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Story summary
- Out-of-country buyers are driving up St Andrews house prices, creating an affordable-housing crisis.
- New data show nearly one in five properties are registered to non-Scottish addresses, including 164 U.S. buyers.
- Fife Council calls finding reasonably priced homes a major challenge and has introduced affordable-housing quotas in new developments.
- St Andrews University caps enrollment near 10,000, while the town’s population is just over 16,000 with daily visitor surges.