City of Edinburgh Council · EH1, EH8
Estate agents in Old Town
The Royal Mile, Grassmarket and Cowgate.
What Old Town sells for
£348,000
a typical sale, at August 2026 prices
- Middle half of sales
- £261,000 to £473,000
- Sales recorded in 2023
- 190
- Zones behind the figure
- 2
- Since 2023
- Up 11%
Registers of Scotland sales in the zones that make up Old Town, moved to August 2026 with the UK House Price Index. A place, not your home: the appraisal prices the street.
The register
What homes sell for in Old Town
Registers of Scotland publishes every year’s sales by intermediate zone, a few thousand people each. These are the zones that make up Old Town, with what the register says about 2023, before any adjustment. Across City of Edinburgh as a whole the median was £268,961.
| Zone | Median | Middle half | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street | £380,000 | 111 | |
| Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes | £221,500 | 79 |
Registers of Scotland, via statistics.gov.scot, Open Government Licence v3.0, 2023. Moved to August 2026 with the UK House Price Index for City of Edinburgh in the figure above. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
On a typical Old Town sale at £348,000, a buyer replacing their main home pays £8,150 in Land and Buildings Transaction Tax. Their cost, not yours, but it shapes what they can offer. Work it out on any price.
Getting around
Typical off-peak times from Old Town. Approximate, door to door.
- Waverley station≈10 min walk
- University of Edinburgh≈10 min walk
- Royal Mile≈5 min walk
Three ways to pay, the same in Old Town 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 in Old Town
- What do homes sell for in Old Town?
- Registers of Scotland recorded 190 sales in 2023 across the 2 zones that make up Old Town. Moved to August 2026 prices with the UK House Price Index, a typical Old Town sale is around £348,000, and the middle half of sales fell between £261,000 and £473,000. The zones are listed above with their own figures; the appraisal gives you the one for your home.
- How much do estate agents charge in Old Town?
- Ours is published before we visit, the same in Old Town 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.
- Do I need a Home Report to sell in Old Town?
- 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 it before they view.
Find out what your Old Town home would sell for.
A figure on screen in a moment, then a free appraisal priced to the street, with the comparable sales behind it. No obligation either way.