Rent increases in Southend-on-Sea
The average rent in Southend-on-Sea is £1,296 a month, up 4.7% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £872 | +4.9% |
| Two bedrooms | £1,108 | +4.7% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,349 | +4.9% |
| Four or more | £1,850 | +4.3% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £1,652 | +4.4% |
| Flats | £1,027 | +4.6% |
| Semi-detached houses | £1,409 | +4.8% |
| Terraced houses | £1,312 | +5.0% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 11 published decisions for Southend-on-Sea where the tribunal set a rent. In 9 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/010227 August 2024 | SS2 | 3-bed terraced | £1,550 | £1,450 | -6.5% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/013021 October 2024 | SS9 | 3-bed flat | £1,300 | £1,040 | -20.0% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2024/064217 February 2025 | SS2 | flat | £1,500 | £1,500 | 0.0% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/06072 May 2025 | SS9 | 1-bed flat | £900 | £900 | 0.0% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/06462 August 2025 | SS3 | 2-bed flat | £1,200 | £875 | -27.1% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/07313 November 2025 | SS2 | 1-bed flat | £860 | £400 | -53.5% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2025/07558 December 2025 | SS2 | 2-bed flat | £1,250 | £1,100 | -12.0% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/00049 March 2026 | SS0 | 1-bed flat | £925 | £875 | -5.4% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/002210 April 2026 | SS0 | 2-bed flat | £900 | £700 | -22.2% |
| CAM/00KF/MNR/2026/00791 July 2026 | SS0 | 3-bed semi detached | £1,700 | £1,445 | -15.0% |
| CAM/OOKF/MNR/2026/002217 April 2026 | SS0 | 2-bed flat | £900 | £700 | -22.2% |
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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.