Standing view · housing · Bury
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households in bed and breakfast accommodation in Bury rose to 58 in the first quarter of 2026. Rents edged up across the period: a two-bedroom home cost £882 a month in February 2026, £886 in May, £887 in June and £888 in July, while a semi-detached home cost £1,053 in March and a three-bedroom home £1,060 in April. The average house price was £240,319 in February. More households in emergency accommodation while rents climb month after month is a consistent picture of pressure on the bottom of the market.
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 Bury. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in bed and breakfast | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2026-02 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-02 | — |
| Average private rent, semi-detached | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |