Public data release

The rental market,
observed now.

A source-neutral aggregate of current rental-market coverage and repeated observations, published with the units separated and the incomplete edges left visible.

Release
UI-OBS-UK-2026-10-22
Published
22 October 2026
Geography
United Kingdom

Release summary

Four totals.
Four different units.

Scale is useful only when the count says what it measures. Records, representations, dated states and grid cells are not interchangeable.

01865,127

discovered property records

The wider evidence estate. Unresolved duplicates remain separate.

0250,189,414

dated market states

Repeated price and availability observations retained over time.

03843,598

current records on the map

From 843,949 geolocated current representations.

0499.45%

grid pass completed

3,826 of 3,847 national cells.

National observation grid

Density without false precision.

Search an area or select a square to inspect the current aggregate. The cells are a collection frame, not property or neighbourhood boundaries.

UK rental observation release
UI-OBS-UK-2026-10-223,847 mapped cells
FewerMore observed records
UK rental market observation mapA source-neutral grid view of aggregate current rental-market records. Use the search field to inspect an area.

Loading the evidence layer

Observed density · grid cells are not property boundaries

Release quality

The checks travel with the number.

Completion, location and identity are measured independently. A strong result on one does not erase a limitation in another.

01

Grid completion

3,826 complete · 21 capped

99.45%
02

Geolocation

843,949 of 844,348 current representations

99.95%
03

Map allocation

843,598 current records placed on the public grid

99.96%
04

Identity threshold

356 confirmed cross-source links · 610 exact property links

Conservative

Release comparison

What changed since 12 October 2026.

The fixed grid lets one release be compared with the next. These are changes in observed records, not verified changes in housing stock.

National current map+217,481

+34.7% mapped current records

Dated market states+8,438,398

+20.2% retained observations

Observed grid cells+8

2,819 cells with current evidence

Cells that changed53.7%

2,067 of 3,847 fixed cells

12 October 2026 to 22 October 2026 · 10 day interval · UI-CMP-2026-10-12-2026-10-22

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Interpretation boundary

What this release cannot prove.

  1. 01

    The map counts active representations, including separate representations of the same property. It does not count unique homes.

  2. 02

    Discovered records and current representations are not counts of unique homes.

  3. 03

    One property can remain represented more than once until identity evidence clears the publication threshold.

  4. 04

    A completed grid cell describes the collection pass, not proof of complete market inventory.

  5. 05

    A capped grid cell reached the returned result ceiling and can understate local density.