London rent report: October 2026

Month in progress · figures to 25 October 2026

Asking rents of whole homes listed on nHabit across London from 1 October 2026 to 25 October 2026, sampled on 3 nights, with where renters searched and what they asked for.

London rents

• Studio

  £1,750 a month

  857 homes on a typical night · Not comparable with the month before yet

• 1 bedroom

  £2,145 a month

  2,693 homes on a typical night · Not comparable with the month before yet

• 2 bedrooms

  £2,798 a month

  4,022 homes on a typical night · Not comparable with the month before yet

• 3 bedrooms

  £3,900 a month

  2,124 homes on a typical night · Not comparable with the month before yet

• 4+ bedrooms

  £6,478 a month

  1,407 homes on a typical night · Not comparable with the month before yet

The median of each night's median. A change is shown only between two whole months each sampled on 20 or more nights.

Where renters searched most

1. 1Whitechapel / Spitalfields (E1)
2. 2Islington / Hoxton / Angel (N1)
3. 3Shoreditch (south) (EC2A)
4. 4Borough / Bermondsey north / Waterloo (SE1)
5. 5Old Street north (EC1V)
6. 6Camden Town / Regent's Park (NW1)
7. 7Fitzrovia (W1T)
8. 8Whitehall / Buckingham Palace (SW1A)
9. 9Soho (W1D)
10. 10Fitzrovia west (W1W)

Ranked by the number of different renters whose saved search covered the district this month.

What renters asked for

• Bills included25%
• A studio20%
• Furnished19%
• A house8%
• Pets allowed8%
• Outdoor space7%

The share of renters who saved a London search this month and set each filter.

District by district

• Bromley BR1

  1 bedroom £1,400 · 2 bedrooms £1,825 · Lower demand

• Croydon central CR0

  1 bedroom £1,400 · 2 bedrooms £1,750 · Lower demand

• South Croydon CR2

  2 bedrooms £1,550 · Average demand

• Whitechapel / Spitalfields E1

  1 bedroom £2,250 · 2 bedrooms £3,000 · Lower demand

• Leyton E10

  2 bedrooms £1,700 · Average demand

• Leytonstone E11

  1 bedroom £1,450 · 2 bedrooms £1,750 · Average demand

• Plaistow E13

  1 bedroom £1,550 · 2 bedrooms £2,100 · Average demand

• Canary Wharf / Isle of Dogs E14

  1 bedroom £2,300 · 2 bedrooms £2,874 · Lower demand

• Stratford E15

  1 bedroom £1,800 · 2 bedrooms £2,250 · Average demand

• Custom House / Royal Docks E16

  1 bedroom £1,777 · 2 bedrooms £2,200 · Lower demand

• Walthamstow E17

  1 bedroom £2,540 · 2 bedrooms £2,300 · Lower demand

• Wapping E1W

  1 bedroom £2,058 · 2 bedrooms £3,000 · High demand

• Bethnal Green / Cambridge Heath E2

  1 bedroom £2,250 · 2 bedrooms £2,750 · Average demand

• Olympic Park / East Village E20

  1 bedroom £2,645 · 2 bedrooms £3,210 · Average demand

• Bow E3

  1 bedroom £1,900 · 2 bedrooms £2,500 · Average demand

• East Ham / Beckton E6

  Average demand

• Hackney Central / London Fields / Dalston E8

  1 bedroom £2,250 · 2 bedrooms £2,925 · High demand

• Homerton / Hackney Wick E9

  1 bedroom £2,150 · 2 bedrooms £2,450 · High demand

• Old Street north EC1V

  1 bedroom £2,675 · 2 bedrooms £3,408 · High demand

• Wembley Central HA0

  1 bedroom £1,600 · 2 bedrooms £2,100 · Lower demand

• Wembley Park HA9

  1 bedroom £2,336 · 2 bedrooms £2,500 · Lower demand

• Ilford IG1

  1 bedroom £1,387 · 2 bedrooms £1,700 · Average demand

• Kingston upon Thames KT1

  Lower demand

• Islington / Hoxton / Angel N1

  1 bedroom £2,500 · 2 bedrooms £3,250 · Lower demand

• North Finchley / Woodside Park N12

  1 bedroom £1,750 · 2 bedrooms £1,975 · Lower demand

• Palmers Green N13

  2 bedrooms £1,800 · Average demand

• Southgate N14

  2 bedrooms £1,850 · Average demand

• Seven Sisters / South Tottenham N15

  High demand

• Stoke Newington / Stamford Hill N16

  1 bedroom £1,888 · 2 bedrooms £2,575 · Average demand

• Tottenham N17

  1 bedroom £2,480 · 2 bedrooms £2,895 · Lower demand

• Archway / Tufnell Park north N19

  1 bedroom £1,850 · High demand

• East Finchley / Fortis Green N2

  Average demand

• Wood Green / Alexandra Palace N22

  1 bedroom £1,725 · 2 bedrooms £1,900 · Average demand

• Finchley Central N3

  2 bedrooms £1,995 · Lower demand

• Finsbury Park / Stroud Green N4

  1 bedroom £2,000 · 2 bedrooms £2,562 · Average demand

• Highgate N6

  2 bedrooms £2,650 · Average demand

• Holloway / Tufnell Park N7

  1 bedroom £2,175 · 2 bedrooms £2,400 · Average demand

• Crouch End / Hornsey N8

  1 bedroom £2,012 · 2 bedrooms £2,640 · Lower demand

• Camden Town / Regent's Park NW1

  1 bedroom £2,350 · 2 bedrooms £3,250 · Lower demand

• Willesden / Harlesden NW10

  1 bedroom £1,650 · 2 bedrooms £2,300 · Lower demand

• Golders Green NW11

  2 bedrooms £2,450 · Lower demand

• Cricklewood NW2

  1 bedroom £1,750 · 2 bedrooms £2,448 · Lower demand

• Hampstead / Belsize Park NW3

  1 bedroom £2,481 · 2 bedrooms £3,275 · Lower demand

• Hendon NW4

  2 bedrooms £2,000 · Average demand

• Kilburn / West Hampstead NW6

  1 bedroom £1,900 · 2 bedrooms £2,650 · Lower demand

• Mill Hill NW7

  2 bedrooms £2,300 · Lower demand

• St John's Wood NW8

  1 bedroom £2,575 · 2 bedrooms £3,760 · Lower demand

• Colindale / Kingsbury NW9

  1 bedroom £2,145 · 2 bedrooms £2,500 · Lower demand

• Borough / Bermondsey north / Waterloo SE1

  1 bedroom £2,500 · 2 bedrooms £2,900 · Lower demand

• Greenwich SE10

  1 bedroom £1,950 · 2 bedrooms £2,400 · Average demand

• Kennington SE11

  1 bedroom £2,300 · 2 bedrooms £2,800 · High demand

• Lewisham SE13

  1 bedroom £1,675 · 2 bedrooms £2,000 · Average demand

• New Cross SE14

  2 bedrooms £2,125 · High demand

• Peckham SE15

  1 bedroom £1,750 · 2 bedrooms £2,250 · Average demand

• Rotherhithe SE16

  1 bedroom £2,800 · 2 bedrooms £2,688 · Average demand

• Walworth / Elephant and Castle south SE17

  1 bedroom £2,376 · 2 bedrooms £3,198 · Average demand

• Woolwich SE18

  1 bedroom £1,550 · 2 bedrooms £1,850 · Lower demand

• East Dulwich SE22

  2 bedrooms £2,350 · High demand

• South Norwood SE25

  1 bedroom £1,375 · 2 bedrooms £1,725 · Lower demand

• Thamesmead SE28

  2 bedrooms £1,725 · Average demand

• Blackheath SE3

  1 bedroom £1,850 · 2 bedrooms £2,350 · Lower demand

• Camberwell SE5

  High demand

• Catford SE6

  1 bedroom £1,425 · Average demand

• Deptford SE8

  1 bedroom £1,775 · 2 bedrooms £2,295 · Average demand

• West Brompton SW10

  1 bedroom £2,925 · 2 bedrooms £4,333 · Lower demand

• Battersea SW11

  1 bedroom £2,550 · 2 bedrooms £4,070 · Lower demand

• Balham SW12

  2 bedrooms £2,625 · Average demand

• Barnes SW13

  High demand

• Putney SW15

  1 bedroom £1,995 · 2 bedrooms £2,800 · Lower demand

• Streatham SW16

  1 bedroom £1,525 · 2 bedrooms £2,102 · Lower demand

• Tooting SW17

  1 bedroom £1,750 · 2 bedrooms £2,250 · Lower demand

• Wandsworth SW18

  1 bedroom £2,100 · 2 bedrooms £2,895 · Lower demand

• Wimbledon SW19

  1 bedroom £1,750 · 2 bedrooms £2,400 · Lower demand

• St James's Park SW1H

  2 bedrooms £8,000 · High demand

• Victoria / Westminster Cathedral SW1P

  1 bedroom £3,000 · 2 bedrooms £3,875 · Average demand

• Pimlico SW1V

  2 bedrooms £2,925 · High demand

• Belgravia SW1W

  2 bedrooms £5,416 · High demand

• Knightsbridge SW1X

  1 bedroom £3,878 · 2 bedrooms £8,558 · Average demand

• Brixton SW2

  2 bedrooms £2,300 · Average demand

• Raynes Park SW20

  1 bedroom £1,550 · 2 bedrooms £2,170 · Lower demand

• Chelsea SW3

  1 bedroom £3,250 · 2 bedrooms £4,646 · Lower demand

• Clapham SW4

  1 bedroom £2,300 · 2 bedrooms £2,950 · Average demand

• Earl's Court SW5

  1 bedroom £2,665 · 2 bedrooms £3,690 · Average demand

• Fulham SW6

  1 bedroom £2,600 · 2 bedrooms £3,500 · Lower demand

• South Kensington SW7

  1 bedroom £3,878 · 2 bedrooms £6,034 · Lower demand

• Nine Elms / South Lambeth SW8

  1 bedroom £3,401 · 2 bedrooms £4,063 · Average demand

• Stockwell SW9

  1 bedroom £2,050 · 2 bedrooms £2,400 · Average demand

• Brentford TW8

  1 bedroom £1,850 · 2 bedrooms £2,565 · Lower demand

• Northolt UB5

  1 bedroom £1,375 · Lower demand

• North Kensington / Ladbroke Grove W10

  1 bedroom £2,100 · 2 bedrooms £2,690 · Average demand

• Notting Hill W11

  1 bedroom £3,163 · 2 bedrooms £4,625 · Average demand

• Shepherd's Bush W12

  1 bedroom £2,100 · 2 bedrooms £2,600 · Lower demand

• West Ealing W13

  1 bedroom £1,650 · 2 bedrooms £2,000 · Lower demand

• West Kensington W14

  1 bedroom £2,275 · 2 bedrooms £2,900 · Lower demand

• Mayfair W1J

  1 bedroom £3,553 · 2 bedrooms £5,460 · High demand

• Grosvenor Square W1K

  1 bedroom £9,533 · 2 bedrooms £11,917 · Average demand

• Marylebone north W1U

  2 bedrooms £4,416 · High demand

• Fitzrovia west W1W

  2 bedrooms £7,150 · High demand

• Bayswater / Paddington W2

  1 bedroom £3,131 · 2 bedrooms £5,200 · Lower demand

• Acton W3

  1 bedroom £1,762 · 2 bedrooms £2,600 · Lower demand

• Chiswick W4

  1 bedroom £2,250 · 2 bedrooms £2,600 · Average demand

• Ealing W5

  1 bedroom £1,775 · 2 bedrooms £2,350 · Lower demand

• Hammersmith W6

  1 bedroom £2,400 · 2 bedrooms £4,130 · Lower demand

• Hanwell W7

  2 bedrooms £2,201 · Average demand

• Kensington W8

  1 bedroom £3,250 · 2 bedrooms £8,667 · Lower demand

• Maida Vale W9

  1 bedroom £2,250 · 2 bedrooms £2,990 · Lower demand

• Bloomsbury north WC1H

  High demand

Demand compares the renters searching each district with the homes listed there, in thirds across London. A district shows a rent only where enough homes were listed on enough nights.