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Elmbridge

Average monthly rent

Sept 2026

Bristol, City ofÂŁ1,893
ElmbridgeÂŁ1,885

Average sale price

Aug 2026

Bristol, City ofÂŁ353,596
ElmbridgeÂŁ735,548

The average rents are 0.4% apart. Elmbridge has 2.08 times the average sale price.

Rents and sale prices cover different mixes of homes and different evidence months. This comparison does not measure the return on an individual property.

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104 of 316 comparable local authorities have rising annual rents and falling annual sale prices.

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Annual rent and sale price changes across local authoritiesEach point is a local authority. Points to the left of zero have falling sale prices. Points above zero have rising rents.Annual rent changeAnnual sale price change-15.4%15.4%15.6%-15.6%0%Tower Hamlets: rents 3.8%, sale prices -13.3%Kensington and Chelsea: rents 3.0%, sale prices -13.8%Islington: rents 6.6%, sale prices -8.6%Tewkesbury: rents 14.4%, sale prices 0.2%Westminster: rents -0.4%, sale prices -14.3%Redditch: rents 11.3%, sale prices -1.7%Camden: rents 1.4%, sale prices -10.6%Folkestone and Hythe: rents 10.0%, sale prices -0.7%Derbyshire Dales: rents 10.1%, sale prices -0.4%Hammersmith and Fulham: rents 4.9%, sale prices -5.1%Lambeth: rents 3.4%, sale prices -6.5%Dover: rents 10.2%, sale prices 0.4%Knowsley: rents 11.0%, sale prices 1.6%Southwark: rents 7.3%, sale prices -2.1%Wandsworth: rents 4.1%, sale prices -5.3%Bath and North East Somerset: rents 7.5%, sale prices -1.8%Halton: rents 6.9%, sale prices -2.3%Oldham: rents 13.3%, sale prices 4.6%Great Yarmouth: rents 7.1%, sale prices -1.6%Spelthorne: rents 7.1%, sale prices -1.6%Castle Point: rents 4.6%, sale prices -4.0%Cotswold: rents 6.3%, sale prices -2.3%Cannock Chase: rents 7.2%, sale prices -1.3%North Norfolk: rents 4.0%, sale prices -4.4%Greenwich: rents 6.0%, sale prices -2.2%Dartford: rents 3.2%, sale prices -4.9%East Lindsey: rents 7.2%, sale prices -0.9%East Suffolk: rents 5.8%, sale prices -2.3%West Lindsey: rents 9.2%, sale prices 1.2%Wolverhampton: rents 10.7%, sale prices 2.7%Isle of Wight: rents 6.8%, sale prices -1.1%Newham: rents 3.0%, sale prices -4.7%Mansfield: rents 5.5%, sale prices -2.0%Rugby: rents 5.2%, sale prices -2.2%Kirklees: rents 12.5%, sale prices 5.1%Barnet: rents 2.9%, sale prices -4.4%Sandwell: rents 7.3%, sale prices 0.0%Powys: rents 8.6%, sale prices 1.4%Pembrokeshire: rents 4.6%, sale prices -2.5%Torbay: rents 3.7%, sale prices -3.1%Tandridge: rents 5.7%, sale prices -1.1%Stevenage: rents 4.7%, sale prices -2.1%Walsall: rents 9.4%, sale prices 2.6%Thurrock: rents 5.3%, sale prices -1.4%West Berkshire: rents 6.2%, sale prices -0.4%Sevenoaks: rents 6.9%, sale prices 0.4%North West Leicestershire: rents 8.2%, sale prices 1.7%Isle of Anglesey: rents 5.9%, sale prices -0.4%Peterborough: rents 4.9%, sale prices -1.3%Chichester: rents 3.5%, sale prices -2.7%Canterbury: rents 5.8%, sale prices -0.3%York: rents 6.7%, sale prices 0.7%West Oxfordshire: rents 3.6%, sale prices -2.3%Buckinghamshire: rents 5.8%, sale prices 0.0%Epping Forest: rents 5.5%, sale prices -0.3%Shropshire: rents 4.8%, sale prices -0.9%Rochdale: rents 8.8%, sale prices 3.3%Hackney: rents 3.9%, sale prices -1.6%West Devon: rents 3.9%, sale prices -1.5%Wyre: rents 7.2%, sale prices 1.8%Merton: rents 5.5%, sale prices 0.1%Richmond upon Thames: rents 5.4%, sale prices 0.0%Flintshire: rents 7.9%, sale prices 2.5%Ceredigion: rents 3.7%, sale prices -1.7%Test Valley: rents 4.6%, sale prices -0.8%Wychavon: rents 4.9%, sale prices -0.4%Stoke-on-Trent: rents 5.1%, sale prices -0.2%Oxford: rents 2.4%, sale prices -2.9%Horsham: rents 4.8%, sale prices -0.5%Harrow: rents 2.8%, sale prices -2.5%Barnsley: rents 7.2%, sale prices 2.0%Brent: rents 4.9%, sale prices -0.3%Cheltenham: rents 6.1%, sale prices 0.9%Guildford: rents 5.7%, sale prices 0.6%Telford and Wrekin: rents 6.3%, sale prices 1.2%Southend-on-Sea: rents 5.1%, sale prices 0.0%Tunbridge Wells: rents 5.0%, sale prices -0.1%Mid Sussex: rents 4.3%, sale prices -0.8%Hounslow: rents 3.6%, sale prices -1.5%Torfaen: rents 2.3%, sale prices -2.8%East Staffordshire: rents 7.0%, sale prices 2.0%Bridgend: rents 7.8%, sale prices 2.8%Tendring: rents 3.7%, sale prices -1.2%Arun: rents 3.7%, sale prices -1.2%South Tyneside: rents 7.4%, sale prices 2.5%Croydon: rents 3.4%, sale prices -1.5%Redbridge: rents 2.1%, sale prices -2.8%Breckland: rents 4.6%, sale prices -0.3%Bolton: rents 9.7%, sale prices 4.8%Rutland: rents 2.1%, sale prices -2.7%Bristol, City of: rents 5.7%, sale prices 0.9%Thanet: rents 4.0%, sale prices -0.8%Salford: rents 3.1%, sale prices -1.7%Winchester: rents 4.8%, sale prices 0.1%Gravesham: rents 5.0%, sale prices 0.3%Stratford-on-Avon: rents 6.0%, sale prices 1.3%West Suffolk: rents 4.2%, sale prices -0.5%Bracknell Forest: rents 2.4%, sale prices -2.3%Dorset: rents 4.2%, sale prices -0.4%North Northamptonshire: rents 4.7%, sale prices 0.1%Enfield: rents 5.4%, sale prices 0.8%Gloucester: rents 6.8%, sale prices 2.2%Redcar and Cleveland: rents 1.5%, sale prices -3.0%East Devon: rents 6.6%, sale prices 2.1%Rochford: rents 5.0%, sale prices 0.5%Fylde: rents 5.4%, sale prices 0.9%Worcester: rents 6.1%, sale prices 1.6%Worthing: rents -0.6%, sale prices -5.0%Basildon: rents 4.8%, sale prices 0.4%Havant: rents 4.1%, sale prices -0.3%Charnwood: rents 4.8%, sale prices 0.4%Darlington: rents 6.2%, sale prices 1.9%Central Bedfordshire: rents 4.4%, sale prices 0.1%Boston: rents 3.2%, sale prices -1.1%Wiltshire: rents 5.8%, sale prices 1.5%Stroud: rents 6.5%, sale prices 2.2%Rushmoor: rents 4.3%, sale prices 0.0%Neath Port Talbot: rents 6.3%, sale prices 2.0%Hastings: rents 1.7%, sale prices -2.5%Swansea: rents 6.0%, sale prices 1.8%East Riding of Yorkshire: rents 4.6%, sale prices 0.4%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: rents 2.2%, sale prices -1.9%Cambridge: rents 1.9%, sale prices -2.2%Teignbridge: rents 3.6%, sale prices -0.5%Maidstone: rents 3.0%, sale prices -1.1%North Kesteven: rents 5.5%, sale prices 1.4%Blackburn with Darwen: rents 3.8%, sale prices -0.2%Chelmsford: rents 1.6%, sale prices -2.4%Ashford: rents 3.2%, sale prices -0.8%South Staffordshire: rents 6.3%, sale prices 2.3%South Gloucestershire: rents 4.9%, sale prices 1.0%North Devon: rents -0.3%, sale prices -4.2%Lewes: rents 5.4%, sale prices 1.5%Lichfield: rents 6.6%, sale prices 2.7%Blaenau Gwent: rents 5.9%, sale prices 2.1%Cornwall: rents 0.9%, sale prices -2.9%Rushcliffe: rents 2.8%, sale prices -1.0%Carmarthenshire: rents 6.5%, sale prices 2.7%East Hampshire: rents 2.0%, sale prices -1.7%Tonbridge and Malling: rents 3.6%, sale prices -0.1%Oadby and Wigston: rents 2.2%, sale prices -1.5%Bromley: rents 3.2%, sale prices -0.5%Lewisham: rents 2.1%, sale prices -1.6%Ribble Valley: rents 5.3%, sale prices 1.6%Tameside: rents 5.1%, sale prices 1.4%Wigan: rents 6.4%, sale prices 2.8%Luton: rents 3.7%, sale prices 0.1%Lincoln: rents 3.9%, sale prices 0.3%Nottingham: rents 1.7%, sale prices -1.8%Milton Keynes: rents 4.0%, sale prices 0.5%Somerset: rents 6.3%, sale prices 2.8%South Norfolk: rents 3.3%, sale prices -0.2%Sheffield: rents 4.1%, sale prices 0.6%Wealden: rents 1.8%, sale prices -1.6%Hillingdon: rents 3.4%, sale prices 0.0%North East Lincolnshire: rents 7.6%, sale prices 4.2%North Hertfordshire: rents 6.4%, sale prices 3.1%Adur: rents 3.3%, sale prices 0.0%Wokingham: rents 0.7%, sale prices -2.5%Cumberland: rents 7.2%, sale prices 4.1%West Northamptonshire: rents 3.3%, sale prices 0.2%Colchester: rents 1.7%, sale prices -1.4%Solihull: rents 3.3%, sale prices 0.2%Wakefield: rents 5.9%, sale prices 2.9%Cheshire West and Chester: rents 6.7%, sale prices 3.7%Rother: rents 1.1%, sale prices -1.9%Chorley: rents 7.2%, sale prices 4.2%South Oxfordshire: rents 5.2%, sale prices 2.2%Stafford: rents 6.5%, sale prices 3.5%Sefton: rents 5.0%, sale prices 2.0%Gwynedd: rents 7.1%, sale prices 4.1%Newport: rents 2.9%, sale prices -0.1%Southampton: rents 3.7%, sale prices 0.8%South Derbyshire: rents 4.9%, sale prices 2.0%Reigate and Banstead: rents 3.2%, sale prices 0.3%Huntingdonshire: rents 4.0%, sale prices 1.1%South Ribble: rents 5.5%, sale prices 2.6%Hinckley and Bosworth: rents 2.8%, sale prices -0.1%East Hertfordshire: rents 4.8%, sale prices 1.9%North Lincolnshire: rents 5.8%, sale prices 3.0%Portsmouth: rents 2.9%, sale prices 0.1%South Cambridgeshire: rents 3.0%, sale prices 0.2%Norwich: rents 0.8%, sale prices -2.0%Ashfield: rents 5.1%, sale prices 2.3%Malvern Hills: rents 7.1%, sale prices 4.3%Cheshire East: rents 7.2%, sale prices 4.5%South Holland: rents 4.5%, sale prices 1.8%Rotherham: rents 3.4%, sale prices 0.7%North Tyneside: rents 6.4%, sale prices 3.7%Haringey: rents 1.3%, sale prices -1.4%Caerphilly: rents 7.1%, sale prices 4.4%Melton: rents 6.7%, sale prices 4.1%Eastbourne: rents 1.9%, sale prices -0.7%Welwyn Hatfield: rents 3.3%, sale prices 0.7%Warrington: rents 5.3%, sale prices 2.8%Northumberland: rents 7.0%, sale prices 4.5%Amber Valley: rents 5.2%, sale prices 2.7%Hart: rents 3.2%, sale prices 0.7%Hertsmere: rents 4.0%, sale prices 1.5%Watford: rents 2.1%, sale prices -0.4%Staffordshire Moorlands: rents 7.6%, sale prices 5.1%Manchester: rents 4.6%, sale prices 2.1%Leicester: rents 0.9%, sale prices -1.5%Dacorum: rents 2.5%, sale prices 0.1%Broxtowe: rents -1.6%, sale prices -4.0%Babergh: rents 3.3%, sale prices 0.9%Mole Valley: rents 3.8%, sale prices 1.4%Swindon: rents 5.0%, sale prices 2.8%South Hams: rents 3.0%, sale prices 0.8%New Forest: rents 2.0%, sale prices -0.2%Nuneaton and Bedworth: rents 2.0%, sale prices -0.2%Gosport: rents 3.8%, sale prices 1.6%Newcastle upon Tyne: rents 7.9%, sale prices 5.8%Preston: rents 5.7%, sale prices 3.6%Ipswich: rents 4.5%, sale prices 2.4%Runnymede: rents 0.9%, sale prices -1.2%Leeds: rents 4.5%, sale prices 2.4%Newark and Sherwood: rents 5.3%, sale prices 3.2%Derby: rents 4.7%, sale prices 2.7%Lancaster: rents 6.6%, sale prices 4.6%Elmbridge: rents 2.7%, sale prices 0.7%Brentwood: rents 2.3%, sale prices 0.3%Ealing: rents 3.8%, sale prices 1.8%Slough: rents 2.3%, sale prices 0.4%St. Helens: rents 6.9%, sale prices 5.1%Torridge: rents 2.1%, sale prices 0.3%Newcastle-under-Lyme: rents 7.0%, sale prices 5.2%North Warwickshire: rents 4.3%, sale prices 2.5%Birmingham: rents 3.3%, sale prices 1.5%Reading: rents 1.3%, sale prices -0.4%Woking: rents -1.0%, sale prices -2.7%Crawley: rents 3.2%, sale prices 1.5%Waltham Forest: rents 2.4%, sale prices 0.7%Mid Suffolk: rents 6.9%, sale prices 5.3%Erewash: rents 3.0%, sale prices 1.4%Blackpool: rents 7.1%, sale prices 5.5%Blaby: rents 4.9%, sale prices 3.4%Stockport: rents 5.4%, sale prices 3.9%Uttlesford: rents 1.6%, sale prices 0.1%Gedling: rents 3.6%, sale prices 2.1%Doncaster: rents 5.2%, sale prices 3.8%Bromsgrove: rents 2.6%, sale prices 1.2%Bedford: rents 2.5%, sale prices 1.1%Waverley: rents -0.6%, sale prices -2.0%Sutton: rents 2.9%, sale prices 1.5%Brighton and Hove: rents -0.8%, sale prices -2.1%Mid Devon: rents 1.5%, sale prices 0.2%Broadland: rents 4.1%, sale prices 2.8%Gateshead: rents 5.7%, sale prices 4.4%Plymouth: rents 4.4%, sale prices 3.2%Broxbourne: rents 3.5%, sale prices 2.3%Monmouthshire: rents 2.1%, sale prices 0.9%County Durham: rents 6.1%, sale prices 4.9%Westmorland and Furness: rents 6.2%, sale prices 5.1%Medway: rents 1.6%, sale prices 0.5%Bolsover: rents 2.6%, sale prices 1.5%Three Rivers: rents 2.0%, sale prices 0.9%Cardiff: rents 3.2%, sale prices 2.1%Herefordshire, County of: rents 2.9%, sale prices 1.9%High Peak: rents 7.4%, sale prices 6.4%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: rents 3.6%, sale prices 2.6%Denbighshire: rents 6.2%, sale prices 5.2%Kingston upon Hull, City of: rents 7.5%, sale prices 6.6%Wirral: rents 6.7%, sale prices 5.8%Maldon: rents 2.2%, sale prices 1.3%Windsor and Maidenhead: rents 0.7%, sale prices -0.2%Exeter: rents 0.2%, sale prices -0.7%Braintree: rents 2.5%, sale prices 1.6%Epsom and Ewell: rents 4.1%, sale prices 3.2%Fenland: rents 3.7%, sale prices 2.9%Eastleigh: rents 3.7%, sale prices 2.9%Bassetlaw: rents 3.5%, sale prices 2.7%Liverpool: rents 5.4%, sale prices 4.7%Fareham: rents 1.2%, sale prices 0.5%Cherwell: rents 3.2%, sale prices 2.6%North Yorkshire: rents 2.3%, sale prices 1.7%Swale: rents 1.1%, sale prices 0.6%Tamworth: rents 0.4%, sale prices -0.1%Surrey Heath: rents 2.0%, sale prices 1.5%Warwick: rents 2.0%, sale prices 1.5%Chesterfield: rents 3.4%, sale prices 3.0%Stockton-on-Tees: rents 3.4%, sale prices 3.1%Vale of White Horse: rents 4.8%, sale prices 4.6%Harlow: rents 4.4%, sale prices 4.3%Middlesbrough: rents 3.8%, sale prices 3.7%Bexley: rents 1.7%, sale prices 1.9%Havering: rents 0.9%, sale prices 1.1%Dudley: rents 3.1%, sale prices 3.4%Conwy: rents 2.7%, sale prices 3.0%Harborough: rents 4.6%, sale prices 5.0%North Somerset: rents 3.1%, sale prices 3.6%St Albans: rents 2.7%, sale prices 3.2%Sunderland: rents 4.1%, sale prices 4.6%Bradford: rents 1.6%, sale prices 2.1%West Lancashire: rents 5.0%, sale prices 5.6%Wrexham: rents 3.0%, sale prices 3.8%Merthyr Tydfil: rents -1.9%, sale prices -1.0%Basingstoke and Deane: rents 1.1%, sale prices 2.2%Rossendale: rents 3.7%, sale prices 4.9%South Kesteven: rents 2.5%, sale prices 4.0%Wyre Forest: rents -1.2%, sale prices 0.3%Coventry: rents 2.3%, sale prices 3.8%Vale of Glamorgan: rents 1.7%, sale prices 3.2%North East Derbyshire: rents 3.6%, sale prices 5.3%East Cambridgeshire: rents 0.0%, sale prices 2.0%Forest of Dean: rents -0.9%, sale prices 1.1%Bury: rents 0.7%, sale prices 2.8%Barking and Dagenham: rents 2.5%, sale prices 4.7%Pendle: rents 6.4%, sale prices 9.0%Burnley: rents 3.0%, sale prices 6.0%Hartlepool: rents 1.3%, sale prices 4.7%Trafford: rents 3.0%, sale prices 6.4%Hyndburn: rents 3.7%, sale prices 7.6%Rhondda Cynon Taf: rents 0.6%, sale prices 4.9%Calderdale: rents 3.2%, sale prices 7.8%Kingston upon Thames: rents -0.4%, sale prices 4.9%

Annual rent change to Sept 2026. Annual sale price change to Aug 2026.

These annual rates end in different months. Their gap describes the published rates and does not establish why rents or prices changed.

Sources: ONS private rents and UK House Price Index. Read the method.