Standing view · housing · East Dunbartonshire
falling, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-06.
Homes sold in East Dunbartonshire fell in every reading published, from 152 in November 2025 to 147 in December, 135 in January 2026 and 108 in February. The average house price rose over the same period, from £262,478 in December 2025 to £265,020 in January, £267,009 in February and £270,713 in March. Four consecutive falls in transactions against four consecutive rises in price is a clean divergence, and both movements are consistent within themselves.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about East Dunbartonshire. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 2025-11 | falling |
| Homes sold | 2025-12 | falling |
| Homes sold | 2026-01 | falling |
| Homes sold | 2026-02 | falling |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2025-12 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-01 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-02 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-03 | — |