{"id":693277,"date":"2026-01-13T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693277\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:15","slug":"the-best-view-in-golf-inside-scotlands-prime-property-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693277\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe best view in golf\u201d: Inside Scotland\u2019s prime property market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Where demand is strongest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2035\" data-start=\"1932\">Glasgow \u2013 especially the West End \u2013 as well as Edinburgh, are high on the buying list. The attraction, said O\u2019Neill, comes from\u00a0scale, architecture and relative value.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2417\" data-start=\"2111\">In the West End, \u201cyou\u2019re talking about beautiful big villas and the value you get for them,\u201d he noted, citing returning UHNW expatriates acquiring mansions for around \u00a32 million and spending \u00a33 million refurbishing them \u2013 a \u00a35 million total investment that \u201cwould cost five or six times as much in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2556\" data-start=\"2419\">Beyond the cities, lifestyle is the calling card. Scenic, commutable markets are drawing wealthy domestic and international buyers alike.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2755\" data-start=\"2558\">\u201cScotland has so much on its doorstep \u2013 the Trossachs, the Highlands, the scenery,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. \u201cYou can be in Edinburgh or Glasgow and still very close, or stay in beautiful towns like Gullane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2892\" data-start=\"2757\">At the very top, scarcity rules: trophy Highland estates and ultra-prime new schemes such as Taymouth are seeing intensifying interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where demand is strongest Glasgow \u2013 especially the West End \u2013 as well as Edinburgh, are high on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,16678,50172,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-693277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-prices","11":"tag-prime","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115888171457232327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}