Scotland's property market enjoyed a boost in April, bucking the trend across the rest of the UK, surveyors said.

Both the supply and demand for homes increased over the month, meaning house prices and property sales will likely rise over the next three months.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the supply of Scottish residential properties coming on to the market increased for the first time in three months during April.

More than a third of surveyors are now predicting an increase in Scottish property sales over the next three months.

The Rics UK residential market survey also found a quarter of surveyors expect Scottish house prices to rise over the next three months.

In the rest of the UK, Rics found demand for homes fell back for the first time in over a year in April due to a stamp duty hike and uncertainty over the looming European Union referendum.

It now wants to the new Scottish Government to deliver on its commitment to building more homes to meet demand.

In their 2016 manifesto, the SNP pledged to invest over £3bn to finance the building of 50,000 new affordable houses, 35,000 of which will be for social rent.

Sarah Speirs, director of Rics in Scotland, said: "We are seeing a welcome increase in properties coming on to the market and we hope this will continue in coming months.

"However, as demand also continues to grow, this supply will not meet market needs and we call on the newly elected Scottish Government to make the increase of housing supply across all tenures a priority."