Scottish Housing Market Review Q4 2025
Quarterly bulletin collating a range of previously published statistics on the latest trends in the Scottish housing market.
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2. House Prices
2.1. Scottish House Price Performance: National
Source: UK HPI
Average house prices in Scotland, as measured by the UK House Price Index (HPI), increased annually by 3.8% in Q3 2025. In each of the last 4 quarters, annual house-price growth has exceeded the post-financial crisis long-run average of 2.7% (measured from 2010). The average property price (mix-adjusted, geometric mean) in Scotland stood at £193K in Q3 2025.
Registers of Scotland data shows that the average (arithmetic mean) house price in Scotland increased annually by 2.2% to £237K in Q3 2025. Registers of Scotland data is not mix-adjusted, so it will be affected by the composition of properties sold.
2.2. Scottish House Price Performance by Dwelling/Buyer Type
In recent editions of the Scottish Housing Market Review, we have not included the UK HPI breakdown of new build and existing property price estimates in Scotland, because, as the ONS has noted, a fall in the proportion of transactions which are processed by HM Land Registry in time for their inclusion in initial HPI estimates has meant that revisions have been larger than usual.
UK HPI data shows that annual house price growth in Q3 2025 was highest for semi-detached properties at 5.5%, followed by terraced (5.3%) and detached properties (5.3%). Out of all property types, flats and maisonettes had the slowest rate of price growth during the year at 1.5%.
The UK HPI also shows that the average price of a property bought by former owner occupiers in Scotland increased annually by 4.2% in Q3 2025 to £240K. Meanwhile, the average price of a property purchased by a first-time buyer increased annually by 3.5% to £158K.
2.3. Scottish House Price Performance: Local Authorities
Table 2.1 sets out the level and annual change in quarterly house prices by local authority. The small number of sales in some local authorities, such as the island local authorities, can lead to some volatility in estimated house prices despite the HPI methodology adjusting for the mix of houses sold; therefore, the change in average house prices in the last 4 quarters compared to the preceding 4 quarters is also presented. [2]
Focussing on the longer-term trend due to the volatility of quarterly data
shows that 28 of the 32 local authorities saw an increase in their average house price in the four quarters to Q3 2025 relative to the previous four quarters. Average house prices increased the most in the Orkney Islands (9.9%), followed by Renfrewshire (7.0%) and North Lanarkshire (6.1%). The four local authorities that recorded decreases were Na h-Eileanan Siar (-4.9%), Aberdeenshire (-2.0%), Aberdeen City (-1.5%) and South Ayrshire (-0.2%).
Although these changes were calculated over a longer time period, the notable increase in Orkney Islands and the marked decrease in Na h-Eileanan Siar should be interpreted with caution due to the low number of sales in island local authorities (See Table 1.1).
| Local Authority | Prices - Q3 2025 | Q3 2025 on Q3 2024 | 4 quarters to Q3 2025 on previous 4 quarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | £140,853 | -4.1% | -1.5% |
| Aberdeenshire | £200,707 | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| Angus | £168,093 | 2.3% | 3.0% |
| Argyll & Bute | £183,482 | 7.7% | 3.6% |
| Clackmannanshire | £172,600 | 4.1% | 3.2% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | £161,709 | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| Dundee City | £141,284 | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| East Ayrshire | £132,816 | 6.6% | 4.1% |
| East Dunbartonshire | £260,479 | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| East Lothian | £285,983 | 2.8% | 1.0% |
| East Renfrewshire | £293,930 | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Edinburgh, City of | £292,687 | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Falkirk | £167,306 | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Fife | £174,481 | 5.0% | 4.3% |
| Glasgow City | £189,587 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
| Highland | £209,537 | -0.1% | 1.6% |
| Inverclyde | £113,604 | 3.5% | 3.6% |
| Midlothian | £291,063 | 7.9% | 4.6% |
| Moray | £200,497 | 3.4% | 2.5% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | £135,157 | -0.7% | -4.9% |
| North Ayrshire | £134,321 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| North Lanarkshire | £155,136 | 6.6% | 6.1% |
| Orkney Islands | £223,350 | 9.1% | 9.9% |
| Perth & Kinross | £232,640 | 9.8% | 5.3% |
| Renfrewshire | £163,185 | 10.4% | 7.0% |
| Scottish Borders | £186,957 | 4.0% | 3.1% |
| Shetland Islands | £203,056 | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| South Ayrshire | £162,949 | -1.8% | -0.2% |
| South Lanarkshire | £179,464 | 6.6% | 4.9% |
| Stirling | £234,250 | 4.5% | 4.0% |
| West Dunbartonshire | £123,525 | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| West Lothian | £222,040 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| Scotland | £192,687 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
Source: ONS HPI
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