Office of National Statistics: UK rent rises 2.7%

The latest report from The Office for National Statistics on private housing rental prices has found that over the last 12 months up to September 2015, private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain have risen by 2.7%.

This increase was 2.8% in England, 1.6% in Scotland and 0.5% in Wales across the 12 months period to September 2015 with London witnessing the highest increase in rental prices, growing by 4.1% over the year to September 2015, with all other English regions seeing a rise also.