City tops for posh houses

SIX of the ten most expensive properties sold in Scotland over the past five years were in Edinburgh.

New figures from the Register of Scotland show that the most expensive property sold was at Seton House in Longniddry, East Lothian, which sold for 5 million in 2007. Second was a home in Easter Belmont Road, Murrayfield, which sold for 4.8m the same year.

Third was David Murray's home in Barnton Avenue, which he bought for 4.5m in 2006.

However, most of the high-end sales were made before the credit crunch.