Compared to the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.4% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whilst on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a decrease of 0.1%.

The UK average house price was £271,000 which was an annual increase of 6.4% on March 2024. Compared with the previous month, UK house prices increased by 1.1% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis and increased by 1.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The volume of residential sales in Scotland in January 2025 was 6,813. When compared with the first published figures for January 2024 this was an annual increase of 12.7%. 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 4.6% (to £186,000) in the average house price for Scotland in the 12 months to March 2025.

“This compares to an increase of 6.4% (to £271,000) in average house prices for the UK as a whole.”

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 27 out of 32 local authority areas, when comparing prices with the previous year.

The largest increase was in East Renfrewshire where the average price increased by 10.6% to £296,000. The largest decrease was recorded in City of Aberdeen, where the average price decreased by 3.9% to £134,000.

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.

In March 2025, the highest-priced area to purchase a property was East Renfrewshire, where the average price was £296,000. In contrast, the lowest-priced area to purchase a property was Inverclyde, where the average price was £108,000.