The Scottish Conservatives have said councils should have the power to change housing taxes to better suit local areas.
Ahead of a visit to a construction site in Midlothian on Tuesday, Douglas Ross said the party would propose that local authorities can vary LBTT thresholds to take into account higher local prices.
Average home prices vary considerably across Scotland, with prices in parts of Glasgow and Edinburgh far higher than other areas.
The Scottish Conservative Leader also outlined plans to increase homebuilding targets to 25,000 new properties per year.
As part of that proposed higher target, the Scottish Conservatives are also pushing for the doubling of the Rural Housing Fund, to help incentivise construction in remote and rural communities.
The Scottish Conservative local government manifesto, to be published on Thursday, will also include a pledge that Scottish Conservative councillors will support a raising of the national threshold for LBTT from £145,000 to £250,000 to take account of rising house prices.
Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross said: “Every working person across Scotland should have the opportunity to buy their own home.
“For too many people, property ownership has become an unattainable dream. Skyrocketing house prices are making it unaffordable, even for families with good incomes.
“We have to do more to promote housebuilding because the best way to address the increases in house prices is to build more homes. Across Scotland, there is a real need for more affordable and high-quality homes.
“We are setting out proposals to increase housebuilding across Scotland that would make homes more affordable and provide a huge boost to local economies.
“Scottish Conservative councillors will support increasing the rate of housebuilding and encourage home ownership for more working people across Scotland.