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ORKNEY and Shetland are witnessing a boom in house price values as Scots suffer a £250 general fall in house prices in a month. New analysis reveals the Covid pandemic craving for open spaces has translated to the desire to buy homes on the Scottish islands, according to a new analysis. This has led to Orkney seeing a 28.8% rise in house price values with average homes costing £183,198 - £20,000 below the price of a typical Scottish home. And on Shetland prices have soared by 27.7% in a year with the typical home now worth £188,317. John Tindale, Acadata senior housing analyst s...

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...

11 th December 2020 12:35 pm House prices continued to rise sharply in November, pushing annual house price inflation up to 5.8 per cent in England and Wales, according to the latest market data. The e.surv Chartered Surveyors house price index showed the market was robust, despite recent lockdowns in both regions. Its index showed house prices were on average 1 per cent higher in November, when compared to October. This put the average property price in England and Wales at £319,816. Its figures show the average rise in property prices excluding London was 6.1 per cent across England and...