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The East Lothian housing market continues to be one of Scotland’s most pre-eminent markets, with the third highest average house price in the country.

Rettie's Scottish £1m+ Property Research Report. The Scottish £1m+ market dropped back in 2025, with 478 registered sales (down 7% YoY).

Rettie's February 2026 BTR Market Review. There are now over 5,000 Build to Rent (BTR) homes operating in Scotland and there is a clear potential to get this above 20,000 homes in the next few years.

Scotland’s coastal settlements continue to attract strong demand from homebuyers, with many seaside towns outperforming the national housing market both in price levels and long-term growth. This report examines the performance of Scotland’s coastal housing markets over the past six years, highlighting the dominance of the East Coast and the exceptional desirability of locations such as Elie & Earlsferry, Gullane, Longniddry, St Andrews and North Berwick.

Rettie's Autumn Research Briefing 2025 - The housing market in Scotland has experienced moderate price growth in the year to date up to August (up 3%) and stronger market activity growth (up 5%).

Pressure is slowly starting to ease off the mortgage market after a challenging spell dominated by harsh affordability conditions. Some signs are pointing towards improved lending conditions throughout the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, but the market is fluctuating. Mortgage payments are on a downward trend overall since 2023 and have remained below the average rental payment throughout the second quarter of 2025.

As LBTT marks its 10th anniversary, we’re taking a fresh look at Scotland’s Land & Buildings Transaction Tax, examining receipts and returns over 2024/25 compared with earlier years, and assessing how the new financial year has begun.

Perth and Kinross – A Market in Demand. The area offers some of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery, world-class walking, fishing, golf and overall a fantastic quality of life. The region is also renowned for its cultural and sporting events and for its heritage and historic sights, which include Scone Palace, where Scottish Kings were crowned.

2024 was a record year for £1m+ sales … The overall Scottish residential market has been gently improving in 2024-25 after a tumultuous 18 months in late 2022 and 2023, when the cost-of-living crisis and the infamous UK Mini Budget saw it caught in a swirl of rapidly rising mortgage rates and much market uncertainty.

Edinburgh is Scotland’s top performing housing market area, with an average house price higher than it is anywhere else in Scotland. Within the city itself, the Edinburgh South postcodes of EH9 and EH10 shine brighter than anywhere else. These districts contain some of the city’s most sought after properties.

Spring Briefing 2025 - Set for Steady Growth in 2025. Gradual change is not very exciting, but small improvements stacked together year-on-year can be significant over time.

The Stirlingshire housing market continues to flourish against the backdrop of wider market challenges. Despite falling outside of the top 5 most expensive local authority areas in Scotland from the start of the year, Stirling remains comfortably inside the top 10 most expensive areas in Scotland, in 6th place.