Highlands and Islands Property Index · Q4 2026
Homes for sale in Argyll and Bute
412 homes for sale in Argyll and Bute at a median £250k. Sea views, homes on the water, land, remoteness, and what money buys, from the Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026.
Homes for sale on · 2,604 homes · 350 plots · 51 estate agents
Key findings for Argyll and Bute
The Sea View Index
+6.7%
A home with a sea view asks 6.7% more than the same type of home, with the same number of bedrooms, around the same town in Argyll and Bute. About £14,000 on a typical £215,000 home without one. 46.4% of homes for sale there have a sea view.
Homes on the water
133 homes
133 homes for sale in Argyll and Bute sit within 100 m of the sea, a loch, or a river. Only 15 have land that reaches the water itself.
How remote is it?
44.3%
44.3% of homes for sale in Argyll and Bute are more than 20 km by road from a railway station. 44 are more than 30 minutes' drive from the nearest town.
What your money buys
£150k to £200k
£150k to £200k buys a typical 2-bedroom home in Argyll and Bute. 68 homes are for sale at that price. 39.7% of them have a sea view.
Land and plots
29 homes
29 homes for sale in Argyll and Bute come with an acre or more, at a median £450k. 41 plots have planning permission, at a median £85k.
Record breakers
£50k
The cheapest home with a sea view in Argyll and Bute is 2 Lorne Place, Village Brae, Tighnabruaich, at £50,000.
Argyll and Bute against the whole region
| Argyll and Bute | Highlands and Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Median asking price | £250k | £245k |
| Homes with a sea view | 46.4% | 22.1% |
| Within 100 m of water | 32.3% | 14.5% |
| Over 20 km from a station | 44.3% | 23.7% |
| Homes with an acre or more | 29 | 242 |
The Sea View Index
Key facts
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- what a sea view adds to a typical £215k home
- +£14k
- of homes for sale have a sea view
- 46.4%
- the cheapest home with a sea view
- £50k
A sea view adds 6.7% to the asking price of a home in Argyll and Bute, like for like: about £14,000 on a typical £215,000 home.
Around Dunoon, 58 of 104 homes for sale have a sea view (55.8%), more than around any other town in Argyll and Bute.
The cheapest home for sale with a sea view in Argyll and Bute asks £50,000, a 1-bedroom home at 2 Lorne Place, Village Brae, Tighnabruaich.
28 homes with a sea view are for sale under £150,000 in Argyll and Bute.
Like for like means a home with a sea view is compared with homes of the same type and the same number of bedrooms around the same town, because comparing by bedrooms alone would set cheap coastal towns against dear inland ones. A sea view counts when the photographs or the advert show it from the home, and each one is checked against the map.
The cheapest sea views in Argyll and Bute
£50,0002 Lorne Place, Village Brae, Tighnabruaich
1 bed · Argyll and Bute
£55,000Flat 2/1 Borland Park 67 Marine Parade, Kirn, PA23 8HF
1 bed · Argyll and Bute
£58,0000/2, 8 Argyll Terrace, Kirn, Dunoon
1 bed · Argyll and Bute
£85,0005 Kilmun Court Midge lane, Kilmun, PA23 8SF
3 bed · Argyll and Bute
£85,00098 Fairhaven, Kirn, Dunoon
2 bed · Argyll and Bute
£89,9951 Gortein, Strathlachlan, Cairndow, PA27 8BU
2 bed · Argyll and Bute
Homes within 30 minutes' drive of each town
- 1
DunoonArgyll and Bute
£190k55.8%58 of 104£55k1 bed - 2
InverarayArgyll and Bute
£299k55%11 of 20
£199k1 bed - 3
ObanArgyll and Bute
£245k30.4%28 of 92
£90k1 bed - 4
HelensburghArgyll and Bute
£250k30.2%13 of 43
£110k2 bed
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
Homes on the water
- homes within 100 m of the sea, a loch, or a river
- 133
- of all homes for sale
- 32.3%
- within 100 m of the sea
- 106
- within 100 m of a loch
- 40
- within 100 m of a river
- 24
- with land that reaches the water
- 15
Within 100 m is measured from the home's map pin to the mapped shore, and only homes with an accurate pin count. Land that reaches the water means the advert says the home's own grounds run to the shore, a beach, a jetty, or a mooring, with no public road or railway in between.
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
How remote is it?
- typical road distance to a railway station
- 14.75 km
- more than 20 km from a station
- 44.3%
- typical drive to the nearest town
- 8 min
- homes more than 30 minutes from a town
- 44
- typical drive to the nearest school
- 2 min
- homes on an island
- 60
Distances and drive times are by road, routed on OpenStreetMap from each home to the five nearest towns, schools, or stations in a straight line, keeping the shortest drive. From an island the journey includes the ferry.
Longest drive to a town on the mainland
£125,000
Portavadie, Millhouse, PA21 2BX
2 bed · 68 min to Dunoon · Argyll and Bute
Furthest mainland home from a railway station
£185,000
Bridge House, Tayinloan, Tarbert, PA29 6XG
3 bed · 110.1 km to Oban · Argyll and Bute
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
What your money buys
- median asking price
- £250k
- homes for sale
- 412
£150k to £200k
68 homes are for sale at this price in Argyll and Bute. The typical one has 2 bedrooms.
- 50% are detached, a cottage, or a bungalow
- 23.5% are flats
- 39.7% have a sea view
- 50% look over the sea or a loch
- 1.5% come with an acre or more
- 7.4% are on an island
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
Land and plots
- homes with an acre or more
- 29
- median price of a home with an acre or more
- £450k
- homes with ten acres or more
- 8
- building plots and land for sale
- 56
- median asking price of a plot
- £90k
- plots with planning permission granted
- 41
- median price of a plot with permission
- £85k
- median asking price per acre of a plot
- £169k
Acreage is read from the advert. A share of common grazing that is far larger than the price could buy is left out. Planning permission counts only when the advert says it has been granted.
Record breakers
Cheapest home
£39,995
Flat1/2 Balagan Buildings Auchamore Rd, Dunoon, PA23 7DY
1 bed · Argyll and Bute
Most expensive home
£2,000,000
Colintraive,PA22 3AH
8 bed · 411.55 acres · Argyll and Bute
Cheapest home with a sea view
£50,000
2 Lorne Place, Village Brae, Tighnabruaich
1 bed · Argyll and Bute
Cheapest home with four or more bedrooms
£129,995
2A Jane Street, Dunoon
4 bed · Argyll and Bute
Most land with a home
£2,000,000
Colintraive,PA22 3AH
8 bed · 411.55 acres · Argyll and Bute
Longest drive to a town on the mainland
£125,000
Portavadie, Millhouse, PA21 2BX
2 bed · 68 min to Dunoon · Argyll and Bute
Furthest mainland home from a railway station
£185,000
Bridge House, Tayinloan, Tarbert, PA29 6XG
3 bed · 110.1 km to Oban · Argyll and Bute
Cheapest island home
£135,000
1 Reef Terrace, Crossapol, Isle of Tiree, PA77 6UT
3 bed · Argyll and Bute
Cheapest home with its own water access
£145,000
14 Lochnell Street, Lochgilphead, PA31 8JN
3 bed · Argyll and Bute
Cheapest plot with planning permission
£20,000
Foreshore Shore Rd, Carrick Castle, PA24 8AF
Argyll and Bute