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Rental home availability in England surges by nearly 20%
12:01 AM, 13th October 2025, 6 months ago
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Rental property availability in England has jumped by almost 20% over the past year, offering relief to tenants in a market that has been under pressure.
Data from Adiuvo, a property management firm, shows that the number of homes listed for rent climbed from 95,354 in Q3 2024 to 114,178 in Q3 2025.
That’s a 19.7% rise and some regions saw much bigger rises of more than 50%.
Rented supply improves
The firm’s founder and managing director, Colin Stokes, said: “The increase in available rental stock across England is a welcome sign for renters, pointing to improved accessibility in many areas.
“A more balanced supply can ease competition and stabilise rental prices, which is good news for tenants.”
He added that for properties to remain attractive to tenants, landlords need to be prompt with renter requests.
Regional improvements in supply
The data shows that at county level, East Sussex recorded the largest surge, with rental stock up 69.7%, followed by Tyne and Wear at 59.9% and Cambridgeshire at 57.4%.
Other areas with substantial rises included Dorset (56.5%), the Isle of Wight (53.1%), Bristol (50.2%), West Yorkshire (48.7%), Norfolk (45.9%), West Sussex (43.9%) and Devon (39.7%).
Despite this overall growth, some counties saw fewer properties available.
The City of London saw the sharpest decline at -31.3%, while Gloucestershire falling by 18.2% and Warwickshire by 12.3%.
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Member Since March 2018 - Comments: 182
12:36 PM, 13th October 2025, About 6 months ago
What has caused these massive increases, which contradict previous reports of landlords exiting the BTL business ” in droves”? No explanation given in the article that I can see.
Is it due to massive numbers of build to rent blocks of flats, or of holiday lets changing to normal rentals, or something else?
Member Since March 2022 - Comments: 365
12:49 PM, 13th October 2025, About 6 months ago
Ah, another survey.The truth is all surveys have some sort of bias to them depending on who is carrying out the survey their vested interests, their demographic and how the questions are phrased.
Do the numbers here really represent a surge? What about years before 2024? Obviously, the Government will love this as it “proves” the Rental Reform Bill is encouraging rental availability not reducing it. By the same token, any other surveys that are predicting lower availability and higher rents will be ignored. The only way anybody can be sure how the market will be in years to come is to wait and see what actually happens in years to come.
My own survey amongst landlords indicates that today 25% intend to stick it out, 50% intend to sell up or downsize and 25% want to reduce the number of benefit tenants that they have. Of course, that’s only five people including me, but the results are certainly valid for the sample population.
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3:00 PM, 13th October 2025, About 6 months ago
I suspect only Matthew Pennycook is buying this story.
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10:02 AM, 18th October 2025, About 6 months ago
Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 13/10/2025 – 12:49
Your comments are great, but I’d like to question your maths. How do you get 25% and 50% figures from a sample of five?