The average inner London room rent reached £1,002 a month, up 2.3% on the previous quarter and 1.1% on a year earlier, just shy of the £1,003 record set in Q4 2023.
Three bulk London property investment deals have been agreed in recent months with a combined value approaching £80m, compared with just one £16m deal in H1 2025.
Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, highlights how tax and legislative pressure on landlords is sustaining a supply squeeze in the prime London lettings market,...
Advertised rents in Greater London rose 9.8% year on year in August 2026, the fourth consecutive monthly rise, with a London lettings agent attributing the acceleration to landlords...