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

10 Years of Change
19 Sep 2018

Humanity is an engine of change. Our mythology is permeated with parables and allegory guiding our path through the unyielding changes over seasons, years and millennia. Our literature is punctuated with fables, witticisms and treatises on man’s ever-changing understanding of the world.

Build to Rent in Scotland - Now Punching But Still Below its Weight | Market Review
19 Jul 2018

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

Mid Market Rent in Scotland - Building Affordable Rental Demand | Market Briefing Summer 2018
19 Jul 2018

The rise of the rental sector has been notable in recent years, and the affordable rental sectors has been no different. Read more in our latest bulletin. The findings have come from our carefully researched data courtesy of the Rettie Research Team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.

Scottish Housing Market Summer 2018 | New Homes Bulletin
10 Jul 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.