House sales per month: every council in Scotland

City of Edinburgh had the highest house sales per month of Scotland’s 32 councils in May 2026, at 894.

Shetland Islands had the lowest, at 14. The middle council, East Lothian, had 201.

House sales per month for every council in Scotland, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	City of Edinburgh provisional	894
2	Glasgow City provisional	889
3	Fife provisional	568
4	South Lanarkshire provisional	542
5	North Lanarkshire provisional	469
6	Aberdeen City provisional	433
7	Aberdeenshire provisional	396
8	Highland provisional	348
9	West Lothian provisional	305
10	Renfrewshire provisional	302
11	North Ayrshire provisional	252
12	Falkirk provisional	250
13	Perth and Kinross provisional	244
14	Dundee City provisional	236
15	East Ayrshire provisional	203
16	East Lothian provisional	201
17	Dumfries and Galloway provisional	194
18	Angus provisional	188
19	South Ayrshire provisional	187
20	Midlothian provisional	167
21	Stirling provisional	153
22	East Renfrewshire provisional	151
23	Scottish Borders provisional	147
24	East Dunbartonshire provisional	138
=25	Moray provisional	123
=25	West Dunbartonshire provisional	123
27	Argyll and Bute provisional	115
28	Inverclyde provisional	99
29	Clackmannanshire provisional	74
30	Orkney Islands provisional	33
31	Na h-Eileanan Siar provisional	31
32	Shetland Islands provisional	14