The View Index · Highlands and Islands
A loch view adds £18,000 to the asking price of a home. A mountain view adds £13,000.
That is what each adds to a typical home here, against the same type of home, with the same bedrooms, around the same town: 7.7% for a loch, 5.6% for mountains. 1 in 10 homes for sale has a loch view; more than 1 in 10 has a mountain view.
Homes with a loch or a mountain view
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Where one view is worth more
In Highland, a loch view is worth 5.0 times as much as a mountain view.
A loch view
+12%
like for like, where 9.1% of homes for sale have one
A mountain view
+2.4%
like for like, where 15% of homes for sale have one
Side by side
Argyll and Bute has the most loch views; Highland, the most mountain views.
| Loch view, and what it adds | Mountain view, and what it adds | |
|---|---|---|
| Argyll and Bute | 20.2%+1.5% | 12.3%Too few homes |
| the Western Isles | 15.1%Too few homes | 9.3%Too few homes |
| Highland | 9.1%+12% | 15%+2.4% |
| Orkney Islands | 3.5%Too few homes | 3.5%Too few homes |
| Moray | 0%Too few homes | 6.9%Too few homes |
| Shetland Islands | 3.7%Too few homes | 0%Too few homes |
Where the views are
Inveraray has the most loch views of any town; Fort William, the most mountain views.
Around Inveraray
65.3%
of homes for sale have a loch view: fewer than 2 in 3
Around Fort William
58.6%
of homes for sale have a mountain view: fewer than 3 in 5
£160,000The cheapest loch view around Inveraray · 3 bed
£75,000The cheapest mountain view around Fort William · 1 bed
The best of both
121 homes for sale have both a loch view and a mountain view.
84 of them see the sea as well. They ask a median £340,000. The cheapest asks £85,000.
£85,000The cheapest home with a loch and a mountain view: 5 Kilmun Court Midge lane, Kilmun, PA23 8SF
The cheapest views
The cheapest loch view asks £35,000; the cheapest mountain view, £35,000.
45 homes with a loch view and 46 with a mountain view ask under £150,000. They are the ones lit on the map.
£35,000The cheapest loch view · 2 bed · Davaar Avenue, Campbeltown
£35,000The cheapest mountain view · 1 bed · 67 Castle Street, Port Bannatyne
Your turn
Which view, and what would you spend?
145 homes with a loch view ask £250,000 or less.
£250k
Seal Cottage, Carrick Castle, Lochgoilhead, PA24 8
£250k
Lochside House, Stoer, Lochinver, Lairg, Highland, IV27 4JE
£245k
88 Balallan, Lochs, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9PT
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