UK PPC Index
UK PPC Index for Lettings Agents for August 2026
Average Google Ads cost-per-click for the Lettings Agents vertical in the United Kingdom, based on a basket of 25 high-volume commercial keywords. Updated monthly.
This month's findings
Lettings agents recorded the largest sustained climb in the Peak Digital UK PPC Index this month, setting 24-month highs on both series: head-term CPC at £2.85 and tail-term CPC at £2.63. Head rose 17.9 per cent on May and tail rose 14.4 per cent, extending a run that has taken head 55.4 per cent above June 2025 and tail 51.9 per cent above. Both sit roughly 50 per cent above their prior 12-month averages of £1.90 and £1.76, the widest such deviation of any vertical in the panel this month. Head CPC has nearly trebled from the £0.99 recorded in September 2024, the low of the window. Tail continues to trade below head, with the gap at £0.22, its widest across the 24 months, on a sample of 24 keywords.
Top 25 keywords by search volume
| Keyword | Monthly searches | CPC (USD) | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| buy-to-let mortgages | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy-to-let mortgage | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage lenders | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy-to let mortgage | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage loans | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgages | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgages lenders | 27,100 | £3.76 | HIGH |
| buy to let calculator mortgage | 18,100 | £1.94 | HIGH |
| buy to let uk mortgage calculator | 18,100 | £1.94 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage mortgage calculator | 18,100 | £1.94 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage loan calculator | 18,100 | £1.94 | HIGH |
| buy to let mortgage formula | 18,100 | £1.94 | HIGH |
| business property for rental | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |
| commercial property rental | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |
| commercial rental property | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |
| commercial rental property for rent | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |
| london rent a house | 14,800 | £0.59 | MEDIUM |
| rent a house in london | 14,800 | £0.59 | MEDIUM |
| rent a house in london uk | 14,800 | £0.59 | MEDIUM |
| rent a house in uk london | 14,800 | £0.59 | MEDIUM |
| rental commercial property | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |
| rental of commercial property | 14,800 | £3.38 | MEDIUM |