncan Maclennan, emeritus professor of urban economics at the University of Glasgow, said: “Currently in the overall Scottish market many households can’t afford to buy their ‘next step’ and builders can’t afford to build.”

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