London co-living demand is becoming sharply seasonal, with July and August alone accounting for 29% of annual move-ins, according to new 2025 data on London rental market trends.

Seven in 10 London renters say housing costs are damaging their mental health, according to Pocket Living's Generation Rent report.

London’s housing market shows a sharp imbalance between homes for sale and those available to rent, with some boroughs offering far fewer rental options than others.

London room rents have risen 37% in five years, climbing from £721 per month in Q4 2020 to £985 per month in Q4 2025.

An 80% fall in London BtR construction starts left just 613 homes beginning development in 2025.

While total office investment grew 18.8%, transaction volumes fell 6.9%, pointing to a flight to quality over quantity.

New listings rose 6% year on year and 13% month on month in January, giving renters the widest supply pool seen in recent months.

The capital’s private rented sector includes more than 400,000 university students, making student housing cycles a major factor in how the reforms will play out.

Available rental stock fell 4% year-on-year while lettings valuations doubled compared with December.

Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, explores how early-year momentum in London’s lettings market faded as falling supply, regulatory uncertainty and...