One of Scotland's leading solicitor estate agents forecasts that the housing market will start to show the first signs of recovery when the Bank of England levels out interest rates.

According to a new study by the BBC and Sheffield University, Edinburgh is the loneliest place to live in the UK. In "Changing UK: the Way We Live Now" researchers compiled and rated areas across Britain using official statistical data from the Census to show how Britons are more demographically segregated "than at any time since the computerisation of census data (1966)."

Figures released earlier this month by the ESPC reveal that the average house price in Edinburgh now stands at £192,225 following a 11.4% year-on-year fall in October.

It is the third consecutive month which has seen a fall in the year-on-year prices, with the rate of decrease up from 7.1% in September.

The redevelopment of Meadowbank stadium is likely to be suspended temporarily until land values in Edinburgh recover. The project had been due to start in early 2011 with a two year target for completion but the recent onset of a global financial crisis has contributed to a decrease in the value of the Council's land assets.

The economic downturn will hit Edinburgh City Council coffers hard next year. An autumn budget statement, the first to be published by the Council, highlights increased costs and lower income.

Edinburgh's residential property market continues to deteriorate, according to latest statistics from the ESPC for the third quarter of 2008.

Edinburgh City Libraries is hosting a series of free events beginning next week where residents can find out more about the history of their house or area they live.

Sighthill's multi-storey Broomview Court is to be demolished with explosives on Sunday 21st September between 11am and 12.30pm. City Housing Leader Councillor Paul Edie along with Broomview Court resident Ian Begg, who lived in the building for its full 40 year life, will push the plunger to ignite the fuse.

The Edinburgh and Lothians Property Group (ELPG), a group of five local estate agents, believes that the government needs to do more to reinvigorate Scotland's property market.

The Chancellor's announcement of a stamp duty "holiday" on properties under £175,000 comes at a significant juncture in Edinburgh's housing market. The Edinburgh Solicitors' Property Centre (ESPC) announced today that the average price of an Edinburgh property fell by 6.5% to £201,517 in August compared to a year ago. It is the first fall in decades.

The average home in Edinburgh cost £221,209, according to official figures for the second quarter (April to June) published today by the Registers of Scotland. The figures cover all residential sales, including sales for cash not involving a mortgage.

Five estate agents operating in the Edinburgh and Lothians area have joined the call for Chancellor Alistair Darling to freeze Stamp Duty levels to "re-invigorate" the local and national housing market.

Around 1100 new homes will be built by City of Edinburgh Council if new proposals being developed get the go ahead. These will be the first Council homes to be built in nearly 20 years, and will be made up of housing for sale and rent.

The City of Edinburgh has seen the biggest increase in population numbers in Scotland over the decade to June 2007, according to statistics released earlier today by the General Register for Scotland.

The average price of a property in Edinburgh still remains in positive territory compared to a year ago, but the credit crunch is beginning to bite at the lower end of the market.

A group of solicitor firms, who account for around a quarter of the properties sold in the Edinburgh area, are hoping that a new cashback scheme aimed at helping first time buyers will stave off the worst of the credit and housing meltdown.

The property slowdown may finally have reached North of the Border last month, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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Would-be first time buyers face the "hardest struggle ever" to get onto the property ladder in Scotland according to a new report from housing charity Shelter.

Figures released today by Edinburgh Solicitors and Property Centre (ESPC) reveal the housing market in Edinburgh has continued to cool with annual inflation falling to its lowest level since 1993. A rise of just 1.2% took the average price in Edinburgh from £207,669 in the first quarter of 2007 to £210,123 during the first three months of 2008.