Standing view · housing · North Yorkshire
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households served a no-fault eviction notice and owed a prevention duty in North Yorkshire rose to 73 in the first quarter of 2026, when 307 households were owed a prevention duty and 456 a relief duty. Rents rose over the period: a two-bedroom home cost £753 a month in April 2026, £754 in May and £759 in June, and a flat or maisonette £682 in July. The average house price was £269,808 in May. Rising rents alongside more eviction notices points one way.
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 North Yorkshire. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention duty owed | 2026-Q1 | rising |
| Relief duty owed | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-07 | — |