Annual rent change: every council in East of England
Great Yarmouth had the strongest annual rent change of East of England’s 45 councils in August 2026, at 7.6%.
Uttlesford had the weakest, at 0.4%. The middle council, Huntingdonshire, had 3.7%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 7.6% |
| 2 | Mid Suffolk | 6.3% |
| 3 | Epping Forest | 5.6% |
| =4 | Basildon | 5.4% |
| =4 | North Hertfordshire | 5.4% |
| 6 | East Suffolk | 5.1% |
| 7 | Rochford | 5.0% |
| =8 | Peterborough | 4.9% |
| =8 | Southend-on-Sea | 4.9% |
| =10 | Castle Point | 4.8% |
| =10 | Thurrock | 4.8% |
| 12 | North Norfolk | 4.5% |
| 13 | Stevenage | 4.4% |
| =14 | Ipswich | 4.3% |
| =14 | West Suffolk | 4.3% |
| =16 | Broadland | 4.1% |
| =16 | Tendring | 4.1% |
| 18 | Harlow | 4.0% |
| 19 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 3.8% |
| =20 | Breckland | 3.7% |
| =20 | Central Bedfordshire | 3.7% |
| =20 | Fenland | 3.7% |
| =20 | Huntingdonshire | 3.7% |
| 24 | Hertsmere | 3.6% |
| =25 | East Hertfordshire | 3.5% |
| =25 | Maldon | 3.5% |
| =25 | Welwyn Hatfield | 3.5% |
| 28 | South Cambridgeshire | 3.4% |
| 29 | Babergh | 3.3% |
| 30 | South Norfolk | 3.1% |
| =31 | Bedford | 3.0% |
| =31 | Broxbourne | 3.0% |
| 33 | St Albans | 2.9% |
| 34 | Luton | 2.7% |
| 35 | Watford | 2.6% |
| 36 | Brentwood | 2.5% |
| 37 | Chelmsford | 2.4% |
| 38 | Three Rivers | 2.2% |
| 39 | Colchester | 2.1% |
| 40 | Braintree | 2.0% |
| 41 | Cambridge | 1.8% |
| 42 | Dacorum | 1.3% |
| 43 | Norwich | 0.6% |
| 44 | East Cambridgeshire | 0.5% |
| 45 | Uttlesford | 0.4% |