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HOUSE prices in Scotland have continued to marginally rise, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. A net balance of 5% of respondents in Scotland report that prices rose in the July survey, which is the lowest this balance has…
OVERALL construction activity in Scotland was ‘relatively stagnant’ in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor, despite a rise in infrastructure activity. A net balance of -2% of survey respondents reported a fall in construction…
NEW research has revealed that demand for key construction materials needed to build new homes weakened further during the first half of 2026. The latest sales data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) – based on actual volumes from members – shows that sales of ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and mortar…
INVESTMENT of between £7.8 and 14.2 billion may be needed in Scotland over the next 15 years to adapt to the impacts of climate change, new research has warned. Published by ClimateXChange and led by the University of Strathclyde, the study provides the first comprehensive investment needs across five key sectors –…
THE Construction Products Association’s forecast for sector output has been downgraded in its summer forecast, due to the lagged impacts of the Middle East conflict that are starting to pass through to both the demand and cost sides of the UK economy. UK construction output year-to-date so far in 2026 has already…
JLL's Big Six Residential Development Report for Summer 2025 analyzes residential development trends across six UK cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester), finding average annual price growth of 1.7% and rental growth of 2.1% across these markets, with Birmingham leading in both metrics and over 14,500 BTR units in its pipeline. Key findings include a 64% increase in BTR investment in H1 2025 versus the five-year H1 average, normalization of rental growth from 4.2% in December 2024 to 2.1% currently, removal of Scotland's temporary rent cap legislation on 1 April 2025, and development viability challenges from building safety regulations and planning restrictions impacting new home completions despite strong underlying demand for urban housing.
This is a market report published by Colliers in June 2025 providing a snapshot of the property market in Edinburgh, Scotland, as of August 2025. The report covers capital markets, office, retail, and industrial sectors across the Edinburgh market.
This is a market report published by Colliers on December 31, 2025, providing a snapshot of the property market in Glasgow, Scotland as of November 2025. The report covers capital markets activity in the Glasgow geography.
Knight Frank's 2025 Scotland Report provides a cross-sector review of the Scottish commercial real estate market covering offices, manufacturing, and retail, finding that while leasing activity shows resilience particularly in major centers with concentrated demand for high-quality assets, legacy stock faces obsolescence risk and secondary properties struggle to attract investment unless significantly repriced. The report details that Edinburgh office take-up grew 62% in 2024 underpinned by a major HBOS lease of 282,000 square feet, Glasgow take-up rose 37%, and prime rents have increased notably with Edinburgh experiencing 30% growth since March 2020, though new development pipelines remain constrained with only 38,361 square feet of new space available in Edinburgh.