Standing view · housing · Scottish Borders
rising, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
The average house price in Scottish Borders has been rising, and the view is held strongly. The price was 182,797 in January 2026, 185,323 in February, 189,874 in June and 193,050 in July 2026, each recorded as rising against the usual pattern for its month. Transactions were steady to lower over the same period: homes sold numbered 181 in November 2025, 139 in December, 133 in January 2026 and 127 in February. Four consecutive rising price readings, ending on the highest figure, while sales eased.
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 | 2026-01 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-02 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-07 | 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 | 2025-11 | — |
| Homes sold | 2025-12 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-01 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-02 | — |