Standing view · housing · Tameside
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 Tameside rose to 49 in the first quarter of 2026. The average house price fell from £213,648 in April 2026 to £210,276 in May. Rents rose over the period: a three-bedroom home cost £1,050 a month in May and £1,058 in July, a two-bedroom home £877 in June, a semi-detached home £1,040 in March and a flat or maisonette £781 in April. More eviction notices and a falling price is the unfavourable part here.
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 Tameside. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, semi-detached | 2026-03 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-04 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |