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The Q4 2026 edition counts 2,604 homes and 350 plots for sale across the Highlands and Islands on 2 November 2026, from 51 estate agents. Every figure, chart, and image here is free to use. Please credit "Homivo, Highlands and Islands Property Index" and link to the page the figure came from.
Key findings
A home with a sea view asks 13.7% more than the same type of home, with the same number of bedrooms, around the same town in the Highlands and Islands. About £32,000 on a typical £230,000 home without one. 22.1% of homes for sale there have a sea view.
377 homes for sale in the Highlands and Islands sit within 100 m of the sea, a loch, or a river. Only 45 have land that reaches the water itself.
23.7% of homes for sale in the Highlands and Islands are more than 20 km by road from a railway station. 288 are more than 30 minutes' drive from the nearest town.
£150k to £200k buys a typical 2-bedroom home in the Highlands and Islands. 445 homes are for sale at that price. 14.4% of them have a sea view.
242 homes for sale in the Highlands and Islands come with an acre or more, at a median £420k. 211 plots have planning permission, at a median £90k.
The cheapest home with a sea view in the Highlands and Islands is 2 Lorne Place, Village Brae, Tighnabruaich, at £50,000.
84.2% of homes for sale in Highland are in the catchment of a Gaelic-medium primary school.
Local angles
Each council area has its own page with its own figures.
- Highland
A home with a sea view asks 16% more than the same type of home, with the same number of bedrooms, around the same town in Highland. About £38,000 on a typical £240,000 home without one. 19.7% of homes for sale there have a sea view.
- Moray
9.6% of homes for sale in Moray have a sea view, at a median £250k.
- Argyll and Bute
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.
The Sea View Index, town by town
One line and one image for each town. Each links to that town's row in the Sea View Index.
- Portree
80.8% of homes for sale around Portree have a sea view. The cheapest is £200,000.
Download image - Dunoon
55.8% of homes for sale around Dunoon have a sea view. The cheapest is £55,000.
Download image - Inveraray
55% of homes for sale around Inveraray have a sea view. The cheapest is £199,000.
Download image - Wick
36.8% of homes for sale around Wick have a sea view. The cheapest is £85,000.
Download image - Fortrose
32.1% of homes for sale around Fortrose have a sea view. The cheapest is £275,000.
Download image - Oban
30.4% of homes for sale around Oban have a sea view. The cheapest is £90,000.
Download image - Helensburgh
30.2% of homes for sale around Helensburgh have a sea view. The cheapest is £110,000.
Download image - Lossiemouth
29.2% of homes for sale around Lossiemouth have a sea view. The cheapest is £85,000.
Download image - Thurso
27.8% of homes for sale around Thurso have a sea view. The cheapest is £90,000.
Download image - Fort William
27.4% of homes for sale around Fort William have a sea view. The cheapest is £130,000.
Download image - Cullen
26.1% of homes for sale around Cullen have a sea view. The cheapest is £130,000.
Download image - Dornoch
25.4% of homes for sale around Dornoch have a sea view. The cheapest is £145,000.
Download image - Tain
18.8% of homes for sale around Tain have a sea view. The cheapest is £125,000.
Download image - Buckie
18.3% of homes for sale around Buckie have a sea view. The cheapest is £95,000.
Download image - Dingwall
10.6% of homes for sale around Dingwall have a sea view. The cheapest is £88,000.
Download image - Forres
10.5% of homes for sale around Forres have a sea view. The cheapest is £240,000.
Download image - Inverness
4.5% of homes for sale around Inverness have a sea view. The cheapest is £185,000.
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Images
1200 × 630 PNG cards, one per finding. Each chart on the report can also be embedded.
Data and citation
Download every figure as CSV (one row per area and measure). Licensed CC BY 4.0. How each figure is made is on the methodology page.
Homivo, Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. https://homivo.co.uk/reports/highlands-property-index/2026-q4
Contact
For a comment, a figure for your patch that is not on the page, or the homes behind a finding, email ted@homivo.co.uk.