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Surprise rise in Scottish house prices
HOUSE prices have risen for the first time in 17 months. A Nationwide Building Society study found the UK property market was up 0.9 per cent in March. The average home now costs £150,946. But officials warned against reading too much into the "surprise bounce".

Why I don’t trust statistics!
And there is no such thing as a national housing market – just thousands of small local markets which inter-relate to some extent by David Perkins

Rics - Further signs of improvement in activity indicators
New buyer enquiries rise for the fifth consecutive month leading to an increase in both newly agreed sales and sales expectations. The sales to stock ratio edges upwards for the third successive month to stand at its best level since August 2008. New instructions continue to decline resulting in inventory on estate agents books dropping to the lowest level since September 2007

House price falls start to level out
House price falls have begun to level out according to Communities and Local Government (CLG) research released today. The UK house price index (HPI) statistics found first-time buyers were paying 15.4 per cent less for a property than in January 2008, with the average house price recorded in January standing at £195,724.

West Lothian Property Market
Enquiries on the rise as West Lothian house prices represent a good deal for the buyer. During the turbulent last year in the property market, with house prices crashing all around us, people have been wondering where this will leave us all? Whether you are an estate agent or a homeowner; it has been worrying times for us all...........