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Evening Standard
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Charlotte Duck

Renting vs buying in London: rents set to rise twice as fast as house prices by 2026

London rents could rise more than twice as fast as house prices between the end of 2022 and the end of 2026, as the capital’s property market is forecast to recover faster than any other region, while the pressures in the rental market show no sign of abating.

London house price growth is expected to outperform all other regions of the UK for the first time since 2015, with five per cent annual growth in Q4 2025 and 11.6 per cent growth over the four years to 2026, according to new research from Hamptons.

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