Propertymark October tracker published 11 November shows average rents rose in eight of 11 regions, with Wales up 31.1 percent and the North East up 29.8 percent, as Scotland posts the steepest annual rise in salary needed to rent and London holds at 69,660 pounds.
RICS October survey released 12 November shows rental growth expectations at +41 percent, the strongest since early 2024, as tenant demand recovers and landlord instructions fall 30 percent while the sales outlook hits its weakest since July 2023.
SpareRoom’s Q3 2026 rental index shows Stockport room rents up 10.4% to \u00a3717 a month, above Manchester’s \u00a3685, as UK average room rents hit a record \u00a3769 and supply fell 4.7%.
Rushbrook research published on 20 October counts 1,322 investment portfolios listed for sale across England at a combined £1.398 billion, with London alone accounting for £450.9 million ahead of the 28 October Budget.
TwentyEA reports rental stock up 12.1 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, the highest level in seven years, with build-to-rent completions filling the gap left by smaller landlords selling up.
Chartered Institute of Housing says only about one million homes will be built in England by July 2029, leaving a 500,000 shortfall against the 1.5 million target.
Chestertons says one in four London landlords who listed homes for sale after the Renters Rights Act have re-let them, five months after the reforms took effect, as stronger rental growth changes exit maths.
Propertymark’s August Housing Insight Report finds new rental registrations jumped to 121 per member branch as tenant demand outstrips supply, with void periods averaging almost four weeks.
RICS recorded a +23% tenant-demand balance in September as landlord instructions stayed negative and rent expectations eased to +37% for the next three months.
Knight Frank says prime outer London rents rose 3 percent in the year to September as new listings fell 6.4 percent and tenant competition intensified.
Foxtons’ August index records 24 London renters per new instruction, its highest competition reading of 2026, after activity spread across July and August.
Beauchamp Estates found prime central London house rents averaged £4,177 a week in H1 2026, up 67.15 percent on 2025.
Lloyds Living has agreed 182 private rental homes across three East Midlands developments, with family houses making up most of the new stock.
RICS reports landlords expect UK rents to rise about 3% over the next year after its August survey recorded tenant demand up and rental supply down.
Hello Neighbour says viewing requests have more than halved since 2023 as tenant affordability, not migration, now limits how far advertised rents can rise.
