Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: November 2020
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK. Includes measures of owner occupiers’ housing costs.
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1. Main points
Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.4% in the 12 months to November 2020, unchanged since October 2020.
Private rental prices grew by 1.4% in England, 1.6% in Wales and 0.6% in Scotland in the 12 months to November 2020.
The South West was the English region to see the highest annual growth in private rental prices (2.3%), while the South East saw the lowest (0.9%).
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