Rent increases in Lancaster
The average rent in Lancaster is £815 a month, up 6.0% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £596 | +6.2% |
| Two bedrooms | £745 | +6.0% |
| Three bedrooms | £916 | +6.1% |
| Four or more | £1,214 | +5.5% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £1,154 | +5.5% |
| Flats | £691 | +5.8% |
| Semi-detached houses | £886 | +6.1% |
| Terraced houses | £826 | +6.0% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 5 published decisions for Lancaster where the tribunal set a rent. In 1 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN/30UH/MNR/2025/06459 May 2025 | LA1 | 2-bed detached | — | £875 | — |
| MAN/30UH/MNR/2025/086215 September 2025 | LA3 | 0-bed flat | — | £340 | — |
| MAN/30UH/MNR/2026/007128 May 2026 | LA3 | 2-bed flat | £775 | £775 | 0.0% |
| MAN/30UH/MNR/2026/007819 May 2026 | LA1 | 3-bed semi detached | £1,200 | £1,150 | -4.2% |
| MAN/30UH/MNR/2026/00815 June 2026 | LA3 | 3-bed flat | £850 | £850 | 0.0% |
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Check your rentRents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Decisions published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and placed in this area by the postcode on the decision — a small number carry no postcode we can resolve and are not counted here.