According to March’s edition of the UK House Price Index UK, house prices rose by an average of 4.1% on an annual basis.
Residential sales in Scotland rose by 2.0% to 6239 compared to January in the previous year , however this was 25.4% lower than sales during December 2016. Again in Scotland the average price of a property in March 2017 was £137,139 which is an increase of 0.7% from March 2016 but a decrease of 1% compared to sales in February 2017.
There were 746 property sales in Edinburgh City making it the top local authority in terms of volume of sales. The other regions in the top five were, Glasgow City (700 sales), South Lanarkshire (396 sales), Fife (391 sales) and North Lanarkshire (305 sales)
The biggest fall in house prices was once again seen in Aberdeen City with a 6.3% drop during March of this year compared to in March 2016, taking the average price to £163,050. East Dunbartonshire showed the biggest annual price increase where the average price increased by 10.7% to £196,332. Across Scotland, all property types except flats showed an increase in average price in March 2017 when compared to the same month in the previous year. Semi-detached properties showed the biggest increase rising by 2.3% to £144,261, while flats decreased by 0.1% to £98,012.
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