About Edinburgh

This is quite simply a stunning city. With a worldwide reputation as a centre for historic value, tourism, financial services and high tech business.

Although a relatively small capital city by European standards, the city centre itself is set across two key districts. The Old Town is the key historic area surrounds the Royal Mile which links Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace and it's usually full of tourists, not just in summer.

The more contemporary Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood is also nestled in beside the Palace and Holyrood Park. Most of the vibrant retail sector is based around the New Town on the other side of Princes Street Gardens which also houses the Scottish National Gallery.

Although it's the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh is only the second most populous city behind Glasgow. As well as the national gallery it is also home to the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the two major universities - The University of Edinburgh and Napier University.

Edinburgh is the UK's most economically successful city outside London and the second largest financial sector in the UK too.

The population grew by 50,000 in the last ten years and this growth is projected to continue. It has record low unemployment and, despite having a proportionally large number of students, it also has the third highest number of people in employment. There are a mesmerising 43,000 undergraduates and 17,000 postgraduates living here which is not far off 10% of the population.

Real estate is a key component of the Edinburgh economy with high levels of foreign direct investment adding to internal investment.

Real estate accounts for 12% of Edinburgh’s economy adding over £2 billion per annum to the economy.

The Private Residential Sector (PRS) is growing as a proportion in Edinburgh as it is in other areas but with so many new young professionals and students moving here demand is fast outstripping demand especially in the dense city centre.

Clan Gordon is firmly focused as a property rental agency on high quality rental properties to let to this growing and affluent population. There are plenty of Edinburgh letting agents but less than a handful are fully regulated by the RICS and insured.

As we focus solely on the city centre we are ideally placed to guide new investors and landlords right from property sourcing to renovation and managing the let property.