Publication - Research and analysis

Mid market rent (MMR) analysis: December 2020 to February 2025

Published: 25 March 2025
Directorate: Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate, +1 more … Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Housing, Public sector
ISBN: 9781836914440

This report sets out an analysis of the characteristics of Mid-Market providers and tenants from December 2020 to February 2025. These data are policy monitoring Information only and are not Official Statistics, Accredited Statistics or National Statistics.

Supporting documents

Part A – Mid Market Rent providers

Table 1 - A total of 3,095 responses by MMR providers. Most located in Edinburgh (1,504 or 49%), followed by Glasgow (506 or 16%), and Aberdeen City (329 or 11%). Areas with five or less and are supressed (*) to avoid potential disclosure. Table 1: Which Local Authority is the home located in?
	Total	Percentage Total
Aberdeen City	329	10.63%
Aberdeenshire	144	4.65%
Angus	11	0.36%
Argyll and Bute	*	*
Clackmannanshire	6	0.19%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	*	*
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*
Dundee	128	4.14%
East Ayrshire	0	0.00%
East Dunbartonshire	*	*
East Lothian	71	2.29%
East Renfrewshire	6	0.19%
Edinburgh	1,504	48.59%
Falkirk	11	0.36%
Fife	53	1.71%
Glasgow	506	16.35%
Highland	62	2.00%
Inverclyde	0	0.00%
Midlothian	24	0.78%
Moray	0	0.00%
North Ayrshire	0	0.00%
North Lanarkshire	*	*
Orkney	0	0.00%
Perth and Kinross	55	1.78%
Renfrewshire	74	2.39%
Scottish Borders	*	*
Shetland	0	0.00%
South Ayrshire	0	0.00%
South Lanarkshire	*	*
Stirling	17	0.55%
West Dunbartonshire	0	0.00%
West Lothian	77	2.49%

Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 2 - Most of the MMR provider accommodation has two bedrooms (2,194 or 71%) followed by one bedroom (664 or 21%). No providers report accommodation comprising five bedrooms.

Table 2: How many bedrooms are in the home?
Bedrooms	Total	Responses
1	664	21.45%
2	2,194	70.89%
3	213	6.88%
4	24	0.78%
5	0	0.00%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 3 - The majority of MMR provider accommodation has four bedspaces (1,870 or 60%) followed by two bedspaces (675 or 22%). A few report eight bedspaces (15 or 0.5%). Figures of five or less have been supressed (*) in order to prevent potential disclosure.

Table 3: How many bed spaces are in the home? (Please count a single room as 1 bed space, a double room as 2)
Bed Spaces	Total	Percentage Total
1	25	0.81%
2	675	21.81%
3	327	10.57%
4	1,870	60.42%
5	61	1.97%
6	119	3.84%
7	*	*
8	15	0.48%
9	0	0.00%
10	*	*
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 4 - The majority of MMR provider accommodation comprises three rooms (2,064 or 67%) followed by two rooms (791 or 26%) – that is excluding kitchens, bathrooms and halls. Figures of five or less have been supressed (*) in order to prevent potential disclosure.

Table 4: How many rooms are there in the home? (excluding the kitchen, bathrooms and hall)
Rooms	Total	Percentage Total
1	28	0.90%
2	791	25.56%
3	2,064	66.69%
4	170	5.49%
5	33	1.07%
6	*	*
7	*	*
8	*	*
9	0	0.00%
10	0	0.00%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 5 - The majority of MMR provider accommodation is flatted (2,882 or 92%) and just 14 or 0.5% is detached.

Table 5: Is the home?
House Type	Total	Percentage Total
a flat	2,822	91.18%
terraced	206	6.66%
semi-detached	43	1.39%
detached	14	0.45%
other	10	0.32%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 6 - There is a mix of both new build MMR accommodation (1,705 unit or 55%) and older properties (1,390 or 45%).

Table 6: Is this a new build home?
New Build	Total	Percentage Total
Yes	1,705	55.09%
No	1,390	44.91%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 7 - Most MMR properties have a sole tenancy (1,928 or 62%) and 1,167 or 38% was a joint tenancy.

Table 7: What is the tenancy status?
Tenancy	Total	Percentage Total
Joint	1,167	37.71%
Sole	1,928	62.29%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 8 - There are 1,659 (54%) MMR properties that are re-lets and 1,436 (46%) are initial lets.

Table 8: Is the home an initial let or a re-let?
Let Type	Count	Responses
Initial let	1,436	46.40%
Re-let	1,659	53.60%
Answered: 3,095	3,095	Response Total:
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 9 - Monthly rents (£) range from £324 to £1,375. The average (mean) rent is £697. The median is also shown as this is not affected by a few low or high rents (unlike the mean). The median is £703. The most common rent is £850 per month.

Table 9: What is the rent charged at start of tenancy? (Please enter £ per calendar month):
The Distribution of Rent Values	£
Rent Per Calendar Month (Mean)	697
Rent Per Calendar Month (Median)	703
Rent Per Calendar Month (Mode)	850
Highest Rent	1,375
Lowest Rent	324
Answered Correctly: 3,077	Response Total:	3,095
Removed in Error: 18	na	na

Table 10 - MMR providers report that, on average, they had homes unlet for 2 weeks and this is the same across the mean, median and mode. However, unlet properties range from 0 weeks unlet to 60 weeks unlet.

Table 10: Please enter the number of weeks the home was unlet for
The Distribution of Unlets	Weeks
Unlet (Mean)	2
Unlet (Median)	2
Unlet (Mode)	2
Unlet (Highest)	60
Unlet (Lowest)	0
Answered Correctly: 3,089	Response Total:	3,095
Removed in Error: 6	na	na

Table 11 - The most frequent income band of MMR tenants is £25,000 to £29,999

(726 or 23%). There were few tenants in the lowest income bands and the highest income bands

Table 11 – What is the tenant/ tenants annual gross household income before tax?
Income Band	Total	Percentage Total
Less than £6000	7	0.23%
£6,000 to £9,999	12	0.39%
£10,000 to £14,999	33	1.07%
£15,000 to £19,999	122	3.94%
£20,000 to £24,999	465	15.02%
£25,000 to £29,999	726	23.46%
£30,000 to £34,999	575	18.58%
£35,000 to £39,999	514	16.61%
£40,000 to £44,999	414	13.38%
£45,000 to £49,999	157	5.07%
£50,000 to £54,999	34	1.10%
£55,000 and over	36	1.16%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 12(a) - Most MMR tenants (2,777 or 90%) are not in receipt of benefits.

Table 12(a): Are any of the tenants in receipt of any benefits?
Benefits	Total	Percentage Total
Yes	318	10.27%
No	2,777	89.73%
Answered: 3,095	Response Total:	3,095
Skipped: 0	na	na

Table 12(b) - The most common benefit MMR tenants receive is Universal Credit (219 tenants or 69%) followed by child benefit (119 tenants or 37%). Very few are in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance, Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity / Paternity / Statutory Adoption Pay. Figures of five or less have been supressed (*) in order to prevent potential disclosure. It is assumed that the low response rate is because providers may not know exactly what benefits tenants receive.

Table 12(b) - Please select the benefits that apply: (Please choose all that apply)
Type of Benefit	Total	Percentage Total
Universal Credit	219	68.87%
Housing Benefit	66	20.75%
Council Tax Reduction	18	5.66%
Working Tax Credit	*	*
Child Tax Credit	16	5.03%
Income Support	*	*
Jobseekers Allowance	*	*
Employment and Support Allowance	11	3.46%
Carer’s Allowance	6	1.89%
Child Benefit	119	37.42%
Guardian’s Allowance	0	0.00%
Maternity Allowance	*	*
Statutory Maternity / Paternity / Statutory Adoption Pay	*	*
Statutory Sick Pay	*	*
Other	105	33.02%
Answered: 318	Response Total:	318
Skipped: 2,777	na	na

End of Part – MMR providers analysis

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