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Average house prices in Scotland increased by 5.5% (Fife 6.2%) in the year to November 2022, increasing slower than average UK house prices (10.3%) and down from 7.9% (Fife 9.3%) in the year to October 2022.
On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Scotland decreased by1.2% between October and November 2022, compared with an increase of 1.1%during the same period last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Scotland decreased by 0.8% between October and November 2022.
Comparing the provisional volume estimate for September 2021 with the provisional volume estimate for September 2022, the volume of transactions increased by 6.6% in Scotland (Fife 14.8%) and increased by 26.6% in the UK.
In Scotland, detached houses showed the largest annual percentage change out of all property types, increasing by 7.9% in the year to November 2022 to £349,000. Flats and maisonettes showed the lowest annual percentage change, which increased by1.8% in the year to November 2022 to an average price of £129,000.
The highest annual percentage change was in Midlothian, where average house prices increased by 13.2% in the year to November 2022 to £246,000. The lowest annual percentage change was in City of Aberdeen, where average house prices decreased by 4.7% in the year to November 2022 to £140,000.
As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data. However, the Scottish and Fife Housing Markets are holding up well.