Standing view · housing · Nottingham
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
Nottingham's housing evidence points in two directions, so no single view is claimed. Households in temporary accommodation with children stood at 546 in the first quarter of 2026, recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its quarter, while prevention duty, section 21 notice was 49 and unfavourable — more households facing eviction from a private tenancy. The average house price was 191,913 in March 2026 and 190,200 in July, with average private rent at 1,459 for four or more bedrooms in March, 1,043 for three bedrooms in April, and 908 for two bedrooms in May and 914 in August 2026.
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 Nottingham. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in temporary accommodation with children | 2026-Q1 | improving |
| 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 house price | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-07 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-08 | — |