Highlands and Islands Property Index · Q4 2026
How remote is it?
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.
Homes for sale on · 2,604 homes · 350 plots · 51 estate agents
- typical road distance to a railway station
- 6.8 km
- more than 20 km from a station
- 23.7%
- typical drive to the nearest town
- 7 min
- homes more than 30 minutes from a town
- 288
- typical drive to the nearest school
- 2 min
- homes on an island
- 139
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
£350,000
Migovie Cottage, Gorthleck, Inverness, IV2 6UJ
3 bed · 93 min to Inverness · Highland
Furthest mainland home from a railway station
£175,000
Raffin, Lochinver, Lairg, Highland, IV27 4JH
2 bed · 122.7 km to Lochluichart · Highland
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.
Source: Homivo Highlands and Islands Property Index, Q4 2026. Asking prices of homes for sale on 2 November 2026.
How remote is it? by council area
Highland
20.7%
20.7% of homes for sale in Highland are more than 20 km by road from a railway station. 232 are more than 30 minutes' drive from the nearest town.
Moray
14.5%
14.5% of homes for sale in Moray are more than 20 km by road from a railway station.
Argyll and Bute
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.