New research from Bank of Scotland has revealed that Scottish parents are prepared to pay a premium of as much as £80,000 on average to live in the catchment area of a top performing state school.
There was an increase of 3.5% in Scottish house prices in the first quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same period in the previous year, according to official statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS).
...The latest figures from Registers of Scotland have revealed signs of sustained growth in the Scottish property market in the past year.
...The average house price in seaside towns rose by 42% over the past decade, to £196,826, according to recent research from Halifax. In cash terms this is equivalent to an increase of close to £500 per month since 2004.
...Halifax has recently released its House Price Index for April, which shows that house prices in the latest three months (February - April 2014) were 2.3% higher than in the preceding three months (November 2013 - January 2014).
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