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Data Starter: Growth of private rented sector, UK, 1999-2025

Elizabeth Veal

16th June 2026

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What has been happening to buying, owning and renting housing in the UK since 1999?

Using Figure 1 in the Resolution Foundation’s Housing Outlook Q2 2026, (Found here: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/housing-outlook-q2-2026/) do these calculation questions:

  1. Calculate the percentage change in people (a) buying with a mortgage and (b) renting in the private sector between 1999-2000 and 2024-5 (Use the numbers given on the line graph)?
  2. Calculate the proportion of total households for each of the four tenure categories given in 2024-5 and compare to the equivalent proportions in 2000.

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Elizabeth Veal

Liz has taught Economics for over 25 years, including several years as Head of Economics at leading schools.

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