Rent increases in Southampton
The average rent in Southampton is £1,255 a month, up 3.1% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £879 | +3.3% |
| Two bedrooms | £1,112 | +3.1% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,354 | +3.4% |
| Four or more | £1,887 | +2.6% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £1,612 | +2.6% |
| Flats | £999 | +3.1% |
| Semi-detached houses | £1,421 | +3.3% |
| Terraced houses | £1,327 | +3.3% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 17 published decisions for Southampton where the tribunal set a rent. In 13 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2024/050221 October 2024 | SO14 | — | £850 | £800 | -5.9% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/060210 March 2025 | SO16 | 1-bed flat | £762 | £850 | +11.5% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/060429 May 2025 | SO16 | 3-bed flat | £800 | £690 | -13.8% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/063025 November 2025 | SO14 | 3-bed terraced | £1,400 | £1,375 | -1.8% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/067111 September 2025 | SO16 | 2-bed flat | £1,275 | £1,100 | -13.7% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/06739 June 2025 | SO18 | 1-bed flat | £900 | £675 | -25.0% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/069521 July 2025 | SO14 | — | £1,200 | £1,000 | -16.7% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/069928 July 2025 | SO16 | 2-bed flat | £1,100 | £905 | -17.7% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/072227 August 2025 | SO15 | 1-bed flat | £800 | £825 | +3.1% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/08196 July 2026 | SO14 | 2-bed flat | £775 | £900 | +16.1% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/082713 February 2026 | SO19 | — | £700 | £700 | 0.0% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/08298 June 2026 | SO18 | 1-bed flat | £850 | £825 | -2.9% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2026/006012 June 2026 | SO16 | 1-bed flat | £1,100 | £1,000 | -9.1% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2026/008931 July 2026 | SO19 | 1-bed flat | £765 | £730 | -4.6% |
| HAV/00MS/MNR/2026/011710 July 2026 | SO16 | flat | £1,100 | £950 | -13.6% |
| HAV/24UM/MNR/2026/008731 July 2026 | SO16 | 0-bed flat | £975 | £850 | -12.8% |
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Check your rentRents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Decisions published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and placed in this area by the postcode on the decision — a small number carry no postcode we can resolve and are not counted here.