{"id":127218,"date":"2026-10-19T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=127218"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:49:40","slug":"rents-are-climbing-again-across-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/rents-are-climbing-again-across-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rents Are Climbing Again Across Britain, but One Region Stands Out for a Surprising Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to property firm <strong>Hamptons<\/strong>, newly agreed rents increased by 2.7% compared with September last year, when the average stood at \u00a31,396. The figures highlight differences between the costs faced by tenants entering new agreements and those already living in rented properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rental Prices Rise for the Tenth Consecutive Month<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest Hamptons lettings index shows that annual rental growth for newly agreed tenancies accelerated again in September, continuing a <strong>trend <\/strong>that has now lasted ten months. The average monthly rent for a newly let property across Britain reached \u00a31,433, compared with \u00a31,396 in September 2025. This represents the fastest annual growth in nearly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The index uses rental transaction data from Connells Group and measures rents actually agreed between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/uk-government-cut-housing-benefit-landlords\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"103993\">landlords<\/a> and tenants, rather than prices advertised when properties are marketed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/money\/britain-east-north-east-south-east-north-west-b3068891.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Independent<\/a>, the figures also show a distinction between newly agreed rents and increases affecting existing tenants. Where landlords raised rents for tenants already occupying their homes, the average increase remained at 5.6%, unchanged from August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aneisha Beveridge<\/strong>, head of research at Hamptons, said the increases recorded so far this year had primarily affected people moving between rented properties. \u201c<em>So far this year, higher rents have mainly been felt by tenants moving home<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>But if growth continues to pick up, it is likely to feed through to more existing tenants in the coming months as the gap between new and existing rents widens<\/em>.\u201d Her comments distinguish between the current increases affecting new agreements and the potential implications for tenants remaining in their existing homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rightmove 2026Q3 Rental Report<br><br>Average rent outside London is \u00a31,418, up 1.5% qoq (6.1% annualised), yoy is only 2.4% though.<br><br>Average London rent is \u00a32,825, up 1.2% qoq (yoy 4.9% annualised), yoy is 3.2%<br><br>The proportion of homes for sale that were previously for rent, an\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRpdbVa3Rx\">pic.twitter.com\/WRpdbVa3Rx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UK Property Insight (@ukhpinfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ukhpinfo\/status\/2110667788490625116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>London Remains the Most Expensive Region As Southern Rents Accelerate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional figures from Hamptons reveal substantial differences in rental costs and annual growth rates across Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>London remained the most expensive rental market, with newly agreed monthly rents averaging \u00a32,357 in August. Despite having the highest average cost, the capital recorded annual growth of 1.5%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South East and South West recorded their strongest annual rental growth since September 2024, with increases of 4.6% and 4.1%, respectively. Average monthly rents reached \u00a31,544 in the South East and \u00a31,353 in the South West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, Yorkshire and the Humber recorded annual growth of 3.8%, with average monthly rents reaching \u00a3985. The North West registered a 3.6% increase to \u00a31,090, while the West Midlands saw growth of 3.5% to \u00a31,136.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the North East, average monthly rents stood at \u00a3948, representing annual growth of 3.1%. Wales recorded an average of \u00a3888, up 2.5%, while Scotland reached \u00a31,099 following a 1.9% increase. The East of England recorded average monthly rents of \u00a31,294, an annual increase of 1.6%. The East Midlands experienced the smallest annual increase, at just 0.3%, with average monthly rents of \u00a31,017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly agreed rents across Britain have risen at their fastest annual pace in almost two years, with the average monthly cost reaching \u00a31,433 in September. The latest figures show that rental growth has accelerated for ten consecutive months, although the rate of increase varies considerably between regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":127222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127223,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127218\/revisions\/127223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}