District market report

S3 property market

£1,000/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

165 days typical time on market

£120k median asking price

Based on 218 listings on the market · S3 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

165 daystypical time on the market 91% slower than Yorkshire and The Humber

30%of homes already sale agreed 14pp fewer than Yorkshire and The Humber

9%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 6pp fewer than Yorkshire and The Humber

6.3%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with Yorkshire and The Humber. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
Studio flat	20	40%	86	50%	n=20
2 bed flat	74	31%	192	67%	n=74
1 bed flat	94	22%	191	78%	n=94

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for S3 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£728/mo	£649–£959	high confidence	n=54
1 bed flat	£800/mo	£701–£1,014	high confidence	n=85
2 bed flat	£1,000/mo	£882–£1,453	high confidence	n=74
3 bed flat	£1,805/mo	£1,391–£2,231	medium confidence	n=46
4 bed flat	£1,925/mo	£472–£2,001	low confidence	n=9
2 bed house	£1,231/mo	£911–£1,761	low confidence	n=4
3 bed house	£2,068/mo	£1,196–£2,242	medium confidence	n=25
4 bed house	£1,801/mo	£549–£2,306	low confidence	n=8

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
4 bed house	16.7%	£1,797/mo	£129k
1 bed flat	9.5%	£802/mo	£102k
2 bed flat	9.1%	£1,003/mo	£133k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	+6.2%	+7.2%	-3.0%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

34%built 2000+

29%built 1945–1979

19%built 1980–1999

314 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.