According to Martin Ellis, housing economist at Bank of Scotland "When looking at property prices on asquare metre basis, there has been a significant divergence inhouse price performance across Scotland over the past decade, ranging from a rise of 160% in Peterhead  to 51% in Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire

"The majority of towns that have seen the highest price growth over the past decade had relatively low prices in 2001. Strong economic growth over the decade as a whole has also helped to drive up prices in many of those areas that have seen substantial price gains. This is apparent in several towns in Aberdeenshire where the economy has been stimulated by the strong performance of the oil sector."

But anyone who believes Information is beautiful will find the release pdf while not reaching the high art of David McCandless, London-based author, writer and designer, yet the tables are quite lickable in their informative assessment, not only of biggest price increases in the decade, but also the smallest price increases, for the most expensive towns and the happily the least expensive towns not to mention the largest as well as smallest property sizes.

It only begs for illustration!!