Edinburgh real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• 12-month price change (USD): 3.06%
• Transaction cost: 9.8%
• Price basis: local-market average

Edinburgh is one of the 314 property markets Glopra tracks.

What a buyer pays in Edinburgh

Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 9.8% of the price here. That is close to the 9.6% median across the set.

What it earns

We publish a price for Edinburgh but no rental yield. No public rent figure exists for this market at the same geographic level and from the same source as the price, and we do not estimate one: a yield built from two unrelated sources would describe no real property.

How the tax works. 18.51% is the conservative case: the 20% basic rate after the £1,000 property allowance, assuming no personal allowance. The decisive question is the £12,570 personal allowance, which non-residents receive only if they are UK or EEA nationals or resident in a treaty country whose treaty grants it; with it, rent at typical levels is fully covered and the tax is 0% — the lower end of the band. The 20% Non-Resident Landlord Scheme withholding is a payment on account, not a final tax, and Scottish rates do not apply to property income. Source: gov.uk / LITRG.

Who can buy in Edinburgh

Freehold unrestricted; flats are often leasehold. That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.

How this figure is built

The price figure for Edinburgh is built from recorded transaction prices. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data medium: the series is usable, but thinner or less current than our best-covered markets. We recompute every market the same way, which is what lets Edinburgh be compared with a country average or another city.

Sources: ONS Edinburgh local page [https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/housingpriceslocal/S12000036]; ONS bulletin Sep 2026 [https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/privaterentandhousepricesuk/september2026]. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.