All trackers
The Property Ladder
Rent Paid
Track your rent paid over time and see how it's trending.
MonthlyLower is better
UK benchmark
- Source
- ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR)
- Data describes
- May 2026 (Northern Ireland: March 2026)
- Licence
- OGL v3.0
Worth knowing: ONS publishes an average (mean) monthly rent, not a median and not a percentile spread — this is the average rent in your region, across all property sizes. Northern Ireland is published quarterly and so lags by two months.
Feeds these ladders
Work it out first on CalcBritain
Not sure where to start? Use the free rent-vs-buy calculator on CalcBritain, then bring the number here to track it over time.
calcbritain.com/calculators/rent-vs-buy