New findings from HomeLet show that rents across the UK are 10.2 per cent higher than a year ago.
The average rent on a tenancy signed during the first quarter of 2015 was £902 compared to £819 for tenancies signed during the first quarter of 2014. Rents are higher in every region of the UK except Wales compared to a year ago.
Excluding Greater London from the findings, average rents across the rest of the UK are 6.7 per cent higher than a year ago, which is the highest rate of annual growth recorded by the HomeLet Rental Index since its inception in 2008.
The index shows the strongest growth took place in the South West of England, with rents 13.7 per cent higher in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014. Outside of Greater London and the South East, the South West of England has the highest rents in the UK, with the average rent now standing at £851 per month.
The HomeLet figures for the first three months of 2015 have seen steady growth in rent prices with 10 out of 12 UK regions showing price rises compared to the previous month. Figures for the three months to March 2015 show an average UK rent growth of 1.5 per cent when compared to the three months to February 2015.
The figures also show that the annual growth of rent prices in the Greater London rental market and the rest of the UK are continuing to converge.
While rents on new tenancies spiked up sharply during 2014, the pace of growth has been more modest during the first three months of the year. By contrast, rents beyond the capital have been rising more quickly.
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I think that until the end of the year, the rents in Greater London, will rise to levels up to 10%.
10% for one year That's a serious rise! Now's the best time to invest in property and rent it.