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Wind energy drive could lead to stormy differences in opinion - Scotsman Moving Matters 28 October 2010
November 2nd, 2010

A MASSIVE drive to increase the amount of wind energy generated in Britain will have a significant effect on buyers of rural property in Scotland, according to experts.
But future planning for wind farms can have a positive or negative effect on values, depending on the types of property, with some buyers desperate to avoid having [...]

Saint Property Dispatch. 6 October 2010
October 6th, 2010

            General House Price Predictions
·       September has proved to be a fairly uneventful month in the property market. Total house prices in the UK edged up marginally by 0.1%, according to the Nationwide House Price Index released 30 September 2010. Scotland, however, showed a 3.4% fall in Q3.
·       Where the market will go next depends largely on the [...]

3.4% slide in Scots house prices is the worst in UK say analysts by Jeff Salway, The Scotsman 1 October 2010
October 5th, 2010

EXPERTS have warned of a prolonged slump in the Scottish housing market after new figures showed that house prices are falling at a faster rate north of the Border than elsewhere in the UK.
There was a 3.4 per cent slip in the average house price in Scotland in the three months to the end of [...]