Official Statistics

UK House Price Index Scotland: August 2016

Published 18 October 2016

Applies to Scotland

1. Headline Statistics

In August 2016:

  • the average price of a property in Scotland was £144,561
  • the annual price change of a property in Scotland was 4.3%
  • the monthly price change of a property in Scotland was 1.3%
  • the index figure for Scotland was 107.1 (January 2015 = 100)

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.

2. Price change

2.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for Scotland over the past 5 years

Annual price change for Scotland over the past 5 years

Annual price change by local authority for Scotland

Local authorities August 2016 August 2015 Difference
Aberdeenshire £202,192 £199,447 1.4%
Angus £142,599 £142,143 0.3%
Argyll and Bute £132,599 £134,613 -1.5%
City of Aberdeen £175,922 £192,744 -8.7%
City of Dundee £120,964 £118,495 2.1%
City of Edinburgh £226,454 £223,091 1.5%
City of Glasgow £122,004 £115,264 5.8%
Clackmannanshire £119,213 £115,848 2.9%
Dumfries and Galloway £118,168 £122,134 -3.2%
East Ayrshire £95,002 £91,750 3.5%
East Dunbartonshire £196,692 £180,632 8.9%
East Lothian £201,765 £197,680 2.1%
East Renfrewshire £219,511 £194,690 12.7%
Falkirk £114,424 £107,940 6.0%
Fife £127,659 £121,649 4.9%
Highland £155,559 £154,519 0.7%
Inverclyde £108,877 £99,062 9.9%
Midlothian £157,097 £152,644 2.9%
Moray £143,096 £136,725 4.7%
Na h-Eileanan Siar £100,804 £91,859 9.7%
North Ayrshire £102,546 £102,352 0.2%
North Lanarkshire £103,586 £94,372 9.8%
Orkney Islands £129,982 £117,953 10.2%
Perth and Kinross £179,211 £170,825 4.9%
Renfrewshire £115,561 £112,203 3.0%
Scottish Borders £149,148 £147,121 1.4%
Shetland Islands £149,490 £123,716 20.8%
South Ayrshire £130,960 £132,971 -1.5%
South Lanarkshire £119,953 £112,371 6.7%
Stirling £176,648 £166,907 5.8%
West Dunbartonshire £101,601 £97,778 3.9%
West Lothian £144,296 £133,769 7.9%
Scotland £144,561 £138,564 4.3%

Average price by local authority for Scotland

Average price by local authority for Scotland

2.2 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for Scotland

Property type August 2016 August 2015 Difference
Detached £252,567 £239,337 5.5%
Semi-detached £151,917 £143,841 5.6%
Terraced £120,310 £115,536 4.1%
Flat or maisonette £102,400 £99,731 2.7%
All £144,561 £138,564 4.3%

3. Sales volumes

Due to a period of 2 to 8 weeks between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent two months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

3.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for Scotland by local authority: June 2016

Local authorities Sales volume
Aberdeenshire 336
Angus 183
Argyll and Bute 141
City of Aberdeen 366
City of Dundee 254
City of Edinburgh 1,053
City of Glasgow 1,003
Clackmannanshire 65
Dumfries and Galloway 144
East Ayrshire 152
East Dunbartonshire 159
East Lothian 183
East Renfrewshire 155
Falkirk 305
Fife 515
Highland 371
Inverclyde 126
Midlothian 175
Moray 145
Na h-Eileanan Siar 33
North Ayrshire 209
North Lanarkshire 448
Orkney Islands 35
Perth and Kinross 250
Renfrewshire 344
Scottish Borders 150
Shetland Islands 23
South Ayrshire 166
South Lanarkshire 568
Stirling 166
West Dunbartonshire 121
West Lothian 276
Scotland 8,620

3.2 Sales volumes: June 2016

Sales volumes for Scotland over the past 5 years

Sales volumes for Scotland over the past 5 years

4. Building status

New build and existing resold property for Scotland

Property status Average price Monthly change Annual change
New build £219,121 14.2% 21.7%
Existing resold property £141,605 0.7% 3.5%

Note: the first estimate for new build is based on a small sample which can cause volatility in this initial estimate.

5. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for Scotland

Type of buyer Average price Monthly change Annual change
First time buyer £116,383 0.2% 3.9%
Former owner occupier £173,859 2.3% 4.7%

6. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for Scotland

Funding status Average price Monthly change Annual change
Cash £132,784 0.8% 3.8%
Mortgage £150,020 1.6% 4.6%

7. 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 Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

8. Access the data

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

9. Contact

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

Email Anne.MacDonald@ros.gov.uk

Telephone 0131 378 4991