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Market rent
Blog posts tagged Market rent. Dated figures, not invented customers. Not legal advice.
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Achieved rents, not asking rents: what wins at the rent tribunalTribunals set the rent from what similar homes actually let for. Asking prices, portal guides and area averages carry little weight. How to gather evidence that holds up — and why the tribunal can still go below today’s rent.
Rent tribunal decisions digest — October 2026191 market-rent decisions dated September 2026, 70 under the new rules. 73% of those were set below the landlord’s figure. What won, what lost, and three cases by district.
Can a tenant challenge a rent increase? The tribunal explainedYes. A tenant can refer a Section 13 increase to the First-tier Tribunal before it starts. What the tribunal can and cannot do, and what the 2026 figures show.
Why determinations cannot set the rent846 decisions across 514 postcode districts, and only 13 with five or more. What tribunal decisions can tell you about a rent — and what they can’t.
Rent tribunal decisions in 2026: what 846 decisions tell agentsWe read every market-rent decision published in 2026. Volumes, outcomes under old and new rules, how long it takes by region, and what moved the result.