Rent growth: fastest and slowest places in East of England (September 2026)
Great Yarmouth had the strongest annual rent change of East of England’s 45 councils in September 2026, at 7.1%.
East Cambridgeshire had the weakest, at 0.0%. The middle council, Fenland, had 3.7%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 7.1% |
| 2 | Mid Suffolk | 6.9% |
| 3 | North Hertfordshire | 6.4% |
| 4 | East Suffolk | 5.8% |
| 5 | Epping Forest | 5.5% |
| 6 | Thurrock | 5.3% |
| 7 | Southend-on-Sea | 5.1% |
| 8 | Rochford | 5.0% |
| 9 | Peterborough | 4.9% |
| =10 | Basildon | 4.8% |
| =10 | East Hertfordshire | 4.8% |
| 12 | Stevenage | 4.7% |
| =13 | Breckland | 4.6% |
| =13 | Castle Point | 4.6% |
| 15 | Ipswich | 4.5% |
| =16 | Central Bedfordshire | 4.4% |
| =16 | Harlow | 4.4% |
| 18 | West Suffolk | 4.2% |
| 19 | Broadland | 4.1% |
| =20 | Hertsmere | 4.0% |
| =20 | Huntingdonshire | 4.0% |
| =20 | North Norfolk | 4.0% |
| =23 | Fenland | 3.7% |
| =23 | Luton | 3.7% |
| =23 | Tendring | 3.7% |
| 26 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 3.6% |
| 27 | Broxbourne | 3.5% |
| =28 | Babergh | 3.3% |
| =28 | South Norfolk | 3.3% |
| =28 | Welwyn Hatfield | 3.3% |
| 31 | South Cambridgeshire | 3.0% |
| 32 | St Albans | 2.7% |
| =33 | Bedford | 2.5% |
| =33 | Braintree | 2.5% |
| =33 | Dacorum | 2.5% |
| 36 | Brentwood | 2.3% |
| 37 | Maldon | 2.2% |
| 38 | Watford | 2.1% |
| 39 | Three Rivers | 2.0% |
| 40 | Cambridge | 1.9% |
| 41 | Colchester | 1.7% |
| =42 | Chelmsford | 1.6% |
| =42 | Uttlesford | 1.6% |
| 44 | Norwich | 0.8% |
| 45 | East Cambridgeshire | 0.0% |