United Kingdom

Price/Rent Ratio - Rent Years to Buy 120 Sq.M. Property - United Kingdom Compared to Continent

Footnote

Sort: Alphabetically  |  Ascending Rank  |  Descending Rank

Moldova	7 yrs
Slovak Rep.	10 yrs
Ukraine	11 yrs
Hungary	12 yrs
Macedonia	14 yrs
Slovenia	15 yrs
Netherlands	15 yrs
Turkey	15 yrs
Andorra	16 yrs
Estonia	16 yrs
Sweden	17 yrs
Poland	17 yrs
Bulgaria	17 yrs
Portugal	17 yrs
Romania	18 yrs
Czech Rep.	20 yrs
Finland	20 yrs
Latvia	20 yrs
Belgium	20 yrs
Switzerland	21 yrs
Germany	21 yrs
Denmark	22 yrs
Russia	22 yrs
Austria	23 yrs
Cyprus	23 yrs
Luxembourg	23 yrs
Norway	24 yrs
UK	24 yrs
Lithuania	25 yrs
France	25 yrs
Spain	27 yrs
Italy	28 yrs
Liechtenstein	30 yrs
Malta	35 yrs

United Kingdom: Price/rent ratio

This ratio is typically used for measuring undervaluation/overvaluation of real estate prices, calculated by dividing the gross rental yield by 100 – so the higher the yield, the lower the price/rent ratio.

When wereas theise data collected? Click on individual countries to see the data collection date.

The United Kingdom (UK) has among the best housing statistics in the world. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is the source of official house price time-series, with annual, quarterly and monthly data available stretching back for aeons. Nationwide, Hometrack, the Halifax, and many other commercial organizations also publish quality UK house price time-series, annual, quarterly, and monthly.

The rents situation is much less good, the only figures being from the Association of Registered Letting Agents (ARLA).