Standing view · housing · Waverley
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households in temporary accommodation with children in Waverley rose to five in the first quarter of 2026, when 48 households were owed a relief duty. The average house price rose from £552,237 in March 2026 to £560,596 in June, and rents rose over the same period: a two-bedroom home cost £1,338 a month in April and £1,344 in June, a one-bedroom home £1,047 in May and a three-bedroom home £1,624 in July. Prices and rents both rose.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Waverley. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in temporary accommodation with children | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Relief duty owed | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, one bedroom | 2026-05 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |