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Where to buy in Edinburgh: New Town to Portobello

Where people live in Edinburgh, from the Georgian New Town to Leith and Portobello, and how buying works in Scotland. We never publish prices or yields.

Where people live

  1. The back story

    Buying in Edinburgh: Home Reports, closing dates and missives

    Edinburgh·In depth

    Scotland buys property its own way: the seller’s Home Report, notes of interest, closing dates and missives. Where people live, and how it works.

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  2. Where people live

    The New Town and Stockbridge

    New Town·Neighbourhood

    Georgian flats and townhouses in the World Heritage Site, and the village life of Stockbridge.

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  3. Where people live

    The West End and Haymarket

    West End·Neighbourhood

    Victorian terraces near the theatres and Haymarket station.

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  4. Where people live

    Bruntsfield, Morningside and the Grange

    Bruntsfield·Neighbourhood

    Tenements by the Links and villas in the Grange.

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  5. Where people live

    Leith and the waterfront

    Leith·Neighbourhood

    Converted warehouses and new flats by the water, on the tram line.

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  6. Where people live

    Portobello

    Portobello·Neighbourhood

    Victorian houses by the beach.

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Agents

  1. Agent

    ESPC

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    The Edinburgh Solicitors’ Property Centre: Scotland’s property search site, with homes from the city’s solicitor estate agents.

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  2. Agent

    Knight Frank

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    The international agency, with an Edinburgh office for prime city and country homes.

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    Savills

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    The international agency, with an Edinburgh residential team.

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  4. Agent

    Strutt & Parker

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    The national agency, with an office in Edinburgh.

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  5. Agent

    Rettie

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    A Scottish agency selling homes, farms, estates and new developments across Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Borders.

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  6. Agent

    Galbraith

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    A Scottish agency for homes, farms, estates and country property.

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  7. Agent

    Clyde Property

    Edinburgh·Estate agent

    A Scottish estate agency with an Edinburgh office.

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