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West Lothian

Alan Henderson

Alan Henderson - Mavor & Company

“The final quarter of the year has seen a welcome shift away from the usual pre-Christmas slowdown. Enquiry levels for rental homes have been stronger than we would typically expect at this time of year, making for a pleasing end to 2025 and an encouraging outlook for 2026. News of the Scottish Housing Bill and forthcoming EPC changes has been met with largely stoic acceptance by landlords and, so far, we have not seen any consider leaving the sector. This gives us confidence heading into the New Year.”

Market Overview - Q4 2025

BedsAverage
Rent		Rent Change
1yr		Rent Change
5yrs		Rent Change
10yrs		Av. TTL
(days)		TTL Change
YoY		Let within
a week		Let within
a month
1 bed £737 10.5% 37.8% 59.9% 21 -4 29% 81%
2 bed £914 6.9% 41.7% 60.9% 23 8 19% 67%
3 bed £1,173 9.5% 45.5% 65.0% 36 10 0% 40%
All £1,057 12.6% 40.9% 65.7% 25 4 18% 67%

Average Rent (pcm) by Number of Bedrooms

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Average Time To Let (TTL) by Number of Bedrooms

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Rental Index (base Q1 2008)

YearQ1Q2Q3Q4
2008 100.0 101.4 104.8 101.2
2009 101.9 98.4 100.5 99.7
2010 100.9 100.2 100.2 100.3
2011 100.7 104.8 100.5 100.9
2012 98.1 102.8 103.3 103.4
2013 104.1 103.8 108.8 104.3
2014 103.3 103.6 105.2 104.1
2015 105.9 105.7 107.9 110.0
2016 107.4 112.4 113.3 115.3
2017 113.1 112.9 114.7 114.7
2018 118.3 117.6 120.0 120.5
2019 122.4 115.0 122.6 124.0
2020 124.0 112.1 124.1 129.3
2021 128.3 126.9 136.0 132.6
2022 138.4 130.5 146.7 144.5
2023 143.1 150.2 159.0 159.0
2024 160.5 167.1 175.3 161.9
2025 170.9 179.7 173.3 182.2

Market Composition

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Yield by Popular Postcode (Flats):

Postcode20172018201920202021
EH48 7.50% 7.20% 7.20% 7.00% 6.8%
EH49 5.10% 5.30% 5.10% 5.20% 4.8%
EH54 7.00% 6.80% 7.10% 6.70% 6.7%
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