Resources

We recognise that landlords the media and even law makers may wish to drill down on the PRS to get supporting data. This page is intended to provide some prompts to get started.

If you are a researcher and have other links you think users would find useful, please let us know.

Government

English Housing Survey

Headline findings on demographics and household resilience. profile of household and dwellings, household demographics, housing costs and affordability, household moves, and wellbeing. Latest Survey 2024 to 2025 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey-2024-to-2025-headline-findings-on-demographics-and-household-resilience

The English Private Landlord Survey (EPLS)

A national survey of landlords and letting agents acting on behalf of landlords who own and/or manage privately rented properties in England, and is uniquely valuable in providing a large scale, representative picture of private landlords. Latest (Dec 2024) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-private-landlord-survey-2024-main-report

Bank of England Base Rate

Includes rate history and dates of meetings. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/the-interest-rate-bank-rate

Also, the Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Return (MLAR) – a quarterly statistical release aggregated from data on mortgage lending activities provided by around 340 regulated mortgage lenders and administrators. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/statistics

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