Monthly market index UPM-MAN-SLI-2026-09
The Manchester Short Let Index
A monthly measure of forward calendar unavailability across tracked short lets within ten kilometres of Manchester city centre.
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Current evidence
Market snapshot
36%
Next 90 nights unavailable
Whole valid market sample
57%
Friday and Saturday nights
Next 30 nights unavailable
65%
Peak night
Saturday, 5 September
619
Unique homes in the reading
The largest sample in this release
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Comparative view
What the latest reading shows
Saturday, 5 September
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Reading detail
Weekend demand and release depth
Manchester combines a pronounced weekend pattern with the deepest local sample in the September release.
The demand pattern
Unavailable share within the next 30 nights.
- Friday and Saturday
- 57%Sixteen points above the rest of the week
- Sunday to Thursday
- 41%Next 30 nights
- First seven nights
- 54%The fullest horizon cut
- Softest night
- 30%Wednesday, 30 September
What cleared the release gate
Availability and price evidence are assessed separately.
- Unique homes
- 619Fresh and geographically valid sample
- Near term nights published
- 31/31All dates cleared the minimum sample
- Home nights observed
- 19,021Across the next 31 calendar dates
- Priced nights clearing input
- 15/31Below the 20 night rate threshold
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Published data
Monthly index series
Each future release will use the same geography, freshness rule and minimum sample threshold.
| Reading | Next 30 nights | Next 90 nights | Weekend nights | Unique homes | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 45% | 36% | 57% | 619 | 1 September 2026 |
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Data coverage
From the UK corpus to one Manchester reading
The Manchester index narrows the national warehouse to fresh, deduplicated homes inside its fixed footprint. The wider corpus is shown for provenance, not presented as the Manchester sample.
10.36M
Night-level records
Observed availability states in the research warehouse2.07M
Priced night records
Rows carrying a usable nightly price observation120,143
Listing profiles catalogued
Discovery coverage before freshness and market-level deduplication99.6%
Profiles geocoded
119,707 profiles with usable coordinatesWarehouse coverage spans 4 June to 15 August 2026. Profile counts describe the UK discovery corpus, not active supply in this market; every published index applies its own geography, freshness, duplicate and minimum-sample rules. The corpus totals are the conservative 16 August audit. This market reading uses a later snapshot observed on 1 September 2026.
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Transparency
Methodology and publication notes
The index uses the latest valid availability observation for each deduplicated short let inside a fixed ten kilometre Manchester footprint. An unavailable night may be reserved, owner blocked or withheld for another reason, so this is not realised occupancy.
Fixed Manchester footprint
Every release uses the same ten kilometre radius around Manchester city centre.
Fresh observations only
A calendar state must have been observed within five days of the reading date.
Each home counted once
Listings within 150 metres are grouped before the daily unavailable share is calculated.
Rate held back
Only 15 near term dates carried a valid daily price median. The rate needs at least 20 and is not published.
Supporting publications
Market ReportsBath Short Let IndexCardiff Short Let IndexLondon Short Let IndexProperty owners
Assess an individual Manchester property
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