London Short Let Index: August 2026
A fixed-radius reading of near-term calendar pressure in central London, with sample sizes and the professional price cohort kept explicit.
next 30 nights unavailable
Fixed ten-kilometre central-London area
next 90 nights unavailable
Eleven points below the near-term window
professional median nightly rate
Ten professionally priced homes
homes in the reading
After duplicate collapse
Principal findings
What the evidence shows
The reading shows a short booking horizon.
Near-term unavailability was eleven percentage points above the 90-night window, while the fullest night was the observation date itself.
The sample is disclosed because it matters.
Seventeen deduplicated homes feed each night of the reading. Ten have qualifying professional price evidence.
Comparison needs more releases.
The method matches the recurring index framework, but one reading cannot establish a trend or seasonal norm.
Figure 1
Forward calendar pressure by horizon
Observed unavailable share for the fixed sample area and date.
Reading note. The small sample makes this an early market signal. It should not be treated as a census of London supply.
Method
How this output was produced
- Use a fixed ten-kilometre radius from central London.
- Collapse duplicate listings before calculating the nightly sample.
- Require at least ten sampled homes on any included night.
- Keep the professional price cohort separate from the whole-market availability measure.
Interpretation boundary
What this release cannot prove
- Seventeen homes are not representative of every London submarket.
- Calendar unavailability does not reveal its cause.
- The first release provides no historical comparison within the series.
Source register
Evidence and citation
Upgraded Intelligence (2026), London Short Let Index: August 2026, UI-IDX-LDN-2026-08.
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