Standing view · housing · Enfield
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
House prices in Enfield have been rising, and rents with them. The average house price was 474,806 in June 2026. Average private rent for two bedrooms was 1,710 in March 2026, 1,727 in May, 1,741 in June and 1,758 in July, with semi-detached at 2,360 in April and flat or maisonette at 1,656 in August 2026. Prevention duty, section 21 notice stood at 37 in the first quarter of 2026 and was recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its quarter, so fewer households were facing eviction from a private tenancy even as rents climbed.
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 Enfield. 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 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, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-07 | rising |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-08 | rising |