Article: Agents warn there's no quick profit for new-build buyers

PROPERTY experts have warned owners of new-build flats in Edinburgh they may make next to no money on them in the next year.

Estate agents say the number of new developments sprouting up across the city has led to an over-supply and warned the market was becoming "stagnant".

They say the slowdown is a radical shift from recent years when it seemed that any property in Edinburgh would make money.

The warning comes after estate agent Knight Frank predicted a nine per cent rise in house prices in Edinburgh next year.

That means the average home in the city would rise from the current price of GBP 193,815 to more than GBP 213,196 by the end of 2007.

But Matthew Munro, who is in charge of ...

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