Comments on: Colintraive in top ten Scottish Property Rich List, Campbeltown bottoms out in Argyll http://forargyll.com/2008/07/colintraive-tops-scottish-property-rich-list-campbeltown-bottoms-out/ Wed, 23 May 2012 17:48:34 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charleshttp://forargyll.com/2008/07/colintraive-tops-scottish-property-rich-list-campbeltown-bottoms-out/#comment-310 Charles Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:21:44 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=890#comment-310 The curse of high property values means that those on low incomes in areas like Colintraive cannot find places to live. The house prices are so high because of second home owners who purchase properties to holiday in the place for two or three weeks a year ... Evidently they bring in money for those weeks, but the houses are lost to the community as places to live, and the council, seeing the permanent resident numbers falling off have started to withdraw services. This has been happening for years and without a huge effort from locals this will continue. The curse of high property values means that those on low incomes in areas like Colintraive cannot find places to live. The house prices are so high because of second home owners who purchase properties to holiday in the place for two or three weeks a year … Evidently they bring in money for those weeks, but the houses are lost to the community as places to live, and the council, seeing the permanent resident numbers falling off have started to withdraw services. This has been happening for years and without a huge effort from locals this will continue.

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]]> By: Arminhttp://forargyll.com/2008/07/colintraive-tops-scottish-property-rich-list-campbeltown-bottoms-out/#comment-309 Armin Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:27:41 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=890#comment-309 Aren't these average values fairly meaningless? I've just looked at the values for Bridgend on that site: 3 out 97 houses have a value assigned (£2.2m, £164k, £444k). If I take the average of these values I get to the mentioned £930k. That doesn't look statistically sound to me at all, that sample is far too low. Is that the same company that once declared Nave Island (population: 0) the most expensive area in Scotland or even the UK? Aren’t these average values fairly meaningless? I’ve just looked at the values for Bridgend on that site:

3 out 97 houses have a value assigned (£2.2m, £164k, £444k). If I take the average of these values I get to the mentioned £930k.

That doesn’t look statistically sound to me at all, that sample is far too low.

Is that the same company that once declared Nave Island (population: 0) the most expensive area in Scotland or even the UK?

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