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UK House Price Index Scotland: October 2022

Published 14 December 2022

1. Headline statistics for October 2022

The average price of a property in Scotland was £194,874

The annual price change of a property in Scotland was 8.5%

The monthly price change of a property in Scotland was 1.1%

The index figure for Scotland (January 2015 = 100) was 144.4

Estimates for the most recent months are provisional and are likely to be updated as more data is incorporated into the index. Read the revision policies.

Next publication of UK HPI

The November 2022 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 January 2023. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Average house prices in Scotland increased by 8.5% in the year to October 2022, increasing slower than average UK house prices (12.6%) and up from 7.8% in the year to September 2022.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Scotland increased by 1.1% between September and October 2022, compared with an increase of 0.4% during the same period last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Scotland increased by 1.0% between September and October 2022.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2021 with the provisional volume estimate for August 2022, the volume of transactions decreased by 4.4% in Scotland and increased by 70.7% in the UK.

In Scotland, detached houses showed the largest annual percentage change out of all property types, increasing by 10.7% in the year to October 2022 to £356,000. Flats and maisonettes showed the lowest annual percentage change, which increased by 5.5% in the year to October 2022 to an average price of £131,000.

The highest annual percentage change was in Argyll and Bute, where average house prices increased by 21.3% in the year to October 2022 to £202,000. The lowest annual percentage change was in City of Aberdeen, where average house prices decreased by 3.0% in the year to October 2022 to £144,000.

As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data.

3. Price change

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for Scotland over the past 5 years

In Scotland, average prices increased by 8.5% in the year to October 2022, up from an increase of 7.8% in the year to September 2022.

Annual price change by local authority for Scotland

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities, such as Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar and Shetland Islands, can lead to volatility in the series.

While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period.

Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Local authorities October 2022 October 2021 Difference
Aberdeenshire £206,606 £196,222 5.3%
Angus £178,263 £163,086 9.3%
Argyll and Bute £202,367 £166,861 21.3%
City of Aberdeen £143,948 £148,414 -3.0%
City of Dundee £156,400 £142,567 9.7%
City of Edinburgh £335,199 £314,613 6.5%
City of Glasgow £175,675 £163,885 7.2%
Clackmannanshire £165,064 £158,764 4.0%
Dumfries and Galloway £166,746 £150,560 10.8%
East Ayrshire £131,953 £119,776 10.2%
East Dunbartonshire £277,824 £248,221 11.9%
East Lothian £312,874 £290,477 7.7%
East Renfrewshire £286,369 £274,075 4.5%
Falkirk £167,322 £151,169 10.7%
Fife £175,629 £160,758 9.3%
Highland £207,373 £191,992 8.0%
Inverclyde £126,990 £119,714 6.1%
Midlothian £242,308 £216,846 11.7%
Moray £189,285 £173,843 8.9%
Na h-Eileanan Siar £167,473 £121,480 37.9%
North Ayrshire £130,754 £119,513 9.4%
North Lanarkshire £137,372 £128,393 7.0%
Orkney Islands £221,489 £184,286 20.2%
Perth and Kinross £255,817 £229,300 11.6%
Renfrewshire £159,565 £146,701 8.8%
Scottish Borders £207,878 £192,257 8.1%
Shetland Islands £209,979 £177,507 18.3%
South Ayrshire £177,740 £167,864 5.9%
South Lanarkshire £170,839 £153,051 11.6%
Stirling £244,934 £230,706 6.2%
West Dunbartonshire £137,515 £130,994 5.0%
West Lothian £217,883 £190,796 14.2%
Scotland £194,874 £179,557 8.5%

Average price by local authority for Scotland

In October 2022, the most expensive area to purchase a property was City of Edinburgh, where the average cost was £335,000. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Inverclyde, where the average cost was £127,000.

3.2 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for Scotland

Property type October 2022 October 2021 Difference
Detached £355,862 £321,575 10.7%
Semi-detached £208,623 £190,009 9.8%
Terraced £165,886 £150,331 10.3%
Flat or maisonette £131,300 £124,511 5.5%
All £194,874 £179,557 8.5%

4. Sales volumes

The amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information varies. It typically ranges between 2 weeks and 2 months but can be longer. Volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet at a reliable level for reporting, so they are not included in the report. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Sales volume data is also available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read Revisions to the UK HPI data for more information.

4.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for Scotland by local authority

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for the current month with the revised volume estimate for the corresponding month in the previous year

Local authorities August 2022 August 2021
Aberdeenshire 435 487
Angus 198 254
Argyll and Bute 183 236
City of Aberdeen 422 437
City of Dundee 268 300
City of Edinburgh 1,035 1,112
City of Glasgow 1,047 1,170
Clackmannanshire 90 85
Dumfries and Galloway 260 255
East Ayrshire 196 210
East Dunbartonshire 182 162
East Lothian 191 193
East Renfrewshire 166 163
Falkirk 231 247
Fife 606 623
Highland 367 447
Inverclyde 110 141
Midlothian 163 170
Moray 138 160
Na h-Eileanan Siar 21 34
North Ayrshire 243 224
North Lanarkshire 509 507
Orkney Islands 28 34
Perth and Kinross 310 299
Renfrewshire 350 384
Scottish Borders 192 207
Shetland Islands 23 28
South Ayrshire 212 203
South Lanarkshire 562 683
Stirling 172 131
West Dunbartonshire 109 124
West Lothian 291 293
Scotland 9,310 10,003

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for August 2022 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2021 with the provisional estimate for August 2022, volume transactions decreased by 4.4% in Scotland.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions decreased by 3.2% in Scotland in the year to August 2022.

4.2 Sales volumes

Sales volumes for Scotland over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for Scotland
August 2018 10,536
August 2019 10,134
August 2020 6,977
August 2021 10,003
August 2022 9,310

5. Property status

Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and need more time to process. This means they can take longer to appear in the land registers. The volume of new build transactions for the most recent 2 months are not at a reliable level for reporting the breakdown between new build and existing resold property, so they are not included in the report.

New build and existing resold property for Scotland

Property status Average price August 2022 Monthly change Annual change
New build £294,806 2.5% 19.3%
Existing resold property £188,164 0.1% 7.5%

Note: Since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for Scotland

Type of buyer Average price October 2022 Monthly change Annual change
First time buyer £155,690 0.9% 7.9%
Former owner occupier £236,223 1.2% 9.1%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for Scotland

Funding status Average price October 2022 Monthly change Annual change
Cash £177,635 1.3% 7.9%
Mortgage £202,994 1.0% 8.8%

8. Access the data

Download the data as CSV files or access it with our UK HPI tool.

Data revisions

View any revisions to previously published data in the data downloads or find out more about revisions in our guidance About the UK HPI.

9. About the UK House Price Index

The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland. Find out about the methodology used to create the UK HPI.

Data for the UK House Price Index is provided by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, The Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

10. Contact for Scotland queries

Anne MacDonald, Land & Property Data Team, Registers of Scotland

Email Anne.MacDonald@ros.gov.uk

Telephone 0131 378 4991