Standing view · housing · Hart
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Children in temporary accommodation in Hart rose to 44 in the first quarter of 2026, and households served a no-fault eviction notice and owed a prevention duty to eight. Rents rose on two of the three property types published: a two-bedroom home cost £1,295 a month in March 2026 and £1,303 in April, a three-bedroom home £1,585 in June, and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,312 in May and £2,305 in July. The average house price was £477,624 in April.
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 Hart. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Children in temporary accommodation | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
| 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, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |