Monthly report from surveyors’ body sees ‘firmly negative trend’ that is expected to push up rental prices
The flow of new rental properties coming on to the market has fallen at the fastest rate since the first Covid lockdown five years ago, according to research by Britain’s property surveyors.
Although the demand for properties is steady, there are fewer new rentals from landlords coming available, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found.
The July 2025 Rics Residential Market Survey showed a “firmly negative trend” in landlords making their properties available for rent, the weakest reading since April 2020.
With the lack of fresh supply in the pipeline, rental prices are expected to rise over the next three months, according to the report, which takes a monthly “sentiment survey” of chartered surveyors.
