Open Market Shared Equity: thresholds
- Last updated
- 11 August 2026 - see all updates
- Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Topic
- Housing
Sets out the area-based limits on the price of homes that can be bought under the Open Market Shared Equity scheme.
The Open Market Shared Equity Scheme (OMSE) helps people from qualifying priority groups to buy a home they otherwise would not be able to afford.
There are thresholds on the price of properties that can bought in each OMSE area.
The current limits are set out in the table below.
|
OMSE area |
Apartment size 2 |
Apartment size 3 |
Apartment size 4 |
Apartment size 5 |
Apartment size 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aberdeen City |
£105,000 |
£140,000 |
£150,000 |
£200,000 |
£255,000 |
|
Aberdeenshire - Central |
£130,000 |
£165,000 |
£195,000 |
£235,000 |
£275,000 |
|
Aberdeenshire - North |
£80,000 |
£115,000 |
£125,000 |
£170,000 |
£225,000 |
|
Aberdeenshire - South |
£135,000 |
£185,000 |
£200,000 |
£250,000 |
£305,000 |
|
Angus |
£75,000 |
£130,000 |
£170,000 |
£230,000 |
£295,000 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
£95,000 |
£140,000 |
£185,000 |
£245,000 |
£320,000 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
£90,000 |
£130,000 |
£200,000 |
£280,000 |
£320,000 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
£90,000 |
£115,000 |
£150,000 |
£195,000 |
£265,000 |
|
Dundee City |
£90,000 |
£120,000 |
£160,000 |
£230,000 |
£275,000 |
|
East Ayrshire |
£65,000 |
£95,000 |
£120,000 |
£175,000 |
£255,000 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
£135,000 |
£195,000 |
£275,000 |
£335,000 |
£500,000 |
|
East Lothian |
£165,000 |
£215,000 |
£255,000 |
£340,000 |
£435,000 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
£120,000 |
£215,000 |
£290,000 |
£385,000 |
£515,000 |
|
Edinburgh, City of |
£185,000 |
£235,000 |
£325,000 |
£415,000 |
£585,000 |
|
Falkirk |
£85,000 |
£130,000 |
£175,000 |
£265,000 |
£325,000 |
|
Fife - North |
£135,000 |
£200,000 |
£240,000 |
£300,000 |
£400,000 |
|
Fife - South |
£95,000 |
£125,000 |
£180,000 |
£270,000 |
£330,000 |
|
Glasgow City |
£135,000 |
£170,000 |
£205,000 |
£290,000 |
£410,000 |
|
Highland - Central Mainland |
£130,000 |
£185,000 |
£225,000 |
£280,000 |
£350,000 |
|
Highland - East Mainland |
£115,000 |
£115,000 |
£125,000 |
£195,000 |
£205,000 |
|
Highland - West Mainland |
£115,000 |
£150,000 |
£175,000 |
£235,000 |
£265,000 |
|
Inverclyde |
£70,000 |
£100,000 |
£110,000 |
£160,000 |
£275,000 |
|
Midlothian |
£175,000 |
£220,000 |
£250,000 |
£315,000 |
£475,000 |
|
Moray |
£110,000 |
£145,000 |
£175,000 |
£210,000 |
£270,000 |
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
£110,000 |
£145,000 |
£150,000 |
£205,000 |
£275,000 |
|
North Ayrshire |
£95,000 |
£120,000 |
£135,000 |
£195,000 |
£285,000 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
£95,000 |
£120,000 |
£140,000 |
£200,000 |
£290,000 |
|
Orkney |
£100,000 |
£160,000 |
£215,000 |
£260,000 |
£315,000 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
£105,000 |
£155,000 |
£215,000 |
£275,000 |
£335,000 |
|
Renfrewshire |
£100,000 |
£140,000 |
£185,000 |
£245,000 |
£345,000 |
|
Scottish Borders |
£85,000 |
£130,000 |
£170,000 |
£250,000 |
£285,000 |
|
Shetland |
£100,000 |
£155,000 |
£215,000 |
£260,000 |
£315,000 |
|
South Ayrshire |
£95,000 |
£130,000 |
£155,000 |
£210,000 |
£295,000 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
£95,000 |
£130,000 |
£165,000 |
£225,000 |
£330,000 |
|
Stirling - Rural |
£140,000 |
£185,000 |
£275,000 |
£385,000 |
£475,000 |
|
Stirling - Urban |
£120,000 |
£155,000 |
£205,000 |
£350,000 |
£410,000 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
£90,000 |
£125,000 |
£175,000 |
£240,000 |
£340,000 |
|
West Lothian |
£130,000 |
£170,000 |
£205,000 |
£245,000 |
£355,000 |
Setting price thresholds:
- thresholds are set at the middle (median) house price
- this means half of all house sales are estimated to be below the threshold
How thresholds are calculated:
- using 2015 to 2016 data, Scottish Assessors data on the number of rooms was matched with Registers of Scotland data on house prices to work out the median house price for each house size in each housing market area
- thresholds were then uprated to 2025 to 2026 based on local house price inflation, across all property sizes, using Registers of Scotland data
- to allow for potential house price inflation in 2026 to 2027, all thresholds were uplifted by a further 4.2%, based on the growth in median house prices across Scotland in 2025 to 2026
- all thresholds are rounded up to the nearest £5,000
The price thresholds are reviewed regularly.
Find out more
Find out more about the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme at the LIFT website.
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- First published
- 13 December 2020
- Last updated
- 11 August 2026 - show all updates
- All updates
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Updated table of thresholds.
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Updated table of thresholds.
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Updated with interim figures
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Updated with new table.
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