SCOTLAND'S land market is showing signs of a slowdown after a substantial value increase in recent years due to demand from commercial forestry and natural capital investors, according to a new report.
“We have found that the initial rush into Scottish land by natural capital investors and companies has started to slow down, but land is still increasing at a pace that excludes smaller players from the land market.” The dramatic increase in marginal land prices - land which is of little agricultural value - has been attributed to heightened demand from natural capital investors, particularly in afforestation and peatland carbon credits.In a separate report, researchers also looked at whether the means by which land values are determined have changed due to this changing landscape.