The price of houses throughout Scotland continues to increase, but new figures from Lloyds TSB Scotland house price monitor indicate a mixed picture across the country.

Its research indicates that in the three months to the end of July 2007, the price of the average domestic property in Scotland was £162,779, an increase of 1.7 per cent on the previous quarter.

A 32 per cent annual rise in Aberdeen is the largest, while the rest of the north of Scotland reports a similarly strong increase of 21 per cent.

Edinburgh and Dundee showed comparable increases with a 15 per cent and 16 per cent annual rises respectively.

Glasgow is displaying indicators of a slowdown in house price increase with a quarterly fall of 1.2 per cent and a smaller annual increase of five per cent.

Several areas outside the main Scottish cities are reporting quarterly falls in house prices.

Professor Donald MacRae, chief economist at Lloyds TSB Scotland, said: "The rate of increase of house prices in Scotland has slowed significantly but a fall in house prices remains unlikely."

Lloyds TSB Scotland was formed in 1999 following a merger of Lloyds Bank and TSB Bank Scotland.