Live data on rents, days-to-let, and availability for East Preston — compiled from comparable properties marketed via Phillip James plus publicly available listings in the area. Last updated September 2026.
2-bed
Demand
Very strong
Well-presented homes are letting quickly across East Preston · 0.8 mi
Estimated gross yield
6.27%
Blended across local property types
About this data
These figures describe the East Preston rental market— typical (median) rents by bedroom, how long homes are taking to let, overall demand, and an estimated gross yield. Rents and days-to-let are drawn from current and recently-let comparable listings in the area; we use medians rather than averages, so a handful of unusual listings don’t distort the picture. Gross yield is a year’s rent against the typical recent sale price for the same property type, matched by bedroom count (the Land Registry doesn’t record bedrooms), with the headline figure blended across property types by their share of the local rental market. Sale prices are from HM Land Registry Price Paid. Figures are current as of September 2026 and refreshed regularly — all are indicative, and individual properties vary.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Get a valuationThe East Preston rental market is relatively quiet at this time of year, with very little currently available — stock is thin and what's listed tends to move. The bulk of activity has been in two-bedroom properties, which sit at around £1,400 a month and have been letting in roughly a fortnight. One-beds, at a median of around £1,225, have been moving inside ten days, though the sample here is small and it's worth treating that figure as a guide rather than a firm benchmark. Three-bedroom houses have also been letting inside ten days at around £2,150 a month, though again the numbers are limited.
The mix leans toward houses rather than flats, with bungalows also present — less typical of the surrounding area. Larger properties exist in the data but the letting activity is too sparse to draw reliable conclusions. As summer draws to a close, the pipeline of lets agreed suggests the market has been working through demand steadily, without anything particularly unusual in either direction.
For investors weighing up purchase prices against rental income, gross yields across East Preston generally fall in the 5.5–7% range depending on property type, with flats and detached homes toward the higher end of that.
Updated by Phillip James on the 30th of August, 2026.
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Ask the teamBased on rental and let-agreed transactions and active listings in this area, calculated by Phillip James — Independent Letting Agents across the Sussex coast since 2008, combined with public listings data.
Based on rental and let-agreed transactions and active listings in this area, calculated by Phillip James — Independent Letting Agents across the Sussex coast since 2008, combined with public listings data.
Based on rental and let-agreed transactions and active listings in this area, calculated by Phillip James — Independent Letting Agents across the Sussex coast since 2008, combined with public listings data.
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