ESPC House Price Report - Average House Price in Scotland

Browse the latest reports below, or read on to find out how the data is gathered and what sets it apart.

How we gather our house price data

ESPC was founded in 1971 and is a membership organisation of solicitor estate agents across Edinburgh and the wider east of Scotland. Every residential sale recorded by our member firms feeds into the ESPC database, and it is those completed sales that form the basis of each House Price Report.

Reports are published within the first five working days of every month and cover a three-month rolling period. Our in-house team review the figures for each release and writes the commentary that accompanies them, putting the numbers into the context of what is happening on the ground.

The prices we quote are pure averages, based on the residential sales we have recorded during the period. We do not seasonally adjust our figures or weight them to reflect the mix of properties selling, so what you read is a direct reflection of the prices paid at the time.

What each House Price Report includes

Each edition of the ESPC House Price Report provides a regional breakdown covering:

• Edinburgh house prices, with detail on property types, average selling prices and activity across neighbourhoods in the city.
• East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian house prices, taking in commuter towns such as Musselburgh, Haddington, Penicuik, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, East Calder and Livingston.
• East Fife and West Fife & Kinross house prices, from St Andrews and Cupar through to Dunfermline, Rosyth and Dalgety Bay.
• Scottish Borders house prices, including Galashiels, Jedburgh and the wider Borders market.

For each area we publish the average selling price by property type, annual change, median time to sell, and the percentage of Home Report valuation achieved. A full house price table and historical spreadsheet accompany every report, so you can compare current figures against previous months or years.

Why the ESPC House Price Report is exclusive to ESPC

Because our data comes from the sales handled by ESPC solicitor estate agent member firms, it cannot be sourced anywhere else. No portal, aggregator or government dataset has the same view of completed transactions across east-central Scotland, and we publish figures that are specific to how property is bought and sold here, quicker than other sources.

That includes the percentage of homes achieving Home Report valuation and the share of sales going to a closing date, both of which are central to how Scottish buyers and sellers understand the market but are not covered in UK-wide indices. We have been publishing this information for decades, so if you want to track the average house price in Scotland across years rather than months, the historical data is there to draw on.

How to use the House Price Report

If you are thinking of buying, the report is useful for benchmarking offers and getting a sense of where prices are rising or steadying in the areas you are interested in. If you are selling, it helps set realistic expectations ahead of marketing your home, particularly around Home Report performance and typical selling times. Surveyors, solicitors and journalists covering the Scottish property market use the figures as a reference point for local market conditions.

You'll find our latest House Price Report here, or you can browse the archive below to read the historical House Price Reports. For more specific information on selling prices in your area, speak to an ESPC solicitor estate agent.