Residential property sales in Scotland reach eight year high

The Scottish residential property market has recorded is highest January home sales in eight years and average prices also rose, according to the latest index figures. Sales in the first month of 2016 increased by 24% year on year with the biggest surge in Midlothian with a rise of 38% with flats and terraced houses driving the growth, the Your Move data shows. Average Scottish house prices increased by 0.8% in January to £171, 079, up from 0.3% the previous month. The strongest growth was in S...