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BOC · Official seriesV105 CITY PROFILE · ON
London
Softening + slack rental · baseline updated February 2026.Market scores
Affordability58
Relative purchasing accessibility compared with local incomes.
Rental competition37
Higher scores indicate a tighter rental market.
Investment potential32
Composite yield, growth and market-balance signal.
New construction83
Recent housing construction and permit momentum.
Market activity32
Price movement and buyer-activity conditions.
Buyer demand69
Population, migration and housing-demand pressure.
Housing supply43
How closely housing supply is keeping pace with demand.
Overall score46
Combined market, affordability, supply and demand rating.
Housing economics
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 31.55
- Gross rent yield
- 3.17%
- Payment-to-rent ratio
- 1.968×
- Building permits
- $280M
- Stress-test rate
- 8.09%
- Historical payment median
- $3,677