Rent increases in Southend-on-Sea

The average rent in Southend-on-Sea is £1,296 a month, up 4.7% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.

What homes cost here

By size

Size	Average rent	Year
One bedroom	£872	+4.9%
Two bedrooms	£1,108	+4.7%
Three bedrooms	£1,349	+4.9%
Four or more	£1,850	+4.3%

By property type

Type	Average rent	Year
Detached houses	£1,652	+4.4%
Flats	£1,027	+4.6%
Semi-detached houses	£1,409	+4.8%
Terraced houses	£1,312	+5.0%

What the tribunal decided here

We hold 11 published decisions for Southend-on-Sea where the tribunal set a rent. In 9 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.

Case	Where	Property	Proposed	Determined	Change
CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/010227 August 2024 · SS2 · 3-bed terraced	SS2	3-bed terraced	£1,550	£1,450from £1,550-6.5%	-6.5%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/013021 October 2024 · SS9 · 3-bed flat	SS9	3-bed flat	£1,300	£1,040from £1,300-20.0%	-20.0%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/064217 February 2025 · SS2 · flat	SS2	flat	£1,500	£1,500from £1,5000.0%	0.0%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/06072 May 2025 · SS9 · 1-bed flat	SS9	1-bed flat	£900	£900from £9000.0%	0.0%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/06462 August 2025 · SS3 · 2-bed flat	SS3	2-bed flat	£1,200	£875from £1,200-27.1%	-27.1%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/07313 November 2025 · SS2 · 1-bed flat	SS2	1-bed flat	£860	£400from £860-53.5%	-53.5%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/07558 December 2025 · SS2 · 2-bed flat	SS2	2-bed flat	£1,250	£1,100from £1,250-12.0%	-12.0%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/00049 March 2026 · SS0 · 1-bed flat	SS0	1-bed flat	£925	£875from £925-5.4%	-5.4%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/002210 April 2026 · SS0 · 2-bed flat	SS0	2-bed flat	£900	£700from £900-22.2%	-22.2%
CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/00791 July 2026 · SS0 · 3-bed semi detached	SS0	3-bed semi detached	£1,700	£1,445from £1,700-15.0%	-15.0%
CAM/OOKF/MNR/2026/002217 April 2026 · SS0 · 2-bed flat	SS0	2-bed flat	£900	£700from £900-22.2%	-22.2%

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Rents 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.