THE growing desire of wealthy individuals in urban areas to move out to the countryside has caused the value of farmhouses and agricultural land to soar to unprecedented levels in the past few years. - [Read more]

HOMEOWNERS planning to use the coming bank holiday weekends to increase their chances of a good sale with a spot of home improvement might be wasting their time and money - unless they are splashing out on making their home more energy efficient. - [Read more]

PRIVATE house sales across Scotland have become a growing trend, with one of Edinburgh's leading property companies saying it sold properties worth £20 million in the first three months of the year alone. - [Read more]

MORE than six acres of National Trust for Scotland land is being sold to build affordable housing in the village of Plockton - where property prices have excluded many locals from the market. - [Read more]

A CRISIS over the lack of affordable homes in Edinburgh left 720 people bidding to rent one council flat, it was revealed today. - [Read more]

PRIME office rents in Glasgow have grown by a staggering 19.5 per cent in the past year to top the UK league table outside London. - [Read more]

BUY-TO-LET landlords have faced the prospect the previously unregulated market could fall under the gaze of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from next year. - [Read more]

STRONG rental growth, particularly in the central London area, contributed to positive annual results for the F&C Commercial Property Trust for the year ended 31 December, and helped it outperform its index. - [Read more]

THE property price boom in Inverness was underlined yesterday as it emerged hundreds of prospective buyers have expressed interest in purchasing the most expensive flats yet to be built in the city. - [Read more]

THE company behind Edinburgh Park has raised concerns that the release of the city's green belt land for "international business development" could lead to acres of empty office space. - [Read more]

CONSTRUCTION of a 10,000sq ft business park is under way in Edinburgh in an ambitious £3.5 million development with potential for expansion. - [Read more]

AURORA, the largest speculative commercial development in Glasgow for more than 50 years, continues to fill up. - [Read more]

STRUGGLING first-time buyers are to benefit from an extended shared-equity scheme in a boost for affordable housing unveiled yesterday by Rhona Brankin, the communities minister. - [Read more]

IT'S affordable homes, but not as most of us know them. In an economic mini-boom for which the First Minister, Jack McConnell, might hesitate to take credit, 160 Scottish town houses last year sold for more than £1 million, with several in Edinburgh... - [Read more]

SCOTTISH property professionals are selling nearly £900 million worth of services to clients outside Scotland, ranking them among the country's biggest exporters. - [Read more]

HOUSE prices increased by only 0.3 per cent in January - the lowest monthly increase since May last year - with Nationwide Building Society saying this could be the first sign of a cooling housing market. - [Read more]

A LEADING housing market commentator warns today that house prices will continue to rise over the next two years by, on average, £1,000 a month. - [Read more]

REPOSSESSIONS are soaring as families struggle to repay their loans, writes Teresa Hunter. - [Read more]

HOMEBUYERS faced with huge mortgage administration fees when they switch lenders may be able to challenge these ballooning costs after the City watchdog issued a warning to banks and building societies. - [Read more]

FIRST-TIME buyers struggling to get on the property ladder are prepared to take increasing financial risks as the third interest-rate rise in five months looks set to have only a minor impact on slowing house prices. - [Read more]