The raft of statistics that have helped to fuel Britain's fascination with property prices is not replicated in the rental market and should be addressed, the country's senior statistician said today.
Jil Matheson said the absence of a UK-wide official private rental index was a "key gap" in the country's analysis of the house market.
The National Statistician also called for more to be done to join up the official housing market statistics produced by a wide range of bodies to help people to spot underlying trends more easily.
Quarterly private rental figures published by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are limited to England only, while non-official figures tend not to be broken down enough, her review said.
The VOA's figures could be combined with sources from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to produce a monthly UK-wide index, she suggested.
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