Surveyors in Scotland anticipate that house prices will increase through the coming months according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey as both demand and supply remain steady.
A major conference is set to bring together leading voices from across the land reform debate to discuss ambitious ways to unlock Scotland’s land potential.
Recent activity in Edinburgh’s property market has underlined the strong investor appetite to acquire quality properties in the Scottish market, according to legal firm Lindsays.
Multinational distribution and outsourcing firm Bunzl UK Ltd has secured a 10-year lease for a 29,000 sq ft unit at the award-winning Belgrave Logistics Park in Bellshill.
Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring 87 new homes to the rental market in Edinburgh following its latest deal with Barratt Developments.
The Scottish Land Commission has published its response to the Call for Views on the Land Reform Bill issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill is “gambling” with the future of communities in rural Scotland and investment in the transition to net zero.
Scottish home sellers are increasingly turning down “significant” amounts of money by rejecting their highest offers – when those offers are subject to the sale of another property – and instead opting for a chain-free sale.
New statistics on Scotland’s Short-Term Lets Licensing Scheme have revealed that local authorities received at least 23,576 applications for a short-term lets licence by the end of December 2023.
Speaking at the Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) annual conference in Edinburgh, SLE chairman Dee Ward welcomed the renewed focus by political leaders on fostering a thriving economy that supports people, jobs, and nature.
The average price of a property in Scotland in March 2024 was £192,000, an increase of 6.7% when compared to the same period last year, the UK House Price Index (HPI) has revealed.