Spotlight
Private rent and house prices, UK: February 2026
What's in the bulletin?
- Average UK monthly private rents increased by 3.5%, to £1,367, in the 12 months to January 2026 (provisional estimate); this annual growth rate is down from 4.0% in the 12 months to December 2025.
- Average rents increased to £1,423 (3.5%) in England, £826 (5.8%) in Wales, and £1,021 (2.6%) in Scotland, in the 12 months to January 2026.
- In Northern Ireland, average rents increased to £875 (5.6%), in the 12 months to November 2025.
Indicators of house building, UK: overview
Starts and completions of new build dwellings in the UK, on a quarterly and annual basis, time series data.
How are monthly mortgage repayments changing in Great Britain?
How are average house prices and changing interest rates affecting monthly mortgage repayments across Great Britain?
Datasets related to Housing
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Indicators of house building, UK: permanent dwellings started and completed by country
Starts and completions of new build dwellings in the UK, on a quarterly and annual basis, time series data
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First-time buyer mortgage sales, by local authority, UK
The number of first-time buyer mortgage sales, by UK local authority, collected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Dwelling stock by tenure, UK
The number of dwellings in the UK, and dwelling stock data by tenure for the UK’s constituent countries, where available.
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House price to workplace-based earnings ratio
Affordability ratios calculated by dividing house prices by gross annual workplace-based earnings. Based on the median and lower quartiles of both house prices and earnings in England and Wales.
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Residential property sales for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 6
Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data.
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Median house prices for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 9
Median price paid for residential property in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data.
Publications related to Housing
Statistical bulletins
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Housing affordability in England and Wales: 2024
Data on house prices and annual earnings to calculate affordability ratios for national and subnational geographies in England and Wales on an annual basis.
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Short-term lets through online collaborative economy platforms, UK: July 2024 to June 2025
Number of guest nights, nights, and stays for short-term lets offered via online collaborative economy platforms from July 2024 to June 2025.
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Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: January 2024
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK.
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Private rental affordability, England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2024
Private rent prices by country and English region, expressed as a percentage of gross monthly income of private renting households. Part of our additional measures of housing affordability series.
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UK House Price Index: December 2023
Monthly house price inflation in the UK, calculated using data from HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland.
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Housing, England and Wales: Census 2021
Accommodation type, tenure, rooms and bedrooms, central heating and car or van availability in England and Wales, Census 2021 data.
Articles
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Indicators of house building, UK
Starts and completions of new build dwellings in the UK, on a quarterly and annual basis, time series data.
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How are monthly mortgage repayments changing in Great Britain?
How are average house prices and changing interest rates affecting monthly mortgage repayments across Great Britain?
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Monthly mortgage repayments up 61% for average semi-detached home in the UK
We summarise some key trends from our newly launched mortgage repayments calculator tool
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The cost of living alone
As the number of one-person households continues to rise, analysis reveals the financial situation and personal well-being of those living alone.
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How green is your street?
Have you ever wondered how green your street is compared with your neighbourhood, or your city? The Data Science Campus at Office for National Statistics is experimenting with a new way of analysing how green cities are.
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Homelessness in the UK
A summary of trends in homelessness statistics across the four UK countries and the cross-UK comparability of the data.
Methodology related to Housing
- House building data, UK QMI
- Valuation Office Agency property attribute data: quality assurance of administrative data used in Census 2021
- House price statistics for small areas QMI
- Household Satellite Account (experimental)
- Admin-based statistics for property floor space, feasibility research: England and Wales
- Admin-based accommodation type statistics for England and Wales, feasibility research: 2011
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.