Scottish House Price Index - second quarter 2005

- The average price of a house in Scotland is currently £107,294. This compares to the UK average of £162,850.

- The annual rate of house price inflation in Scotland is now 12.5% - above the UK average of 3.7%.

- Prices in Scotland rose by 1.4% in Q2 2005.

- Greater London prices are now 2.2 times higher than those in Scotland, compared with 2.5 times in Q2 2004.

- House prices in Scotland have risen by 62% over the past three years.

- Irvine in Strathclyde is the UK's top property hotspot with a 44% rise in house prices over the past year.

- On a local authority basis North Lanarkshire (28%) and Highland (25%) saw the fastest rise in prices in Scotland.