The UK’s rental provide disaster is now most acute in cities as extra renters are priced out of cities, Q2 2025 demand knowledge from flatshare website SpareRoom has revealed.
Demand has greater than doubled since 2019 in Oldbury, Aldershot, Paisley, Sutton Coldfield, and Solihull.
Matt Hutchinson, director of flatshare website SpareRoom, stated: “Throughout the nation, rental provide within the flatshare market remains to be rising however that doesn’t do justice to the image in suburbia, which is groaning below the load of demand from renters priced out of metropolis dwelling.
“When renters attain their ceiling of affordability, there isn’t actually a selection, they’ve to maneuver someplace cheaper.
“The fear is that demand in these areas is now so excessive it’s inevitable costs will rise, till common rents are just like these within the metropolis they initially moved out of. After which the place do renters go?”
Suburban city Sale, inside simple attain of Manchester, is seeing the fiercest competitors amongst flatsharers in the entire of the UK, with 8.9 individuals trying to find each room accessible.
The common room hire right here is £637 monthly, in comparison with £689 monthly in Manchester, a saving of £624 a 12 months.
Second in demand is West Midlands market city Oldbury, linked to Birmingham by a 12-minute prepare, however the place rents – at £531 monthly – are £984 per 12 months cheaper than rents in Birmingham (£631pm).
The Merseyside city of Bootle is the most affordable place to hire in the entire of the UK at £456 monthly, and it’s seeing large demand amongst renters with 8.6 individuals looking per room accessible.
These priced out of interior London are driving demand in Twickenham and Aldershot in Surrey the place demand is round eight individuals looking per room accessible.
