Average rents in England and Wales reach record high

Average residential rents in England and Wales rose above £800 for the first time in July following the fastest monthly increase since records began six years ago. The figures from the latest buy-to-let index from Your Move and Reeds Rains reveal that rents increased by an average of 1.9 per cent across England and Wales to £804 per calendar month in July, up from £789 the previous month and a rise of 6.8 per cent year-on-year. Rental price increases in July were led by London, where rents rose by an average of 12.1 per cent year-on-year, followed by the East of England, up 12 per cent to stand at £838pcm. A breakdown of the figures reveal that all 10 regions saw rents increase on an annual basis last month, with London, Yorkshire and the Humber (£582 on average), and the East (£584) and West Midlands (£583) all seeing record rent peaks. Two regions saw rents decline on a monthly basis, with a 0.1 per cent month-on -month fall in Wales and the East of England. Higher rents are unsurprisingly being fuelled primarily by the widening supply-demand imbalance in the rental market, according to Adrian Gill (left), Director of Reeds Rains…

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