Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI) quarterly report: June 2026

Information on the Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI) and Quarterly Report for June 2026.


Background

  • the provisional results for 4Q 2025 to 2026 indicate an increase of 0.2% on 3Q 2025 to 2026, and an increase of 5.0% in the year from 4Q 2024 to 2025
  • the 3Q 2025 to 2026 index remained static from 2Q 2025 to 2026 and increased by 5.8% in the year from 3Q 2024 to 2025
  • the firm index for 2Q 2025 to 2026 indicates a quarterly increase of 1.0%
  • on an annual basis, the 2Q 2025 to 2026 figure is up on 2Q 2024 to 2025 by 0.7%
  • underlying construction costs of labour, materials, and plant, in 4Q 2025 to 2026, as measured by the BCIS General Building Cost Index (GBCI), increased by 0.4% on a quarter-on-quarter basis and increased by 4.0% when compared with the same quarter a year earlier
  • over the year to 4Q 2025 to 2026, underlying inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), rose by 3.1%

Table 1: SSHTPI Quarterly Index

Published index base         1985 = 100

Financial quarter notes: 1Q: first quarter April to June; 2Q: second quarter July to September; 3Q: third quarter October to December; 4Q: fourth quarter January to March.

Calendar quarter

Financial quarter

Index value

Sample size

Status

4Q2018

3Q 2018-2019

288

38

Firm

1Q2019

4Q 2018-2019

292

48

Firm

2Q2019

1Q 2019-2020

292

22

Firm

3Q2019

2Q 2019-2020

298

31

Firm

4Q2019

3Q 2019-2020

303

42

Firm

1Q2020

4Q 2019-2020

299

36

Firm

2Q2020

1Q 2020-2021

292

6

Firm

3Q2020

2Q 2020-2021

294

20

Firm

4Q2020

3Q 2020-2021

304

22

Firm

1Q2021

4Q 2020-2021

312

24

Firm

2Q2021

1Q 2021-2022

322

7

Firm

3Q2021

2Q 2021-2022

321

11

Firm

4Q2021

3Q 2021-2022

331

26

Firm

1Q2022

4Q 2021-2022

355

23

Firm

2Q2022

1Q 2022-2023

362

16

Firm

3Q2022

2Q 2022-2023

386

17

Firm

4Q2022

3Q 2022-2023

386

23

Firm

1Q2023

4Q 2022-2023

402

20

Firm

2Q2023

1Q 2023-2024

409

22

Firm

3Q2023

2Q 2023-2024

395

22

Firm

4Q2023

3Q 2023-2024

382

22

Firm

1Q2024

4Q 2023-2024

413

25

Firm

2Q2024

1Q 2024-2025

432

6

Firm

3Q2024

2Q 2024-2025

418

11

Firm

4Q2024

3Q 2024-2025

398

12

Firm

1Q2025

4Q 2024-2025

402

24

Firm

2Q2025

1Q 2025-2026

417

13

Firm

3Q2025

2Q 2025-2026

421

20

Firm

4Q2025

3Q 2025-2026

421

23

Provisional

1Q2026

4Q 2025-2026

423

16

Provisional

Source: Scottish Government

Note: The quarterly index is a smoothed, trimmed geometric mean of the normalised project index (see note on calculation).

Table 2: SSHTPI Location Indices

Calendar quarter 1Q 2026, Financial quarter 4Q 2025 to 2026, Publication quarter 2Q 2026

Location Code

Location

Index Value

Sample Size

Status

M

Mainland

99

281

Provisional

MA

Scottish Borders

104

6

Provisional

MB

Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Falkirk

104

16

Provisional

MC

Dumfries and Galloway

102

10

Provisional

MD

Fife

93

23

Provisional

ME

Aberdeenshire and Moray

92

30

Provisional

MF

Aberdeen City

122

7

Provisional

MG

Highland

94

40

Provisional

MH

West Coast

115

8

Provisional

MJ

City of Edinburgh

103

14

Provisional

MK

Lothian

95

28

Provisional

ML

City of Glasgow

115

13

Provisional

MM

Ayrshire

102

16

Provisional

MN

Glasgow Environs

102

27

Provisional

MP

South Lanarkshire

106

16

Provisional

MQ

Dundee City

94

4

Provisional

MR

Angus, Perth and Kinross

106

23

Provisional

Z

Island

111

14

Provisional

ZA

Orkney Islands

108

6

Provisional

ZB

Shetland Islands

140

2

Provisional

Note: the location indices are calculated over 15 quarters and are based on the Scottish mean = 100 (See note on calculation). Sample sizes <=4 they are not included in Table 2.

Source: Scottish Government

Contact

Email: Kenneth Smith

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