Source: www.scottishrugby.org

BruceRae services available include:

- Property search for investment
- Home search for families relocating to Edinburgh and surrounding areas
- Local knowledge of where and where not to buy
- Off market property deals
- Property Inspection for vacant residences
- Full property letting and management
- Refurbishment & furnishing
- Rental appraisals

Gordon Murray of Murray Snell Solicitors will also be in Hong Kong that week.  Murray Snell act for clients who buy property throughout Scotland from student flats to woodlands and sporting estates, so are also well placed to advise on general trends in Scotland.

Gordon has acted for several of BruceRaes’ clients in the acquisition of Scottish property.

If you would like to arrange a meeting during our visit please contact us by email:

elspeth.rae@brucerae.co.uk 
gordon.murray@murraysnell.com

We can meet individually or jointly, whichever suits your needs.

Contact during our HK visit is by email or call
Elspeth Rae HK mobile 6405 7525

Much of the most dramatic increases have been witnessed in rural areas, something that may be a direct result of buyers being forced out of cities by urban prices. Over the past year the two towns that have witnessed the largest increases have been Galashiels in the Borders, and Johnstone in Renfrewshire, both of which experienced a 30% annual rise.

For more information or advice regarding Scotland’s property market please contact:

Elspeth.Rae@brucerae.co.uk

This community of ‘AffinityScots’ are people who have been touched in some way by the country, whether it be through family ties; having previously visited, lived, worked or studied there; or are members of associations or societies with some kind of Scottish connection. The invitation also extends to people whose only Scottish link may be a love of Kilts or Whisky, of which there are bound to be many!

Scotland’s famous poet Robert Burns is one of the key hooks for the celebrations as 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. Today throughout Scotland and the wider world there are landmarks, museums and visitor centres all dedicated to is life and work. There will also be four other focal points, which will consist of Enlightenment and Innovation, Golf, Whisky and Your Ancestors. To promote this a constant call to action under the slogan of ‘Come to the home of…’ will be adopted, leading up to and during the year in question.

Providing guidance to the project is an Advisory Board made up VisitScotland, COSLA, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scottish Enterprise and the Big Lottery Fund to name but a few. It is further hoped that independent businesses, individuals and groups will get involved where they can. The project will also work closely with some of the main festival and event organisers throughout Scotland to encourage them to capitalise on the main themes were possible.

Jo Wedlock, Homecoming Scotland’s Director of Communications and Public Relations commented, “Scotland is a modern and dynamic nation with a rich historic past which already makes it a popular holiday destination. There are many reasons to celebrate all that Scotland has given the world and Homecoming Scotland will encourage anyone who has an affinity with Scotland to travel there in 2009.’

For more info on Homecoming Scotland go to :

www.homecomingscotland.com