Standing view · housing · Cotswold
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
House prices in Cotswold have been rising, and the rest of the housing evidence is mixed in a way that does not contradict it. The average house price was 417,856 in March 2026. Average private rent for two bedrooms was 1,115 in March 2026, 1,104 in June and 1,102 in July, with four or more bedrooms at 2,044 in May. Households in temporary accommodation stood at 32 in the first quarter of 2026 and was recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its quarter, with initial assessments at 70 and 66 households owed a prevention or relief duty.
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 Cotswold. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in temporary accommodation | 2026-Q1 | improving |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Initial assessments | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Owed a prevention or relief duty | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |