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Cambridge Residential Rental Market Report, Autumn 2025

28.7.25 3 Minute Read

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Discover how Cambridge's rental market achieved 3.75% growth despite landlord exits, and learn whether Europe's most innovative city can sustain 5.0% yields amid critical housing shortages threatening the Arc's £78bn growth potential.

Q3 2025 reveals a resilient Cambridge rental market navigating significant structural shifts. Our latest report shows how mainstream rents grew 3.75% while prime flat rents climbed 2.3%, driven by Cambridge's ranking as the world's second most innovation-intensive city and sustained demand from tech, science and medical professionals.

The report analyses how investor yields reached a decade-high of 5.0% as buy-to-let landlords exit ahead of the Renters' Rights Act, and explores whether housing undersupply—with starts at just two-thirds of government targets—will constrain the Oxford-Cambridge Arc's £78bn growth ambitions.

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Alex and his team have more than doubled their portfolio of properties under letting and management over the last five years.

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