The provision of houses for hire has surged throughout each East and West Sussex, making them extra beneficial locations to be tenants.
The variety of accessible properties in these areas have risen by 44.8% and 36.1% in a single 12 months, whereas the Isle of Wight isn’t far behind at 36.1%.
The analysis comes from Dwelly, which famous a broad development of rental inventory bettering all through 2025. There have been 14,644 properties accessible throughout the UK in December, an uplift of 15.3%.
Sam Humphreys, head of M&A at Dwelly, stated: “It’s been an exceptionally turbulent 12 months for landlords, so the idea may be that rental inventory would fall as buyers rethink their place.
“As a substitute, our evaluation reveals fairly the other. There was no knee-jerk withdrawal of houses from the sector and, in reality, renters at this time have extra alternative than they did this time final 12 months.”
This 12 months has been marked by political forwards and backwards over the Renters’ Rights Act, its eventual approval, and the extra 2% tax hit delivered in final week’s Autumn Price range
Simply three counties throughout England have seen a discount in rental property availability in comparison with final 12 months.
These are Shropshire (-3.3%), East Using of Yorkshire (-4.7%) and the Metropolis of London (-28.5%).
