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The property platform’s data also shows that the southwest of Edinburgh showed significant growth, with the average house price rising by 14.8 per cent, to £398,563.
Covering neighbourhoods such as Balerno, Currie and Juniper Green, this area was the city’s most expensive place to buy a home, during early summer 2025.
In the east of the capital, home to areas such as Leith and Portobello, prices rose by 5.9 per cent annually, up to an average price of £277,118.
Properties in the east of Edinburgh sold for an average of 104.2 per cent of their valuation, an annual increase of 0.8 percentage points. Notably, buyers of properties on Easter Road paid an average of 106.5 per cent of the home-report valuation, up 2.9 percentage points year-on-year.
Selling times have speeded up, ESPC reports: in the capital, the overall median selling time was 20 days, compared with 22 last year. Homes in the east of the city, including Leith, Portobello and Easter Road) went under offer in just two weeks – three days faster than in 2024, closely followed by the southwest, where it took 15 days.
The selling times were even faster in some specific locations. Homes in Abbeyhill were snapped up in the space of just 11 days, five days sooner than last year, and on Easter Road, properties took on average 12 days to sell – six days faster than in the same period of 2024.
