Rettie branches out into low-cost projects

The concept of affordable housing may seem incongruous with its image as a seller of grand Edinburgh town houses but Rettie has revealed that it is at the heart of a government-supported initiative aimed at boosting the number of homes available for low and mid-market rent. The "resonance" funding model, designed to kickstart development on moth-balled sites by opening them up to housing associations, has been in the pipeline since late 2008. Now the first pilot scheme is underway in the

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