Compared to the previous month, house prices in Scotland were unchanged on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whilst on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a decrease of 0.1 per cent.

The UK average house price was £269,000 – which was an annual increase of 3.9 per cent on May 2024. Compared with the previous month, UK house prices increased by 1.1 per cent on a non-seasonally adjusted basis and increased by 0.7 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The volume of residential sales in Scotland in March 2025 was 7,495. When compared with the first published figures for March 2024 this was an annual decrease of 2.2 per cent. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Average prices for local authorities are based on a three-month moving average to help remove some of the volatility in the series. Increases were recorded in 30 out of 32 local authority areas, when comparing prices with the previous year. The largest increase was in Inverclyde where the average price increased by 12.5 per cent to £114,000.

The largest decrease was recorded in Aberdeenshire, where the average price decreased by 2.5 per cent to £201,000. Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar and Shetland Islands are not considered when highlighting which local authorities have experienced the highest/lowest increase, due to the very low numbers of sales transactions in these local authorities which can lead to volatility in the series.

A Registers of Scotland spokesperson said: “There was an increase of 6.4 per cent (to £192,000) in the average house price for Scotland in the 12 months to May 2025. This compares to an increase of 3.9 per cent (to £269,000) in average house prices for the UK as a whole.”