Bristol Short Let Index: August 2026
The first fixed-method reading of forward calendar pressure across the central Bristol market, with a separate professional-rate measure.
next 30 nights unavailable
Across the tracked market
next 90 nights unavailable
Same fixed ten-kilometre area
professional median nightly rate
Professionally priced portfolios, next 30 nights
properties in the reading
Small nightly samples are excluded
Principal findings
What the evidence shows
Near-term calendars were tighter.
The 30-night reading was eight percentage points above the 90-night reading, consistent with a market that continued to fill closer to arrival.
Event pressure was visible.
The highest observed night reached 92% unavailable five days before the Balloon Fiesta Saturday.
Rates and availability use different samples.
The £105 rate is the median across professionally priced portfolios. It is not presented as the price of the whole tracked market.
Figure 1
Forward calendar pressure by horizon
Share of observed listing-nights unavailable at the time of collection. The peak is reported separately from the horizon averages.
Reading note. Unavailable nights may include reservations or operator blocks. The index measures the observed calendar state, not the cause of unavailability.
Method
How this output was produced
- Use a fixed ten-kilometre radius from central Bristol.
- Take the latest qualifying observation for each property and future night.
- Calculate the mean unavailable share across the next 30 and 90 nights.
- Exclude dates with insufficient sample and report professional prices as a separate cohort median.
Interpretation boundary
What this release cannot prove
- Calendar unavailability does not reveal whether a night was reserved or blocked.
- The professional nightly rate is not a whole-market price estimate.
- This is the first published reading, so month-on-month change is not yet available.
Source register
Evidence and citation
Upgraded Intelligence (2026), Bristol Short Let Index: August 2026, UI-IDX-BRI-2026-08.
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