Renting in Inverness
Median asking rent · all sizes · 73 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Inverness before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Inverness is £975 a month, from 73 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £765/moasking · 20 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £950/moasking · 33 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,150/moasking · 17 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 64 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Inverness by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/inverness, updated 28 October 2026.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit Dwellio and link to this page. How we measure this
Free to sign up · no card needed · upgrade when you’re ready
Renting in Inverness
Inverness currently has 137 rental listings on the property sites we track, 73 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Inverness is £975 a month, from 73 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 15 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 33% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £950 a month in IV2 (47 live listings) to £1,300 in IV3 (19 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Inverness (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Inverness around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.
Found one you like? Agents in Inverness shortlist from the first applicants who look ready to go, so have your documents to hand before you enquire — our free tenant CV and offer letter generator writes both from a few details.
Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Inverness, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Inverness is £765 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 20 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Inverness is £950 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 33 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Inverness is £1,150 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 17 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Inverness is £650 a month, from 64 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
Free monthly digest
One email a month: what the median rent did, which postcodes moved, and how much came to market. Built from live listings across six UK property sites. No card, no account, unsubscribe anytime.
We’ll email you once to confirm. See our privacy policy.
Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Highland and Islands is £736 a month, up 3.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Highland and Islands is the ONS area that covers Inverness. The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+3.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+19%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Property types
32% of listings
16% of listings
50% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 36% of the 25 houses currently advertised in Inverness.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 71 live listings in 2 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Inverness, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/inverness, updated 28 October 2026.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit Dwellio and link to this page. How we measure this
Live from the portals
15 homes came onto the Inverness rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Castle Heather Road, Highland IV2
3 bed semi-detached house
Milne Avenue, Inverness IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
Murray Terrace, Smithton, Inverness, IV2
2 bed property
Drummossie Road, Stratton, Inverness, IV2
2 bed semi-detached house
Larchwood Drive, Milton of Leys, Inverness, IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
Murray Terrace, Smithton, Inverness, IV2
3 bed property
North College Street, Elgin IV30
2 bed property
London NW9
2 bed property
Esk Road, Inverness IV2
2 bed property
Foxglove Crescent, Inverness IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Culduthel Park, IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
Esk Road, Inverness, IV2 4HL
2 bed terraced house
Wester Cairnglass, Inverness-Shire, Gollanfield, IV2
3 bed bungalow
Edgemoor Park, Balloch, IV2
4 bed terraced house
Wester Cairnglass, Inverness-Shire, Gollanfield, IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
Atholl Place, Highland IV2
3 bed semi-detached house
19 Admirals Way, Inverness, IV2 5GT
2 bed terraced house
Foxglove Crescent, Inverness, IV2 6DY
2 bed flat/apartment
187 Murray Terrace, Smithton, Inverness. IV2 7WZ
1 bed flat/apartment
17 Caulfield Gardens, Cradlehall, Inverness. IV2 5GE
2 bed flat/apartment
2-4 Montague Row, Inverness, IV3
1 bed flat/apartment
Birchwood Brae, Inshes, Inverness, IV2
3 bed flat/apartment
Union Road, Crown, Inverness, IV2
2 bed flat/apartment
Holm Dell Place, Inverness, IV2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Inverness. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
How it works
Four steps between you and never missing a good one in Inverness.
Pop in your budget, bed count and favourite corners of Inverness. A minute, tops.
Six major sites, checked every couple of minutes. Yes, on Sundays too.
The moment a match appears, email arrives before most people open the app.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
62% of Inverness premises can already get full-fibre and 62% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
62%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
62%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
86%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
351 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Highland), July 2025, covering 123,560 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Where we search
We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Inverness.
Start getting alerts
Free to sign up — no card needed. We’ll email the moment a matching rental goes live in Inverness.
Dwellio
Alerts that land before the rush.
Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Inverness is £975 a month, from 73 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Inverness is £765 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 20 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Inverness is £950 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 33 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Inverness is £1,150 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 17 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Inverness is £650 a month, from 64 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 137 rental properties available in Inverness, with 15 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across Scotland
How Inverness compares with the other 17 places we track in Scotland — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Scotland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/inverness, updated 28 October 2026.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit Dwellio and link to this page. How we measure this
Compare across the UK
See how Inverness compares with the UK’s largest rental markets — median rents, area data and live alerts for each.
Renting guides
Guides on covering every portal and reaching new Inverness listings first.
Best property alert tools in the UK
How the main rental-alert services compare on speed and portal coverage.
Read guideBest alternatives to Rightmove
The UK portals worth searching beyond Rightmove — and what each one adds.
Read guideRightmove vs Zoopla vs OnTheMarket
What each portal covers, where the gaps are, and how to stop missing listings.
Read guideFree to sign up. No card needed. Cancel anytime.
Start free