Standing view · housing · Moray
rising, held with strong confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-06.
The average house price in Moray rose in every reading published, from £199,952 in February 2026 to £204,144 in March, £205,304 in April and £208,446 in May. Homes sold rose alongside, from 99 in January 2026 to 104 in February, 118 in March and 141 in April. Four consecutive rises in price with transactions rising over the same period is as consistent as this pair of measures gets.
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 Moray. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2026-02 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-03 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | rising |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 2026-01 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-02 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-03 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-04 | — |