Posts Tagged ‘ Scotland ’

Credit crunch hits home as mortgages drop by 34%

Aug 21st, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

The Scottish housing market has suffered a severe downturn with the number of loans taken out by homebuyers falling by more than a third in a year. The figures appear to contradict comments made recently by Alex Salmond, the First Minister, who described the market as “relatively stable”.
There were almost 10,000 fewer people who obtained [...]



Demanding Times for Scottish Rental Market

Jul 24th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

RealĀ  estate prices in Scotland are letting faster than at any time in recent years with continuing high tenant demand, according to latest research by Scotland’s leading online letting portal Citylets.
The Citylets quarterly report, Trends in Scottish Residential Lettings, released today, shows that more properties are being let, and being let more quickly, than in [...]