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Scottish house prices lift 3.1% to top £200k By Roger Baird 22 nd February 2021 3:43 pm House prices in Scotland rose 3.1 per cent in the month to December, tipping the average price for a home in the country to over £200,000 for the first time. The average price of a Scottish property hit £202,170 in December, topping a year that saw prices rise 8.5 per cent in 2020, according to the House Price Index figures from Walker Fraser Steele, part of e.surv surveyors. Last year’s annual house price growth is the strongest since March 2015, according to the data, w...

Iain Pattinson, scriptwriter on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, ‘the antidote to panel games’ – obituary A purveyor of what Humphrey Lyttelton called ‘blue-chip filth’, he left a high-flying career behind to join the anarchic radio show Iain Pattinson Credit: PA   Iain Pattinson, who has died from leukaemia aged 68, was the scriptwriter behind I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, the anarchic “antidote to panel games” on Radio 4, famous for its smutty jokes that have made it cult listening for nearly half a century. Hired in 1993 by a new producer, Jon Naismith, Pattinson furnished ...

As a result, average property prices were noted at £150,835. In contrast, the Shetland Islands recorded the greatest monthly fall in property prices, down 11.2% to £167,687. On a yearly basis, Aberdeen City noted the largest decline in property prices, dropping by 4.9% to £186,945. Overall, 29 of the 32 authorities saw prices rise over on a monthly and yearly basis. Walker Fraser Steele is the trading name of e.surv Chartered Surveyors in Scotland. Alan Penman, business development manager at Walker Fraser Steele, said: “Rising house prices showed no sign of slowing down in November, wit...