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Average Deposit Trends for Scotland

Please find a map below displaying the average deposit in GBP sterling placed by mortgage borrowers in Scotland only for purchases in 2006 and 2007, broken down by Scottish geographical postcode.

Please note that purchases includes first time buyers and buy to let mortgage borrowers.

For information on how to use the maps, the necessary browser requirements or for information on the data used within these maps, please see about the maps.

Key (£ 000s)
  <15   15-20   20-25   25-30   30-35   35-40
  40-45   45-50   50-55   55-60   60-65   65-70
  80-85   85-90   85-90   90-95   95-100   >100

Average Deposit in Scotland Highlights

  • The average deposit in pounds sterling put down by mortgage applicants through Mortgages.co.uk was £24,564 in 2006, going up to £28, 517 in 2007, an increase of 16.1%.
  • Aberdeen City and the county of Aberdeenshire saw a well above average 44% increase in average deposit paid in pounds sterling from 2006 to 2007.
  • Dundee City , Conwy and the Scottish Highlands witnessed an above average increase of 27%, 23% and 22% respectively.
  • East Ayrshire and Perth and Kinross saw a slightly above increase in average deposit paid in pounds sterling over that period of time, 21% and 18% respectively.
  • Edinburgh saw a drop in average deposit from 2006 to 2007 of 11.4%, with Glasgow experiencing a similar decrease in deposit of 18%.

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