Rental comparables
Asking and weekly rents, listing history, let-agreed status, property details and agent context.
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UK rental market data: asking and achieved rents
Test rent assumptions against evidence: asking rents show what is advertised, achieved rents reflect what tenants actually pay.
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What’s covered
Datasets from the REalyse catalogue.
Student, PBSA and HMO rental types
Rental comparables can be classified across open-market, student, PBSA and HMO contexts.
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Market prices, rents, listings, new and removed stock, and time-on-market measures.
See on Property DataHMO licensing
HMO locations, licence references, dates, permitted occupants, bedrooms and licence-holder details.
See on Property DataFlood and local policy context
Flood zones, defences, local housing allowance, London Living Rent and infrastructure levy data.
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Who uses it
Built for investment, development and lending teams.
Example questions
Questions it helps answer.
- What are tenants actually paying compared with advertised rents?
- How long are properties taking to let in this area?
- Which rental comparables best match this property?
- How affordable are local rents relative to incomes?
- Where is HMO licensing concentrated?
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Frequently Asked Questions
Asking rents are the prices at which properties are advertised; achieved rents reflect what tenants actually pay. REalyse provides both, so rent assumptions can be tested against evidence rather than advertised prices alone.
Yes. The data catalogue includes asking and sold prices, asking and weekly rents, listing history and market measures so teams can test assumptions against more than one signal.
Yes. The comparable workflow supports sales and rental research, allowing teams to consider value, rent and local market context together where relevant.
Yes. The REalyse API provides programmatic access to property data for models, underwriting systems and applications. The right dataset and access level depend on the workflow.
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