Index of Private Housing Rental Prices (IPHRP): Quarterly Rental Price Tracker

The Index of Private Housing Rental Prices (IPHRP) is a quarterly experimental price index produced by the Office for National Statistics. It tracks the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in Great Britain. The dataset is designated as Experimental Official Statistics and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze quarterly rental price trends based on the index's time-series nature.
• Model regional housing market dynamics in Great Britain based on the geographic scope.
• Benchmark private rental sector performance against other economic indicators.
• Forecast future rental price movements based on historical index values.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a national statistical institute.
• Provides quarterly granularity for tracking price changes over time.
• Covers the entire geographic area of Great Britain.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:27.356369; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain