As energy costs and bills continue to rise, interest in ‘bills included’ properties has increased by 61% since pre-pandemic, research shows.
In a recent study, Money.co.uk revealed the top 10 cities in England and Wales for ‘bills included’ rentals.
The study analysed Zoopla data to reveal the cities in England and Wales with the highest proportion of ‘bills included’ rental properties.
Preston was found to be the city with the highest percentage of rental properties listed as having ‘bills included, at 60.3%.
There were a high number of properties listed in the area overall (809), and 488 of those were reported to have bills included.
Preston has a size of 142.3 km² and a population of 147,900, so rental properties are in high demand.
Middlesborough was the city with the second highest amount of rental properties with bills included.
The city had just 157 properties listed in the area overall, however, 93 offer bills included, making up 59.2% of all rental properties.
Although just 1.1% less than Preston, the city is considerably smaller in size at just 53.88 km², so there are far fewer properties on the market overall.
Lincoln was found to be the 3rd highest, with 355 rental properties listed overall, and 185 of these stated as having bills included in the price.
This makes up just over half of all total properties at 52.1%, 7.1% less than Middlesborough.
