Rents in the private rented sector (PRS) have stabilised over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics from Scotland.
DJ Alexander Ltd, the largest lettings agency in Scotland, says the most recent monthly statistics show that average rents across Scotland rose by £21 to reach £1022 per month which was an annual of 2.4% increase between March 2025 and February 2026.
This was at a time when the inflation rate was 3.11%.
Over the same period rents in Wales rose by £36 to reach £828 per month which was an increase of 5.5% while in England the increase was £44 to achieve £1430 per month which was a rise of 3.6%.
There was considerable variation in increases across Scotland with ten regions recording above inflation rises while eight showed below inflation levels.
West Lothian had the greatest increase of 9.8% increasing by £79 to £915 per month; all of the Ayrshire area recorded a rise of 6.3% going up by £35 to £657 per month, while Greater Glasgow rose by 5.6% increasing £59 to reach £1275.
In Lothian there was an increase of 0.2% equating to a rise of £4 to reach £1428; while in Fife and Dundee and Angus there were falls of £3 and £10 to reach £810 and £831 respectively.
Lothian, Greater Glasgow, and East Dunbartonshire are the areas with the most expensive average rents of £1428; £1275; and £1151 while Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire, and the Borders had the lowest average rents of £554; £657; and £706 respectively.
David Alexander, the chief executive officer of DJ Alexander Scotland, comments: “These figures continue the trend which began last year and shows how the private rented sector has stabilised in Scotland and is now producing rent rises broadly around the inflation level or just above.
“With the distorting impact of rent controls now firmly in the past it is clear that the market is sorting itself out and producing rent increases in line with supply and demand.”
“As more homes have become available then average rents have stabilised and reflect an annual rate in line with the historic trend rather than the blip caused by the introduction of rent controls in September 2022.”
This article is taken from Landlord Today