The prime market in Edinburgh and East Lothian is not complicated.
It just requires the right person.
The prime market in Edinburgh and East Lothian is not complicated.
It just requires the right person.
Most agents sell volume. Ellisons doesn't.
What makes the difference?
Every instruction is handled personally by Mark – a consultant with three decades at the prime end of the market in Edinburgh and East Lothian. He built Coulters into one of Scotland’s most recognised property businesses. He launched Ellisons in 2020 because he wanted to do things properly.
That means fewer clients. More attention. Better outcomes.
It means knowing which buyers are active before a property launches. Knowing when to go to market and when to stay off it. Knowing how to hold a deal together when others would let it fall.
What makes the difference?
Every instruction is handled personally by me, Mark Ellison Coulter, a consultant with three decades at the prime end of the market in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
Ellisons was deliberately built small. Fewer clients. More time on each one. No passing instructions down the chain.
That changes what’s possible.
It means knowing which buyers are already looking before a property comes to market. Knowing when to launch and when to wait. Knowing how to read a negotiation — and how to hold a deal together when others would let it fall.
That kind of judgement doesn’t come from process. It comes from experience.
The numbers that matter
Ellisons work with buyers and sellers at the top end of the Scottish market. The kind of moves that need experience, local knowledge, and careful handling - not volume.Sales completed from Moray Place to North Berwick
Years operating at the prime end of the market
%
Of Edinburgh's super-prime sales in a single year
Completed sales within Archerfield alone
Consecutive years - Best Property Consultancy UK
Every figure here belongs to me personally.
Edinburgh.
East Lothian.
The places that matter.
Ellisons operates across Edinburgh’s prime postcodes and along the East Lothian coast – Gullane, North Berwick, Archerfield, Dirleton and beyond.
A national agency covers Scotland from a spreadsheet. I know specific streets, specific buyers, and which properties on them are genuinely worth it.
The kind of knowledge that only comes from being here, doing the work, year after year.
