Professor John Robertson OBA

From Private Sector Rent Statistics, 2010 to 2025, published yesterday:

The changes in average rents across Scotland in the latest year by different property size categories were:

+4.0% or +£28 per month for 1-bedroom properties, reaching £738 per month

+3.1% or +£28 per month for 2-bedroom properties, reaching £921 per month

+1.6% or +£18 per month for 3-bedroom properties, reaching £1,154 per month

-1.5% or -£26 per month for 4-bedroom properties, falling to £1,767 per month

+5.5% or +£29 per month for 1-bedroom shared properties, reaching £560 per month

^{https://www.gov.scot/news/private-sector-rent-statistics-2010-to-2025/}

No overall average is quoted but we have a range of increases between 3.1% and 5.5% for most types, other than the larger 4 bedroomed properties.

In the same year, the UK average was 9.0%, between 2 and 3 times higher.

Not only are the increases much higher in the UK average (England), the starting point in 2024, was already 37.4% higher.

^{https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/privaterentandhousepricesuk/january2025}