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When reading the national news headlines, it would be easy to presume that the housing market was weakening on the back of Brexit uncertainty and recessionary fears. However, while there is lacklustre activity and negative sentiment emerging from other locations in the UK, Edinburgh's housing market is remaining comparatively positive...
With Brexit dominating the headlines, and being blamed for weakening housing market sentiment nationally, the Scottish £1m+ market was contrarian in 2018, reporting a 25% increase in activity and recording the highest level of activity in a decade.