Over the last 40 years, Edinburgh’s average house prices have surged from around £35,000 in the mid 1980s to over £300,000 today, according to Registers of Scotland and espc.
When VMH started in business, in 1986, wider access to mortgages and the Right to Buy scheme led to a steady price appreciation. By 1990, the average Scottish property cost £35,684, with Edinburgh commanding a modest premium over that figure. The early 2000s saw a massive housing bubble, fuelled by cheaper credit and the Buy-to-Let boom, and by 2008, the 
average Edinburgh house price shot up to £237,961. The 2008 Credit Crunch pegged that back to roughly £211,000 by 2009. By 2015/16, prices surpassed their 2007 pre-crash peaks, bolstered by a significant shortage of new-build homes. Post-pandemic demand and a surge in remote working pushed prices to new heights in 2022 – since then, however, the market has stabilised.
For comparison, a 2-bed flat in Leith in 1986 averaged between £30,000 and £35,000 – today that figure is between £260,000 and £280,000. Forty years ago, a 4-bed house in EH1 fetched between £38,000 and £45,000 – these days the average is between £751,000 and £987,000.
A long-term review by the Halifax House Price Index, confirms that Edinburgh has recorded a staggering 509% average price increase since 1986, putting the city amongst the UK’s highest-growth areas.
The top five postcodes with the most meteoric rises are the central and new town areas of EH2 and EH3, followed by the popular EH6 Shore, then the southern suburbs of EH9 and EH10.
Our property professionals at VMH are ready to assist with buying and selling across all postcodes in the wider Edinburgh area, contact us:
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