Average rents and gross yields for every English local authority, and plain‑English guides to the Renters’ Rights Act, Making Tax Digital, EPC C and the PRS Database. Sourced to ONS, HM Land Registry and GOV.UK — free, no paywall.
Listings-based tools calculate yields from asking prices — the number a seller wants, not the number the market paid. We use the official record: registered transactions and the national rent index. It’s less flattering and considerably more useful.
See the methodologyYour region sets what your property is worth, what a lender will lend against it, and the price side of every yield on this site. Here is how the regions actually differ — registered transactions, not asking prices.
London: last on growth, first on price.
Every headline figure, dated and attributed, with copy‑paste citations and a full CSV — see the source data.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ONS private rent index for August 2026 puts the UK average monthly rent at £1,400, growing year-on-year across every English region. The fastest-growing English region — the North East — is running at 5.8% annual growth; the slowest — the South East — at 3.0%. At the same time, the Bank Rate stands at 3.75% as of 24 September 2026, and the Bank of England monthly averages for August show a 5-year fix at 4.78% and a 2-year fix at 4.92%, both substantially below the average variable rate of 6.58%. If you are approaching the end of a fix, the gap between fixing and floating is wide enough to make the decision straightforward.
The most pressing near-term obligation is the PRS Database. Registration opens on 15 December 2026 in the West Midlands and rolls one region per month from there. The fee is £65 per property per year; missing your regional window carries a civil penalty of up to £7,000 and removes your right to seek possession on almost any ground until you comply. This edition sets out your regional date, the confirmed EPC C deadline of 1 October 2030, and what Making Tax Digital means depending on your income level.
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