Standing view · housing · Great Yarmouth
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households in temporary accommodation in Great Yarmouth rose to 71 in the first quarter of 2026. Rents rose in every reading: a two-bedroom home cost £742 a month in February 2026, £756 in April, £763 in May, £769 in June and £770 in July, and a terraced home £813 in March. The average house price was £209,164 in June. More households in temporary accommodation alongside five consecutive monthly rises in rent is a consistent picture of pressure.
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 Great Yarmouth. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in temporary accommodation | 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, two bedrooms | 2026-02 | rising |
| Average private rent, terraced | 2026-03 | rising |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 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 |