THE Herald Property Awards for Scotland powered by Property Studios are back for 2021. After a year in which the house building industry faced some of its toughest challenges, this year’s Awards will be a celebration of those individuals and companies who have risen to the occasion and succeeded in flourishing against the odds. Part of the challenge has been to keep up with the demand from buyers as stamp duty holidays and a nationwide reassessment of how we live and work has resulted in an unprecedented market for new homes. Meeting this demand while, at the same time, ensuring staff safety, coping with materials shortages and Brexit-led delays, has involved dedication and ingenuity but the fact that construction work has continued and homes have been completed throughout the pandemic, is testament to the agility and endeavour of all those involved.