Standing view · housing · Scottish Borders
rising, held with strong confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-06.
The average house price in the Scottish Borders rose in every reading published, from £188,714 in August 2025 to £182,764 in January 2026, £185,242 in February and £191,555 in June, each recorded as a rise against the usual pattern for its month. Homes sold were 199 in July 2025, 180 in November, 132 in January 2026 and 127 in February. Prices rising against their seasonal norm while transactions fell is the divergence here.
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 Scottish Borders. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2025-08 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-01 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-02 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | 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 | 2025-07 | — |
| Homes sold | 2025-11 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-01 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-02 | — |