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Andrew Picken Data Journalist, BBC News Scotland

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New data shows hundreds of properties in Edinburgh's Quartermile development were sold to overseas buyers

Edinburgh's Quartermile district is wedged between the city's historic Old Town and The Meadows, one of the city's most popular parks.

A rash of glass and steel towers surround 19th Century sandstone buildings left from when a hospital occupied the city centre site.

But walking among its sleek new buildings, housing offices and luxury apartments, it is hard to escape the sense you could be almost anywhere in the world.

And when you look at who owns the properties in this controversial development, there is another unexpected discovery.

More than a third of the properties in the development were bought by people based overseas, latest figures have revealed.

Registers of Scotland (RoS) data shows 263 of the 751 property titles at the site were registered to an overseas address when purchased.…