Average house prices increase by 5.3% over 12 months

Compared to the previous month, prices increased by 0.4% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whilst on a seasonally adjusted basis, there was an increase of 1.1%.

The UK average house price was £272,000, which was an annual increase of 2.6%. Compared with the previous month, UK house prices decreased by 0.6% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis and decreased by 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The volume of residential sales in Scotland in July 2025 was 9,129. When compared with the first published figures for June 2024, this was an annual increase of 5.9%. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

A Registers of Scotland spokesperson said: “There was an increase of 5.3% (to £194,000) in the average house price for Scotland in the 12 months to September 2025. This compares to an increase of 2.6% (to £272,000) in average house prices for the UK as a whole.”

Average price increases were recorded in 29 out of 32 local authority areas when comparing prices with the previous year. The largest increase was in Renfrewshire, where the average price increased by 9.9% to £165,000. The largest decrease was recorded in the City of Aberdeen, where the average price decreased by 6.2% to £140,000.

In September 2025, the highest-priced area to purchase a property was East Renfrewshire, where the average price was £309,000. In contrast, the lowest-priced area to purchase a property was Inverclyde, where the average price was £116,000.