| Glasgow City | 2015 | 2014 | Annual Change |
| Average property price | £138,995 | £131,250 | 5.90% |
| Volume of sales | 11,616 | 10,353 |
12.20%
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This report displays the average asking prices for property for sale in Glasgow for each month from October 2007 to September 2016. The price trends are broken down by property type and number of bedrooms.
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| Oct-07 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| Detached | £289,624 | £352,977 | 22% |
| Semi | £167,837 | £162,952 | -3% |
| Terraced | £161,591 | £169,360 | 5% |
| Flat | £139,032 | £114,592 | -18% |
| All | £169,736 | £168,150 | -1% |
| Oct-07 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| Detached | £249,995 | £284,995 | 14% |
| Semi | £144,000 | £149,000 | 3% |
| Terraced | £127,750 | £114,995 | -10% |
| Flat | £120,000 | £83,000 | -31% |
| All | £140,000 | £118,000 | -16% |
| Oct-07 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| 5+ Bedrooms | £409,680 | £508,469 | 24% |
| 4 Bedrooms | £272,813 | £308,937 | 13% |
| 3 Bedrooms | £172,952 | £161,933 | -6% |
| 2 Bedrooms | £138,290 | £119,708 | -13% |
| 1 Bedroom | £91,715 | £74,548 | -19% |
| All | £169,736 | £168,150 | -1% |
| Oct-07 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| 5+ Bedrooms | £339,995 | £425,000 | 25% |
| 4 Bedrooms | £246,000 | £269,000 | 9% |
| 3 Bedrooms | £155,000 | £145,000 | -6% |
| 2 Bedrooms | £125,000 | £99,000 | -21% |
| 1 Bedroom | £84,995 | £65,000 | -24% |
| All | £140,000 | £118,000 | -16% |
| Aug-08 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| Detached | 959 | 665 | -31% |
| Semi | 1376 | 447 | -68% |
| Terraced | 786 | 311 | -60% |
| Flat | 4399 | 2391 | -46% |
| Unknown | 616 | 131 | - |
| Total | 8136 | 3945 | -52% |
| Aug-08 | Sep-16 | Change | |
| 5+ Bedrooms | 294 | 209 | -29% |
| 4 Bedrooms | 885 | 535 | -40% |
| 3 Bedrooms | 2268 | 844 | -63% |
| 2 Bedrooms | 3402 | 1587 | -53% |
| 1 Bedroom | 1165 | 708 | -39% |
| Unknown | 122 | 62 | - |
| Total | 8136 | 3945 | -52% |
Glasgow is known for its tenements – the red and blond sandstone buildings are some of the most recognisable features of the city. These were the most popular form of housing in 19th- and 20th-century Glasgow and remain the most common form of dwelling in Glasgow today. Tenements are commonly bought by a wide range of social types and are favoured for their large rooms, high ceilings and original period features. The Hyndland area of Glasgow is the only tenement conservation area in the UK and includes some tenement houses with as many as six bedrooms.
Like many cities in the UK, Glasgow witnessed the construction of high-rise housing in tower blocks in the 1960s, along with large overspill estates on the periphery of the city, in areas like Pollok, Nitshill, Castlemilk, Easterhouse, Milton and Drumchapel. These were built to replace the decaying inner-city tenement buildings originally built for workers who migrated from the surrounding countryside, the Highlands, and the rest of the United Kingdom, particularly Ireland, to feed local demands for labour. The massive demand outstripped new building and many, originally fine, tenements often became overcrowded and unsanitary.
Efforts to improve this housing situation, most successfully with the City Improvement Trust in the late 19th century, cleared the slums of the old town areas such as the Trongate, High Street and Glasgow Cross. Subsequent urban renewal initiatives, such as those motivated by the Bruce Report, entailed the comprehensive demolition of slum tenement areas, the development of new towns on the periphery of the city, and the construction of tower blocks.
The policy of tenement demolition is now considered to have been short-sighted, wasteful and largely unsuccessful. Many of Glasgow's worst tenements were refurbished into desirable accommodation in the 1970s and 1980s and the policy of demolition is considered to have destroyed many fine examples of a "universally admired architectural" style. The Glasgow Housing Association took ownership of the housing stock from the city council on 7 March 2003, and has begun a £96 million clearance and demolition programme to clear and demolish many of the high-rise flats.
The M8, Scotland's busiest motorway
The main M8 motorway passes through the city centre and connects to the M77, M73, and M80 motorways. The A82 connects the city to Argyll and the western Highlands. The M74 runs directly south towards Carlisle; the M74 completion scheme has extended the motorway from Tollcross into the Tradeston area to join the M8.
Other road projects in the city include East End Regeneration Route, which aims to provide easier access to deprived areas of the East End by linking the M8 to the extended M74. The M8 motorway that crosses the River Clyde, crosses on the Kingston Bridge. This is the busiest bridge in Europe.
The city has three international airports within 45 minutes travel of the city centre, as well as a centrally-located seaplane terminal. Two are dedicated to Glasgow while the third is Edinburgh International which, as it is situated on the west side of Edinburgh, is relatively close to Glasgow. These airports are Glasgow Airport (GLA) (8 miles (10 km) west of the city centre) in Renfrewshire, Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) (30 miles (50 km) south west) in Ayrshire, Edinburgh Airport (EDI), (34 miles (50 km) east) in Edinburgh, and Glasgow Seaplane Terminal, by the Glasgow Science Centre on the River Clyde. There are also several smaller, domestic and private airports around the city. There is a heliport, Glasgow City Heliport located at Stobcross Quay on the banks of the Clyde.
All of the international airports are easily accessibly by public transport, with GLA and EDI directly linked by a bus routes from the main bus station, and a direct rail connection to PIK from Glasgow Central Station. A plan to provide a direct rail link to Glasgow International was dropped with the cancelling of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link in 2009, though the Scottish Government is actively, as of 2014, considering alternative rail-based surface-access possibilities.
The Glasgow Royal Infirmary is the city's oldest and largest hospital. Medical care is mainly provided by NHS Scotland and is directly administered by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Major hospitals, including those with Accident & Emergency provision, are: the Western Infirmary, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Dental Hospital in the city Centre, Stobhill Hospital in the North and the Victoria Infirmary and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in the South Side. Gartnavel Royal Hospital and The Priory are the two major psychiatric hospitals based in Glasgow.
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) Campus is a 1,677-bed acute hospital located in Govan in the south-west of Glasgow. The hospital is built on the site of the former Southern General Hospital and opened at the end of April 2015. The hospital comprises a newly built 1,109-bed adult hospital, a 256-bed children's hospital and two major A&E departments, one for adults and one for children in addition to buildings retained from the former hospital. The QEUH is the Regional Major Trauma Centre for the west of Scotland and is also the largest hospital campus in Europe.
There is also an emergency telephone service provided by NHS 24 and 24-hour access to General Practitioners through Out of hours centres. Paramedic services are provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service and supported by voluntary bodies like the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association. A strong Teaching tradition is maintained between the city's main hospitals and the University of Glasgow Medical School.
All Pharmacies provide a wide range of services including minor ailment advice, emergency hormonal contraception, public health advice, some provide oxygen and needle exchange.
There are private clinics and hospitals at the Nuffield in the West end and Ross Hall in the South Side of the city.
The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world and among the world's top 100 universities.
Glasgow is a major centre of higher and academic research, with four universities within 10 miles (16 km) of the city centre:
University of Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow Caledonian University
University of the West of Scotland
The Saltire Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University, one of the busiest university libraries in the UK.
There are also three further education colleges in the city: City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College and Glasgow Kelvin College. Higher education colleges in the city include Jordanhill Teacher Training College, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Glasgow School of Art.
In 2011 Glasgow had 53,470 full-time students aged 18–74 resident in the city during term time, more than any other city in Scotland and the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom outside London. The majority of those who live away from home reside in Shawlands, Dennistoun and the West End of the city.
The City Council operates twenty-nine secondary schools, 149 primary schools and three specialist schools — the Dance School of Scotland, Glasgow School of Sport and the Glasgow Gaelic School (Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu), the only secondary school in Scotland to teach exclusively in Gaelic. Outdoor Education facilities are provided by the city council at the Blairvadach Centre, near Helensburgh. Jordanhill School is operated directly by the Scottish Government. Glasgow also has a number of Independent schools, including Hutchesons' Grammar School founded in 1639 and one of the oldest school institutions in Britain, and others such as Craigholme School, Fernhill School, Glasgow Academy, Kelvinside Academy, St. Aloysius' College and The High School of Glasgow, which was founded in 1124 and is the oldest school in Scotland.
