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Home reports beneficial to Scottish property market

Home reports have been been "beneficial" to Scottish property buyers and sellers, say surveyors.

The reports which combine a building survey, an energy report and a property questionnaire were made compulsory for sellers over a year ago

When introduced critics claimed they would have a negative effect on the property market.

Scottish government figures show more than 75,000 of the reports had been completed.

And the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scotland said the home reports could be used as a "marketing tool" for sellers to attract potential buyers.Stating that purchasers gained from having information about the property's condition and valuation before seeing it.

In a survey of 10 of Scotland's biggest firms, the institution found that most said the reports "had not hindered" the recovery of the housing market.

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