HOUSEBUILDER Barratt has stepped up its operation in Scotland with plans to launch 17 sites over the coming year comprising 2480 homes, many of them within the commuter zone for booming oil capital Aberdeen.
The move suggests rising confidence in the Scottish housing market, which has taken longer than much of England to recover from the downturn.
In its last financial year Barratt sold 960 homes in Scotland.
Douglas McLeod, regional director of Barratt Scotland, said: "We are optimistic about 2013.
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