East Lothian Council
Estate agents across East Lothian
An honest figure with the comparable sales behind it, three published ways to pay, and the same marketing on every route. Below, what homes sell for in each part of East Lothian, from the public register.
East Lothian at a glance
- Median sale, 2023
- £283,998
- Middle half of sales
- £200,000 to £395,000
- Homes sold in 2023
- 2,218
- Average, August 2026
- £286,314
- Since 2023
- Up 3%
Registers of Scotland and the UK House Price Index, for the whole council. Your own home is priced to the street in the appraisal.
What homes sell for
Prices across East Lothian, area by area
Registers of Scotland publishes every year’s sales by council and by intermediate zone, a few thousand people each. Across East Lothian it recorded 2,218 sales in 2023, at a median of £283,998. The UK House Price Index moves those figures to August 2026 and splits the council by property type. Each area below has its own figure from the zones that make it up, and its page lists them.
Average sale price by type, East Lothian
August 2026
- Flats
- £165,648
- Terraced
- £262,893
- Semi-detached
- £318,563
- Detached
- £538,897
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Averages for the whole council, by property type, for August 2026: the backdrop, not a valuation.
Areas we sell across East Lothian
Each figure is the register’s 2023 sales in the area’s zones, moved to August 2026’s prices. The area page shows the zones behind it.
EH21
£229,000typical sale · 439 sales in 2023
The Honest Toun, on Edinburgh’s eastern boundary: the racecourse, the harbour at Fisherrow, Queen Margaret University beside the station, and Wallyford’s St Clements Wells estate growing next door.
EH32
£200,000typical sale · 212 sales in 2023
Three former mining and fishing towns strung along the coast road, with a station at Prestonpans and the Blindwells new town going up on the old opencast site beside them.
EH33
£231,000typical sale · 197 sales in 2023
The largest town in the west of the county and the one furthest from the railway: it runs on the bus and the A1.
EH32, EH31
£378,000typical sale · 193 sales in 2023
The golf coast: Longniddry with its station, then Aberlady and Gullane along the bay.
EH41
£268,000typical sale · 250 sales in 2023
The county town on the River Tyne, with the council’s headquarters, a working high street and no railway, so it runs on the express bus into Edinburgh.
EH39
£378,000typical sale · 138 sales in 2023
The seaside town at the end of the line: the harbour, the Law, two beaches and some of the highest house prices in Scotland outside Edinburgh.
EH42, EH40
£331,000typical sale · 240 sales in 2023
Dunbar sits on the East Coast Main Line, about twenty-five minutes from Waverley with London trains stopping too, and the Hallhill estates on its western side have doubled the town. East Linton, inland, got its station back in December 2023.
Three ways to pay, the same across East Lothian as everywhere
IOur lowest rate
Paid Up Front
Our lowest rate, settled in one payment at launch, and the sale itself costs you nothing more.
0.75%
of the Home Report valuation, at launch
Nothing further at settlement
- Your commitment
- Settled in full at launch, then we market it until it sells
- On a £250,000 valuation, for example
- £2,000 in total, all of it at launchOur £2,000 minimum applies up to £266,667, so that is your fee here, known to the pound before marketing begins.
One payment, at the lowest rate we publish, and the sale itself costs you nothing further however much it fetches. It is charged on the surveyor's valuation, which is settled before any marketing begins, so you know your fee in pounds from the first day. If the sale takes longer than expected we keep marketing, with no time limit and nothing more to pay.
II
Part Up Front
One payment towards the marketing at launch, and a lower rate when the sale settles.
1%
of the sale price, at settlement
Plus £595 at launch, paid once
- Your commitment
- £595 at launch, and the rest only on a sale
- On a £250,000 sale, for example
- £595 at launch and £2,500 at settlement, £3,095 in total
One payment at launch buys the marketing, and the rest waits for the sale at a lower rate. The £595 is paid once and buys that marketing outright, so it is the whole of what launching your home ever costs you.
III
No Sale, No Fee
Nothing to pay until the sale settles, when the fee comes straight out of the proceeds.
1.5%
of the sale price, at settlement
Nothing at launch
- Your commitment
- Nothing at all until the sale settles
- On a £250,000 sale, for example
- £3,750 in total, at settlement
We carry the whole cost of the marketing and take our fee from the proceeds when the sale settles. That is what the higher rate covers: the sale pays for everything, and nothing leaves your pocket before it does.
Our fees include VAT at 20%. Nothing is added to the figures shown.
Included, whichever route you choose
Every route buys the same service and the same marketing. What you choose is when the money moves, not what gets done.
Before it goes on the market
- Valuation with the comparable sales written down and given to you
- Advice on the price label — offers over, fixed price or offers around — against the Home Report figure a lender will lend on
- Home Report arranged with the surveyor, at their own price with nothing added
- Terms of business in writing, with the route you chose and the rate you signed
The marketing, on every route
- A professional photographic shoot of every room, the outside and the outlook
- A floorplan drawn to scale, with room dimensions and the total floor area
- A video tour that walks the home in the order a buyer would see it
- Aerial photography where the setting warrants it
- Written copy prepared property by property, with every fact sourced and checked rather than assumed
- Council tax band, tenure, factoring and the Energy Report rating stated on the listing, not left for a buyer to ask for
- The listing on lintelhomes.co.uk, live for the whole time the home is for sale
- A For Sale board, wherever the property and its title allow one
- A social media campaign, planned and paid for by us, and refreshed while the home is on the market
- Direct approach to the buyers already registered with us whose search the home answers
- New photography and a re-launch if the price or the season changes, at no further charge
Viewings, offers and the sale
- Accompanied viewings, booked straight into our diary online, evenings included
- Written feedback within 24 hours of every viewing, whichever way it went
- Notes of interest tracked and reported, and a closing date set when the interest justifies one
- Every offer put to you in writing, with its date of entry and conditions as well as its figure
- Negotiation, and progression through to conclusion of missives and settlement
Charged on top, on every route
Questions
Selling a home across East Lothian
- How much do estate agents charge across East Lothian?
- Ours is published before we visit, the same across East Lothian as everywhere we work, and it includes VAT. Paid Up Front: 0.75% of the Home Report valuation, settled at launch. Part Up Front: £595 at launch, then 1% of the sale price at settlement. No Sale, No Fee: nothing until the sale settles, then 1.5%. A minimum of £2,000 on any of them.
- What do homes sell for across East Lothian?
- Across East Lothian, Registers of Scotland recorded 2,218 sales in 2023 at a median of £283,998, half of them between £200,000 and £395,000. The UK House Price Index has the council up 3% since then, to an average of £286,314 in August 2026. Each area below has its own figure.
- Do I need a Home Report to sell across East Lothian?
- Yes. Every home marketed in Scotland needs a Home Report first: a single survey with a valuation, an energy report and a property questionnaire. We arrange the surveyor at their own price with nothing added, and buyers read the report before they view, so the offers come from people who know the number.
- How much tax does a buyer pay on a typical East Lothian home?
- On £293,000, which is East Lothian's 2023 median moved to August 2026 prices, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is £4,250 for a buyer replacing their main home, and nil for a first-time buyer below the relief threshold. It is the buyer's cost, not the seller's, but it shapes what they can offer.
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