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West Lothian

Pat Mavor - Mavor & Company

“Mavor & Company have continued to experience strong demand in West Lothian for all rental properties. The lack of supply, however, is having an adverse effect on the market with rents increasing as investors choose to leave the sector for different reasons. Affordability and choice of homes for tenants are key issues; however the reduced supply of rented properties is causing a problem for our generation of renters. The housing shortage in Scotland will continue for the foreseeable future, so for those landlords that decide to remain in the market the future is bright in West Lothian.”

Market Overview - Q1 2018

Beds	Average 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	£489	3.4%	11.4%	17.8%	31	-13	17%	67%
2 bed	£607	3.2%	11.2%	12.4%	40	2	8%	45%
3 bed	£756	4.0%	17.4%	21.9%	46	7	9%	37%
4 bed	£994	5.5%	5.7%	23.2%	40	-18	18%	45%
Total	£686	4.6%	13.6%	18.3%	40	-3	10%	46%

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)

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
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

Market Composition

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Yield by Popular Postcode (Flats):

Postcode	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
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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