Appendix 4- Estimated Projected Average Rents
Perth and Kinross Council · 22 January 2025
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Appendix 4 Scottish Average Rents Per Dwelling (£ per house per week) Actual 2024-25 Estimated 2025-26 Estimated % Increase rank 2024-25 Estimated rank 2025-26 Movement City of Edinburgh 112.41 120.28 7.00% 1 1 → Renfrewshire 96.27 102.05 6.00% 2 2 → West Dunbartonshire 94.40 100.72 6.70% 3 3 → Orkney Islands 93.96 100.26 6.70% 4 4 → Midlothian 93.39 97.87 4.80% 5 5 → Aberdeenshire 92.46 97.08 5.00% 7 6 ↑1 East Renfrewshire 93.35 96.62 3.50% 6 7 ↓1 Shetland Islands 89.97 94.47 5.00% 9 8 ↑1 East Dunbartonshire 90.07 94.39 4.80% 8 9 ↓1 Fife 89.29 93.75 5.00% 10 10 → North Ayrshire 86.45 92.50 7.00% 11 11 → North Lanarkshire 86.45 92.50 7.00% 12 12 → Scotland 87.37 92.39 5.75% Clackmannanshire 85.62 91.36 6.70% 16 13 ↑3 Aberdeen City 86.39 90.45 4.70% 13 14 ↓1 East Ayrshire 84.83 90.34 6.50% 17 15 ↑2 South Lanarkshire 84.29 89.77 6.50% 18 16 ↑2 Highland 82.93 89.52 7.95% 20 17 ↑3 West Lothian 86.13 89.14 3.50% 14 18 ↓4 Dundee City 85.81 88.81 3.50% 15 19 ↓4 South Ayrshire 84.12 87.91 4.50% 19 20 ↓1 East Lothian 80.53 86.17 7.00% 22 21 ↑1 Angus 80.75 86.08 6.60% 21 22 ↓1 Perth & Kinross 79.74 84.52 6.00% 23 23 → Stirling 78.43 83.14 6.00% 25 24 ↑1 Falkirk 78.67 82.60 5.00% 24 25 ↓1 Moray 72.70 78.30 7.70% 26 26 → Please note that rank 1 is the highest rent in Scotland and an upward movement means that the Council has become more expensive. The above table predicts the position of Perth & Kinross based on a rent increase of 6.0% and the assumption that every other Council will increase their rents by the same as last year.