Average tenancy deposit soars by £300 in seven years

The average tenant is having to find a deposit of £1,197.73, says Mydeposits.

The scheme says the amount has gone up by over a third – or £303.91 – in the last seven years.

The average deposit size in London is £1,760.70, while the cheapest average deposits are in Yorkshire & the Humber at £592.75.

In the second quarter of this year, deposit amounts rose by 4.12% (or £47.34) compared with the first quarter.

Mydeposits has taken the data from its records of over 2.3m tenancies across England and Wales.

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2 Comments

  1. Mark Walker

    Looks like Lancaster is good value then. Tenancy deposits have barely risen at all in 7 years.

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    1. Woodentop

      Also in my area and Yorkshire & Humberside are not the cheapest.

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