Average monthly rent for private Dumfries and Galloway properties soars in two years
The average monthly rent for private properties in Dumfries and Galloway has soared in the last two years.
But the region also has the lowest rent in the whole of the UK.
The figures were revealed by the Office of National Statistics in their latest update on private rent and house prices.
In June 2023, the average monthly rent in Dumfries and Galloway for a private property was £423 – just a slight increase on the £412 tenants were paying at the start of 2015.
However, by June 2024 the figure had hit £481 and hit a high of £528 in March this year. By May it had dipped slightly to £524.
The report notes: 'Average rent in Dumfries and Galloway rose sharply in winter 2024, before falling between March 2025 and May 2025.'
Despite that, the region had the lowest average rent in the whole of the UK.
The highest was £3,643 a month in the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. Outwith London, tenants in Elmbridge in south east England paid the most at £1,868.
The report stated: 'Average rent was more than six times higher in the most expensive local area than in the least expensive.'
Average rent in the UK was £1,339, with the Scottish average £999.
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That was £43 – or 4.5 per cent – more than May 2025
The report advises: 'Scotland rents data are mainly for advertised new lets, with only a small proportion based on existing lets data. Price changes for existing tenancies are therefore largely estimated for Scotland.'
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