Standing view · housing · Doncaster
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 Doncaster rose to 54 in the first quarter of 2026, when 563 households were owed a prevention or relief duty. The average house price was £170,784 in June 2026. Rents rose over the period: a two-bedroom home cost £630 a month in April, £633 in June and £634 in July, a three-bedroom home £745 in March and a one-bedroom home £489 in May. Rising rents alongside more eviction notices points one way for the bottom of this 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 Doncaster. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Owed a prevention or relief duty | 2026-Q1 | falling |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, one bedroom | 2026-05 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |