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A Good Start to 2010February 2010

We are pleased to report a very good start to 2010 after the difficulties of the last 18 months. Central Edinburgh properties in good locations appear to have recovered well with much more activity and a small recovery in prices. As a general rule I believe that properties are now worth about 10% below the peak of the market in late 2007/early 2008 despite the fact that the official statistics do not fully reflect this decrease. These statistics do not take into account properties that were not sold because some sellers were not willing to accept the correction in the market that had clearly taken place.
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• South side family home with HR value of £900k on market last fri - sold & missives concluded in 5 days.

  Thu 29 Jul 10 @ 13:46

• Just to be clear- UK govt has binned HIPs in England & Wales. Home Reports in Scotland appear to be here to stay despite their flaws .

  Tue 1 Jun 10 @ 6:29

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News

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  04/03/2010

  ESPC

  Edinburgh House Price Report: February 2010

  Read the latest Edinburgh house price report, released by the ESPC

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Properties In the Press

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  11/03/2010

  The Scotsman

  Light Work - 28 Linkfield Road, Musselburgh

  "Beyond the riot of tartan and shag pile, the Harts saw a Victorian townhouse that could become a home", writes Fiona Reid

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