Despite an overall slowdown in the UK property market, house prices in the west of Scotland continued to rise during the first quarter of this year..
A recent report by the Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre revealed that property prices had increased by an average £7000 since January 1 - and by £12,000 from this time last year.

Dawn Warnock, area director for Glasgow at Slater, Hogg and Howison, said: "We are delighted with this years results so far. We didnt think this year would have started so well and it bodes well for the rest of 2005.

"As the GSPC has found, the outlying areas, particularly Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, are growing well so far this year, as well as the steady increase in greater Glasgow."

According to the GSPC, the house price inflation rate in west central Scotland now stands at 12.8%, down from 13.2% at the end of 2004 and well down on the 22.1% recorded at the start of 2004.

Wednesday 6 April
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