Rent increases in Tower Hamlets
The average rent in Tower Hamlets is £2,439 a month, up 3.0% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,981 | +2.9% |
| Two bedrooms | £2,404 | +2.9% |
| Three bedrooms | £2,733 | +3.1% |
| Four or more | £3,360 | +2.8% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £3,060 | +3.0% |
| Flats | £2,272 | +2.9% |
| Semi-detached houses | £2,992 | +3.5% |
| Terraced houses | £2,719 | +3.2% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 11 published decisions for Tower Hamlets where the tribunal set a rent. In 5 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LON/00BG/MNR/2024/06172 December 2024 · E1 | — | £1,800from £1,8000.0% | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2024/065614 January 2025 · E1W · 2-bed flat | 2-bed flat | £1,279 | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2024/066419 March 2025 · E2 · 2-bed flat | 2-bed flat | £1,900from £1,9000.0% | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2024/067128 February 2025 · E3 · 2-bed flat | 2-bed flat | £1,890 | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2025/065313 May 2025 · E3 · 2-bed flat | 2-bed flat | £1,900 | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2025/09013 March 2026 · E3 · 2-bed terraced | 2-bed terraced | £1,610from £1,950-17.4% | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2026/009921 May 2026 · E14 · 2-bed terraced | 2-bed terraced | £2,150from £2,550-15.7% | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2026/011328 May 2026 · E3 · 3-bed flat | 3-bed flat | £2,750from £2,7500.0% | |||
| LON/00BG/MNR/2026/034920 July 2026 · E14 · 1-bed room | 1-bed room | £1,050from £1,086-3.3% | |||
| LON/00BG/MRA/2026/003912 August 2026 · E14 · flat | flat | £3,450from £3,600-4.2% | |||
| LON/00BG/MRA/2026/010928 August 2026 · E14 · flat | flat | £2,700from £3,100-12.9% |
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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.