Article Covid crisis feeds surge in property sales and enquiries in Highlands as people rethink their lives in lockdown; 'Some people now feel that working from home is the way ahead' By Val Sweeney | Updated: 14:20, 03 March 2021 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Tulloch Homes new development at The Maples, Ness-side. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a boom in property inquiries and sales in the Highlands as people rethink their lives. Inverness-based Tulloch Homes, the north's biggest housebuilder, sold more homes in the first two months of this year than it did for the same time last year.