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Aberdeenshire · report

Past price cycles in Aberdeenshire

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2004. The deepest began in April 2015.

Deepest fall
−13.9%
Recovery from the low
32 months

Prices in Aberdeenshire and the UK, indexed

Average sale prices, both set to 100 in January 2004.

  • Aberdeenshire
  • United Kingdom
  • 100 = January 2004
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PeriodAberdeenshireUnited Kingdom
Aug 2026237.4216.4
Jul 2026239.7215.7
Jun 2026234.4214.5
May 2026234.0215.7
Apr 2026233.0214.7
Mar 2026233.8212.9
Feb 2026235.5213.5
Jan 2026235.8213.0
Dec 2025238.6212.4
Nov 2025239.8214.4
Oct 2025242.8213.8
Sep 2025240.8213.6
Aug 2025242.3214.4
Jul 2025240.4213.1
Jun 2025239.1211.4
May 2025234.4209.3
Apr 2025230.1206.2
Mar 2025230.3212.4
Feb 2025230.6209.8
Jan 2025236.6210.0
Dec 2024238.5209.2
Nov 2024240.0209.6
Oct 2024240.6210.2
Sep 2024241.0209.8
Aug 2024241.3210.1
Jul 2024240.5208.0
Jun 2024243.7205.7
May 2024243.0204.9
Apr 2024240.4203.3
Mar 2024234.5202.2
Feb 2024237.3201.8
Jan 2024238.1202.9
Dec 2023239.7203.0
Nov 2023237.8204.8
Oct 2023237.9206.2
Sep 2023237.2207.1
Aug 2023237.5208.1
Jul 2023240.9207.0
Jun 2023243.7204.7
May 2023247.4203.9
Apr 2023244.4203.3
Mar 2023240.1202.8
Feb 2023239.5205.1
Jan 2023243.1206.8
Dec 2022250.0208.6
Nov 2022248.7210.3
Oct 2022247.6210.6
Sep 2022243.4210.6
Aug 2022243.0210.1
Jul 2022243.3208.4
Jun 2022244.8204.6
May 2022244.3202.1
Apr 2022241.1199.8
Mar 2022239.6197.5
Feb 2022239.0196.8
Jan 2022239.8196.6
Dec 2021239.5194.3
Nov 2021239.2193.3
Oct 2021238.8189.6
Sep 2021239.8194.5
Aug 2021239.0188.9
Jul 2021235.0183.4
Jun 2021227.8192.4
May 2021227.7182.7
Apr 2021224.2181.5
Mar 2021224.2184.2
Feb 2021219.2181.5
Jan 2021219.9181.0
Dec 2020223.8181.0
Nov 2020224.6179.6
Oct 2020222.2177.8
Sep 2020214.2176.3
Aug 2020214.5174.5
Jul 2020216.3172.8
Jun 2020219.3171.4
May 2020215.7169.0
Apr 2020214.0168.1
Mar 2020213.4169.9
Feb 2020215.6168.4
Jan 2020217.0169.3
Dec 2019221.2169.2
Nov 2019222.0169.4
Oct 2019226.2170.0
Sep 2019228.8170.5
Aug 2019232.1170.4
Jul 2019232.3169.8
Jun 2019229.9167.9
May 2019226.9167.2
Apr 2019222.2167.0
Mar 2019220.9165.8
Feb 2019221.7166.3
Jan 2019223.7166.7
Dec 2018226.7167.7
Nov 2018231.6168.1
Oct 2018233.0168.8
Sep 2018230.4169.0
Aug 2018229.6169.3
Jul 2018230.1168.8
Jun 2018232.1166.7
May 2018230.2165.6
Apr 2018231.5164.9
Mar 2018233.6163.4
Feb 2018234.9164.4
Jan 2018234.5163.9
Dec 2017231.1164.5
Nov 2017230.9163.9
Oct 2017232.6164.3
Sep 2017237.1164.2
Aug 2017236.6164.8
Jul 2017240.0164.1
Jun 2017240.5162.0
May 2017241.6160.6
Apr 2017234.7159.6
Mar 2017229.3157.1
Feb 2017228.6157.5
Jan 2017231.6157.1
Dec 2016233.6157.3
Nov 2016233.1157.0
Oct 2016234.8156.3
Sep 2016240.2156.8
Aug 2016245.2157.1
Jul 2016244.1157.1
Jun 2016244.7155.4
May 2016239.3153.9
Apr 2016238.9152.2
Mar 2016237.5151.6
Feb 2016239.3150.1
Jan 2016242.4150.0
Dec 2015242.8149.6
Nov 2015245.8149.1
Oct 2015246.1148.0
Sep 2015247.5147.8
Aug 2015244.1147.5
Jul 2015243.3146.1
Jun 2015240.2143.7
May 2015246.7142.6
Apr 2015248.0141.1
Mar 2015247.0139.8
Feb 2015243.7139.3
Jan 2015244.7139.2
Dec 2014245.9139.9
Nov 2014245.5139.6
Oct 2014243.6140.1
Sep 2014245.1140.3
Aug 2014245.2140.1
Jul 2014242.6138.5
Jun 2014238.7136.6
May 2014227.9135.4
Apr 2014223.3134.0
Mar 2014221.1131.1
Feb 2014226.3130.6
Jan 2014227.1130.1
Dec 2013227.6129.9
Nov 2013225.3128.7
Oct 2013227.4128.0
Sep 2013225.4128.6
Aug 2013226.2128.5
Jul 2013221.8127.5
Jun 2013218.2126.0
May 2013213.8125.0
Apr 2013213.3124.4
Mar 2013212.1123.1
Feb 2013211.7122.4
Jan 2013208.9122.4
Dec 2012209.5123.3
Nov 2012210.9123.5
Oct 2012214.0123.4
Sep 2012216.7124.3
Aug 2012218.8124.8
Jul 2012218.4124.6
Jun 2012217.8124.1
May 2012214.3122.9
Apr 2012210.6122.5
Mar 2012208.8121.2
Feb 2012210.7120.8
Jan 2012214.8121.1
Dec 2011217.9122.0
Nov 2011221.5122.5
Oct 2011223.5122.4
Sep 2011223.2123.8
Aug 2011223.6124.1
Jul 2011225.2124.0
Jun 2011225.3122.5
May 2011222.5122.3
Apr 2011218.5122.8
Mar 2011213.2120.9
Feb 2011213.9121.5
Jan 2011213.1122.1
Dec 2010219.8123.2
Nov 2010222.2123.4
Oct 2010224.6124.9
Sep 2010220.4126.3
Aug 2010218.3126.6
Jul 2010219.7126.6
Jun 2010220.0125.3
May 2010215.2124.7
Apr 2010211.6124.1
Mar 2010208.6122.6
Feb 2010212.1122.6
Jan 2010211.7122.3
Dec 2009213.6122.7
Nov 2009211.5121.9
Oct 2009212.9121.5
Sep 2009212.7120.7
Aug 2009211.0119.7
Jul 2009206.2118.6
Jun 2009202.3116.5
May 2009199.7115.4
Apr 2009197.7113.8
Mar 2009200.2112.8
Feb 2009200.9113.5
Jan 2009208.9114.8
Dec 2008212.0117.5
Nov 2008214.1119.3
Oct 2008210.4122.8
Sep 2008209.4125.3
Aug 2008212.0128.6
Jul 2008217.6131.3
Jun 2008216.3132.7
May 2008214.9134.5
Apr 2008207.8133.7
Mar 2008208.9133.5
Feb 2008208.8134.5
Jan 2008212.0135.6
Dec 2007209.8138.1
Nov 2007211.8138.3
Oct 2007215.2138.4
Sep 2007217.7138.7
Aug 2007211.9138.6
Jul 2007203.1137.8
Jun 2007197.8136.0
May 2007192.7134.6
Apr 2007183.2133.0
Mar 2007180.8130.4
Feb 2007177.7129.4
Jan 2007177.9129.0
Dec 2006170.4129.1
Nov 2006171.4127.5
Oct 2006171.9126.8
Sep 2006168.6126.1
Aug 2006161.5125.6
Jul 2006158.4124.6
Jun 2006158.0122.8
May 2006155.2121.6
Apr 2006146.0120.5
Mar 2006136.5117.9
Feb 2006134.1117.0
Jan 2006136.3116.8
Dec 2005141.8117.0
Nov 2005141.3116.3
Oct 2005142.8116.0
Sep 2005139.1116.2
Aug 2005137.1116.4
Jul 2005132.7115.9
Jun 2005130.6114.4
May 2005124.5113.5
Apr 2005117.3112.3
Mar 2005116.0110.8
Feb 2005119.5109.9
Jan 2005124.6110.0
Dec 2004123.0110.0
Nov 2004121.7110.9
Oct 2004121.3111.0
Sep 2004120.8110.2
Aug 2004119.7110.4
Jul 2004113.9109.2
Jun 2004109.3106.9
May 2004105.7105.0
Apr 2004103.2103.8
Mar 2004102.299.3
Feb 2004100.099.0
Jan 2004100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
January 2005March 2005−6.9%23
October 2005February 2006−6.1%42
September 2007April 2009−9.2%1914
October 2010January 2011−5.1%35
June 2011March 2012−7.3%917
April 2015March 2020−13.9%5932
December 2022April 2025−7.9%28Not yet

The UK House Price Index goes back to 1968 for the UK, its nations and England's regions, to 1995 for councils in England and Wales, to 2004 in Scotland and to 2005 in Northern Ireland, where it is quarterly. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Aberdeenshire

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £189,934 and £217,138 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£203,536
Chance of a rise
60%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £200,965. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £927 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
13%
Payment, one income
25%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Aberdeenshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

New homes

47.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
571
Per 1,000 residents
2.2

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Aberdeenshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 514 while 802 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
802
Population change, 2025
−514

Renovation

In 2026, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
1%