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Area Signals · July 2026

What the July 2026 figures say about 317 areas

From the official House Price Index and ONS private rents, for every local authority in England and Wales.

The big picture

Prices, typical area+1.7%on a year before
Rents+4.8%on a year before
Gross yield4.4%typical area

Highest gross yields

  1. 1Newcastle upon Tyne North East 6.9%
  2. 2Portsmouth South East 6.5%
  3. 3Manchester North West 6.4%
  4. 4Bristol, City of South West 6.4%
  5. 5Southampton South East 6.3%
The full ranking

Fastest price growth over the last year

  1. 1Hyndburn North West +7.3%
  2. 2North East Derbyshire East Midlands +6.9%
  3. 3Burnley North West +6.7%
  4. 4St. Helens North West +6.3%
  5. 5Halton North West +6.2%
The full ranking

Prices rising fastest right now

  1. 1Preston North West +10.5%
  2. 2North East Derbyshire East Midlands +10.4%
  3. 3Hyndburn North West +9.7%
  4. 4St. Helens North West +9.4%
  5. 5Northumberland North East +9.0%

Uses the last three months, so it changes faster than the other lists.

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About these figures

Updated with July 2026 data on 10 October 2026. Prices come from the UK House Price Index, rents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. The newest months are provisional and can be revised. Figures are for information only and are not financial advice.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Postcodes are matched to areas with the ONS postcode lookup. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.