Scotland's house price winners and losers

Published 25th of May, 2023


The latest data from the Land Registry reveals that the average house price in Scotland is currently £184,900.

On average house prices Scotland increased by 0.7% or £1,370 over the last month.

Over the last year (last 12 calendar months) average house prices in Scotland increased by 3.0% or £5,360.

However, across Scotland, there is a significant spread of house prices at the Local Authority level ranging from £110,300 in Inverclyde to £324,300 in City of Edinburgh.



Scotland average house prices by local authority

We show in the chart below the average house prices for every local authority across Scotland.

The three most expensive areas for house prices in Scotland are:

City of Edinburgh where average house prices are £324,300

East Lothian, where average house prices are £316,600, and

East Renfrewshire where average house prices are £290,500

The three least expensive areas for house prices in Scotland are:

Inverclyde where average house prices are £110,300

North Ayrshire with average house prices of £123,100, and

East Ayrshire where average house prices are £126,300

Chart graph showing average house prices across Scotland twindig Anthony Codling

Scotland house price winners and losers last month

Over the last month house prices in Scotland increased the most in percentage terms in:

Na h-Eileanan Siar where average house price increased by 4.4%,

East Ayrshire where average house prices rose by 4.1%,

Orkney Islands where average house prices were up by 3.0%

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House prices in Scotland fell the most in percentage terms last month in:

West Dunbartonshire where average house prices dropped by 6.3%,

Inverclyde where average house prices fell by 4.3%,

Stirling where average house prices were down 4.2%

We show the percentage changes in house prices for each local authority across Scotland in the chart below:

Chart graph house prices percentage increases last month in Scotland twindig Anthony Codling

Chart graph house prices percentage decreases last month in Scotland twindig Anthony Codling

The biggest absolute (monetary) increases in house prices in Scotland last month were in:

Na h-Eileanan Siar where house prices climbed by £7,140,

East Renfrewshire where house prices increased by £6,810,

East Dunbartonshire where house prices rose by £6,690

At the other end of the Scotland house price league, house prices fell most in:

Stirling which saw house price fall, on average, by £10,260,

West Dunbartonshire where average house prices fell by £8,560,

Moray where house prices were down £6,500

We show the monetary change in average house prices across each Local Authority across Scotland in the chart below:

Chart graph showing biggest absolute house price increases in Scotland last month twindig Anthony Codling

Chart graph showing biggest absolute house price decreases in Scotland last month twindig Anthony Codling

Scotland house price winners and losers last year

Scotland witnessed strong house price growth over the last twelve months, on average across Scotland house prices have increased by 3.0%

The biggest house price winners in percentage terms in Scotland are listed below:

Orkney Islands with average house prices up 12.4%,

Shetland Islands, which has seen house prices increase by 9.8% over the last twelve months, and

East Lothian where house prices have risen, on average, by 8.6%

At the bottom end of the annual house price table are:

Aberdeen City where house prices have fallen by 6.9%,

Inverclyde, with average house price deflation of 2.2%, and

West Dunbartonshire with house price deflation at 1.9%

We show the percentage change in house prices over the last twelve months across every Local Authority in the Scotland in the chart below

Chart graph biggest percentage increases in house prices in Scotland last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

Chart graph biggest percentage decreases in house prices in Scotland last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

Finally turning to the monetary or cash changes to house prices in Scotland over the last year, the biggest house price winners in absolute terms were:

East Lothian which has seen house prices increase by £25,180,

Orkney Islands with house prices gains of £23,020,

Shetland Islands where house prices have risen, on average, by £18,950

House prices increased in monetary terms across every local authority across Scotland last year, but those areas that saw the smallest increase in average house prices were:

Aberdeen City where average house prices were down £9,800,

West Dunbartonshire, which saw average house prices fall by £2,490, and

Inverclyde where house prices decreased by £2,480

Chart graph biggest absolute house price increases in Scotland last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

Chart graph biggest absolute house price decreases in Scotland last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

Anthony Codling
CEO, Twindig

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