Rents outside London overtake the capital

15th January 2016

Nationally, rents increased by 4.9% in 2015 to an average of £739 a month, and surged 8% in London, to £1,596, according to figures by HomeLet. But for the first time in many years, cities outside the capital saw the biggest rent rises. Tenants in Brighton and Bristol suffered the biggest rent rises in Britain during 2015, as landlords raised prices by an average of 18% compared with the year before. David Gibson, a Green party councillor and part of the Brighton Living Rent Campaign, said: “We need to go back to rent controls and security in Britain.”

The Guardian (12/01/2016)