The data shows that the average private rent in Great Britain was £1279 per calendar month, which is £101 higher than the same time last year.
The English region with the most expensive rent is London, where the average has hit £2114. The most affordable rent, on average, is in the North East, which stands at £676.
London was also the region with the highest annual rental inflation, at 9.7%, unchanged from the month before and below the peak of 11.2% recorded in March 2024. The North West closely followed this, with 9.5%, and the East Midlands, with 9.4%.
The region with the lowest annual rental inflation in July 2024 was the North East, which experienced 6.1% annual rental growth.
