Scotland's house price winners and losers

The latest data from the Register of Scotland suggests that the average house price in Scotland is £201,198.

House prices in Scotland fell on average by 0.3% or £580 in March 2022

Over the last 12 months, average house prices in Scotland decreased by 0.9% or £1,730.

The average house price chart below shows a picture as craggy as the Cairngorms with many peaks and troughs. However, the thrust of house prices in Scotland is up and not down.

Scotlands house price league table

We show in the chart below the average house price across Scotland by local authority.

The local authority with the most expensive average house price is the City of Edinburgh where average house prices are £302,000

In second place is East Lothian where average house prices are currently £293,000, and in third place is East Renfrewshire where average house prices are £287,000

At the lower end of Scotland's house price table is Inverclyde with average house prices of £117,000, followed by West Dunbartonshire where average house prices are £128,000, and Na h-Eileanan Siar where average house prices are £143,000.

Scottish house price winners this month

The biggest house price winners in Scotland this month in relative (%) terms were:

The Shetland Islands where house prices rose by 19.8%

Clackmannanshire with house prices up 19.3%, and 

North Ayrshire where house prices rose by 18.6%

Turning to the absolute monetary house price winners, the podium comprised
East Dunbartonshire: with house prices up £33,779
Clackmannanshire: house prices up £31,282, and         

The Shetland Islands: house prices up £30,528

Scottish house price losers this month

At the bottom of the Scottish house price table, this month were

Na h-Eileannan Siar where house prices fell by 16.2%
The Orkney Islands where house prices fell by 15.7%, and

Inverclyde where house prices fell by 15.3%

Turning to the monetary losers the biggest average house price falls in Scotland were seen in:
The Orkney Islands where house prices lost £33,915
The Scottish Borders with house prices down £28,878, and
East Renfrewshire where average house prices fell by £28,310.

We show in the chart below the percentage change in house prices this month for each local authority across Scotland.

We show in the chart below the absolute (£ sterling) changes to house prices this month across each local authority in Scotland.

House prices in Scotland over the last year

The patterns of house price movements over the last year in Scotland differ significantly from the changes over the last month.

Scotlands biggest house price winners over the last year in relative terms are:

Clackmannanshire where house prices have increased by 13.3%
The Shetland Islands where house prices are up 9.8%, and
Midlothian where house prices have increased by 8.8%

Biggest absolute house price gains in Scotland

Over the last year the biggest absolute house price increases have been seen in:
Clackmannanshire  has seen house prices rise by £22,727

Midlothian where house prices have increased by £21,422, and

The Shetland Islands where average house prices are now £16,609 higher than they were one year ago.

The Scottish house price losers over the last year

Unfortunately, not all areas of Scotland have seen house prices rise over the last year.

Biggest house price falls in Scotland in percentage terms

The areas of Scotland which have witnessed the biggest relative house price falls are:

Angus where house prices fell by 10.7%
Inverclyde where house prices fell by 10.2% and
Perth and Kinross where house prices were down 8.7%

Biggest absolute house price losers in Scotland

The biggest absolute house price falls in Scotland over the last year match the podium for the biggest relative house price falls:

Angus where house prices have fallen by £20,565

Perth and Kinross with house prices down £19,472 and 

Renfrewshire where house prices have fallen, on average, by £14,240

We show in the chart below the relative (percentage) change in average house prices across all Scotland's local authorities over the last year:

We show in the chart below the absolute (£ sterling) changes in house prices across each of Scotland's local authorities over the last year