Dataloft Briefing notes | Addressing topical issues in UK rental markets

In our latest Briefing note on the rental market, we analysed the age, income and affordability of renters across the UK, comparing houses to flats. 

People renting houses tend to be older and have higher earnings than those renting flats and their affordability is no more stretched. These facts alone have important implications for investors and the fast-growing interest in Single Family Housing.

With Dataloft Rental Market Analytics, we can quantify market size and potential rental values for any local market across the UK based on renter demographics. If you’d like to discuss our approach to assessing ‘rental potential’, please get in touch. 

As with all our rental analysis, it draws on our DRMA dataset of rents achieved and renter demographics. If you would like to see an example of a report or talk to us about underwriting future rental values, please set up a call. 

A pdf of this report is available to download here >

Briefing notes in this series

Issue 12: Rental affordability – a spotlight on lower income households
Issue 11: Ranking cities on their rental potential from Aberdeen to Worthing.
Issue 10: Rental potential – using affordability to assess headroom for rents.
Issue 9: Eco-Step Scores – measuring biodiversity in urban areas.
Issue 8: Community – how important is community to renters?
Issue 7: Moving renters – how long to renters stay in their homes?
Issue 6: Single family housing – exploring the opportunity in UK rental markets.
Issue 5: Vulnerable employment sectors – which residential rental markets are most exposed to an increase in unemployment.
Issue 4: Open market rental values – what happened to values in London at the height of lockdown?
Issue 3: Short term loss of overseas students – how vulnerable are UK rental markets?
Issue 2: Short term fall in earnings – how vulnerable are UK rental markets?
Issue 1: Short term loss of rental income – how vulnerable are UK cities?