Rettie's private sector property research team provides thorough and bespoke analysis, based on reliable and up-to-date information, led by Dr John Boyle, who has over 15 years of experience as a property economist. Our researchers provide the very best market intelligence and work across a broad range of projects locally and nationally.

Our Property Market Research Articles

LBTT at 3, From Zero to (Super) Hero?
1 Jun 2018

When we wrote last year about the 2-year-old LBTT (or Land & Buildings Transaction Tax to give its full name), it had emerged as the Scottish Government's problem child, leaking away revenues and causing seizures in the middle to upper ends of the housing market.

Scottish Housing Market Review - Charlie test
25 May 2018

Research is at the heart of everything we do at Rettie. So we thought it was about time we made them look as good as they read.

Scottish Housing Market Spring 2018 | Lettings Bulletin
21 May 2018

The latest of our lettings bulletins has been released. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.

Starts and completions edge up in Scotland | New Homes Bulletin Spring 2018
10 May 2018

The latest of our New Homes bulletins has been released. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.

Prices are rising in Scotland but transactions are weakening | Sales Bulletin Spring 2018
10 May 2018

The latest of our sales bulletins has been released. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.

Scottish Residential Market Review | Glasgow and Edinburgh
9 Apr 2018

The housing market in Scotland had a reasonably strong 2017 and the start of 2018 looks like a continuation of this trend. House prices are basically rising because there is much more demand than there is supply.

Edinburgh prime housing market enjoys surge in 2017 | Market Briefing
20 Mar 2018

We are delighted to release our Prime Market Review, courtesy of the Rettie research team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research team.

Scottish £1m market concentrates in Edinburgh and the East | 2017 Review
8 Mar 2018

There have been some significant shifts in the £1m plus market in Scotland in recent times. We have observed a concentration of such sales in Edinburgh and surrounding areas and new build sales are playing a much bigger role in this market, partly due to the lack of available stock elsewhere.

Scottish Housing Market 2018 | Build to Rent Bulletin
22 Feb 2018

BTR Gets Moving in Scotland. A number of new BTR schemes have been announced in Scotland, with PLATFORM_ making their first foray into Scotland through the buying of a site in Glasgow and work starting on the Studio Dundee scheme. This increases the total of BTR units operational or in planning in Scotland to nearly 4,000 units.

Scottish Housing Market 2018 | Lettings Bulletin
22 Feb 2018

The latest of our lettings bulletins has been released. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department

Market Briefing | Market Outlook 2018
24 Jan 2018

New Year optimism seems high entering 2018 after last year's barrage of geopolitical events. For the housing market, 2017 was on balance, a positive year...

Scottish Housing Market 2018 | Sales Bulletin
11 Jan 2018

The latest of our sales bulletins has been released. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.