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  • 2nd September 2008 - ESPC Edinburgh Market Review

    Latest figures released today by ESPC reveal an annual fall of 6.5% took the average price of property in the Capital to £201,517. Sales volumes also remained constrained with the number of properties sold in the Capital down by almost 60% year-on-year for the third consecutive month. Just 400 sales were completed in August, compared with 985 during the same month in 2007.

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  • 14 August 2008 - ESPC Edinburgh Market Review

    Latest figures released today by ESPC reveal annual house price inflation in July stood at 7.4% taking the average selling price in the Capital to £245,415. The rate of increase was skewed by higher demand at the top end of the market which has resulted in larger family homes accounting for a higher proportion of sales than in previous years.

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  • 10 July 2008 - ESPC Market Review

    Since the start of the year there has been an understandably high level of interest in the property market. Whilst there has been a great deal of coverage on what is happening in the UK market as a whole, national price movements do not always reveal what is happening at a local level and leave a lot of unanswered questions.

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  • 12 May 2008 - Espc Wins Web Award

    ESPC has beaten all competition to the prestigious award of "No. 1 ranking website" based on market share of visits among all United Kingdom websites in the Hitwise Business and Finance - Legal industry category.

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  • 09 April 2008 - Housing Market Cools

    Latest figures released today by ESPC reveal the housing market in Edinburgh has continued to cool with annual inflation falling to its lowest level since 1993.

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  • 09 January 2008 - House Price Inflation Remains Strong

    Latest figures released today by ESPC reveal that the property market in East Central Scotland continued to grow steadily in the last three months of 2007.

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  • 3 October 2007 - House prices continue to rise

    Latest figures released today by ESPC show house prices rose by over 10% in Edinburgh despite a turbulent period in the finance sector which ultimately saw the Bank of England called into action as lender of last resort for Northern Rock.

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  • 09 July 2007 - Q2 Property Price Summary

    The decision to increase interest rates is unlikely to have a significant adverse effect on property prices in East Cenral Scotland according to latest figures released by ESPC.

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  • 16 April 07 - Spring Bounce in Property Market

    Latest figures released today by ESPC reveal the property market in East Central Scotland shows no signs of slowing down.

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  • 22 March 07 - Freeze on Stamp Duty Threshold

    Failure to raise the Stamp Duty threshold in today's Budget means a record number of home buyers in East Central Scotland will be liable to face the tax in the coming year, according to figures released by Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC).

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  • 06 March 07 - The Taxing Issue of Valuation

    An Edinburgh resident's successful appeal against the council tax banding of his property earlier this week has once again raised the question of whether the existing method for property valuation remains viable in today's market.

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  • 13 February 07 - Single Survey Plans Questionned

    The largest property marketing firm in east central Scotland today called into question the Scottish Executive's proposed plans to introduce seller's surveys.

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  • 15 January 07 - Market Continues to Move

    The strength of the property market in east central Scotland shows no sign of slowing down, with latest figures released today by Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) revealing record sales levels in the fourth-quarter of 2006.

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  • 10 January 07 - Record Level of Sales

    Residents in Edinburgh and the Lothians looking to earn some extra income in 2007 could do worse than to invest in a removal van. Record levels of property sales in 2006 mean that more people than ever before are moving home in the area, and all the signs are that this is likely to continue in the coming year.

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  • 10 January 07 - ESPC and GSPC Bridge East West Divide

    The largest property marketing companies in Scotland's two biggest urban conurbations today announced details of an agreement that will create Scotland's leading property web sites.

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