Standing view · housing · Wigan
improving, held with strong confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
The average house price in Wigan rose from £189,010 in March 2026 to £195,557 in June, and households served a no-fault eviction notice and owed a prevention duty fell to 61 in the first quarter of 2026. Rents rose over the period: a two-bedroom home cost £686 a month in March and £694 in May, a semi-detached home £819 in April, a terraced home £745 in June and a three-bedroom home £836 in July.
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 Wigan. 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | rising |
| Average private rent, semi-detached | 2026-04 | rising |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, terraced | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |