The Rettie Blog

We are pleased to have sold a wonderful array of properties across East Lothian this year.

The Boquhan Country House Plots offer a scarce opportunity for a buyer to build their dream home

A successful launch of the new Park Phase at the Ropeworks reveals market demand remains high for new build apartments in Leith.

With many agents across England reporting enquiry levels higher than pre-lockdown, here's what we've learned from our Rettie branches south of the border which reopened on 13 May.

Indelibly woven into Edinburgh's cityscape is Great Junction Street. Opened in December 1938 as The State Cinema, it seated 1650 patrons in the main cinema and boasted four shops, two billiard halls, and a skittle alley on the two floors above the foyer. The original use of the building is in perfect step with the popular use of Art Deco for public buildings such as government headquarters, theatres, commercial buildings, and cinemas.

Against a backdrop of challenging times for the property sector, many of the qualities of the Build to Rent (BTR) delivery model, and service-led rental offering, have emerged as advantageous.

Vendors and interested buyers have a number of questions about the current property market and how it should influence their decisions for buying and selling property

Alastair Houlden is Director of Country House Sales and leads Rettie's Perthshire team. He has sold homes in Perthshire and surroundings for twenty years. Here is a peek into Alastair's Perthshire and some local recommendations.

Moving house in East Dunbartonshire couldn't be easier with property experts Rettie opening a new office in the heart of Kirkintilloch.

At Edinburgh World Heritage, we're responsible for conserving and restoring what is known as the 'historic built environment', which encompass all the traditional buildings, gardens and parks in the World Heritage site. Many people are drawn to these buildings for their beauty and heritage, but it is sometimes difficult to know a Georgian town house from a Victorian tenement.

An impressive seven-bedroom home that is around 220 years old has been brought to the property market.

Did you know that staged properties are known to let up to three times faster? If you are looking to reduce the vacant period of your property, here are our top tips for getting a property ready to attract the right tenants fast.