Rettie Property Research Services

It is an exciting time for Glasgow. Recent announcements by the likes of Barclays, Drum and MODA have all confirmed major investment in the City Centre, including the first wave of Build to Rent in the city.

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...

There has been significant growth of the Scottish Build to Rent (BTR) sector over the last year, as well as the increasing appetite of investors to put their money into Scottish housing. BTR is the provision of purpose-built private rented units by investors and developers. Many housing industry professionals now see it as a key part of the solution to the UK's housing crisis.

Last week, Rettie went to the Marché International des Professionnels d'Immobilier (otherwise known as MIPIM). Held in Cannes, it is the annual international property festival/jamboree/jolly, with your overall view of the event dependent on your level of enthusiasm/knowledge/cynicism.

As MIPIM gets underway in Cannes this week, Rettie will be represented by two of its senior Development Directors, Matthew Benson and Dr John Boyle.

We are delighted to release our latest Lettings Bulletin, courtesy of the Rettie research team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research department.

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.

Although sentiment surveys are pointing to a downward shift on the market, the actual statistics for the end of 2018 (Q4) have shown a fairly resilient market, with transactions and average prices up 1.8% and 3.7% respectively on Q4 2017.

We are delighted to release our latest New Homes Bulletin, courtesy of the Rettie research team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research team.

The rise in ADS to 4% in Scotland provides those purchasing BTL property with a higher tax demand from early next year. Read our latest Lettings Bulletin released by the Rettie research team, Scotland's largest dedicated property research team.

The Ghosts of Markets Past, Present & Future. It is a cliché of rhetoric to exclaim the extraordinary nature of our times, but yet, as we look back on 2018 and foreward to 2019, is this true? And where do we start?

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