The average house price in Edinburgh has increased since 2015, with minor fluctuations over time. The house price index is calculated using data on housing transactions and measures the development of house prices, with January 2023 chosen as a base year when the index value was set to 100. In May 2025, the house price index reached 108.8 index points, meaning that house prices have grown by about eight percent since last year and nearly nine percent since 2023. Among the different regions in the UK, West and East Midlands experienced the strongest growth.

Ann Street, Edinburgh EH4 was the most expensive street for residential real estate in Scotland. The average price of a property there was over **** million British pounds, accounting for the average transactions that occurred between January 2018 and September 2023. The second most prestigious address in the world for a particular popular sport, Golf Place, St Andrews, was valued at **** million British pounds. Wester Coates Avenue made up the third in the list, with properties averaging over *** million British pounds.

The average household size in Scotland has decreased in the last 20 years. City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City are the exceptions and have increased since 2008. The number of households in Scotland continued to increase in 2021, reaching 2.53 million. The number of households increased in every council area over the last 20 years. There were 2.67 million dwellings in Scotland in 2021. Of these, 88,300 dwellings (3%) were vacant and 24,000 (1%) were second homes. Remote rural areas have a higher percentage of empty and second homes than urban areas.

Average second-hand sale prices for prime properties in selected high-performing towns and cities vary greatly across the United Kingdom (UK). The city of Edinburgh had the lowest average second-hand price of ******* British pounds while Beaconsfield and Virginia Water reported the highest prices above ********* British pounds.

It can be seen that prime properties in Scotland had second-hand sale prices below ******* British pounds while in the other regions of the UK, the average prices ranged between ******* and ******* British pounds with the exception of Beaconsfield and Virginia Water.

East Dunbartonshire, the city of Edinburgh, East Loathian and East Renfrewshire were the most xpensive regions for residential property in Scotland as of February 2025. The average house price in those regions were over 300,000 British pounds. In comparison, the average house price in Scotland was almost two times lower. Which are the most expensive streets to live in Scotland? With the average house price valued at approximately 3 million British pounds, Queen's Crescent, Auchterarder PH3 was the most expensive street for residential real estate in Scotland in 2024. This was almost twice higher than in the second-priciest street, Ann street, Edinburgh EH4. Compared to other regions in the UK, Scotland is affordable Though 3.6 million British pounds is an impressive figure, not all housing in Scotland falls in this price bracket. In fact, with an average house price of about 170,000 British pounds, Scotland is the third most affordable region for first-time home buyers. Furthermore, it has the second lowest rent to income ratio in the UK.

This Statistic shows the average cost of grade A and grade B office rents in Scotland (United Kingdom) per square foot in 2019. The most expensive area to rent Grade A office space in Scotland was seen in the capital, Edinburgh, with an average of ** British pounds per square foot. Even Grade B property in Edinburgh was more expensive on average that prime real estate in Glasgow's out of town area.