Where are the highest rental yields in the East of England?

Norwich has the highest average gross rental yield in the East of England at 6.1%, from an average price of £224,323 and rent of £1,142 a month. It ranks 11 of 316 areas across England and Wales.

What is a typical rental yield in the East of England?

The median gross yield across the 45 council areas in the East of England is 4.2%, compared with 4.4% across England and Wales.

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Rental yields in the East of England

The East of England has 45 council areas and a typical gross rental yield of 4.2%, below the 4.4% median across England and Wales. Yields run from 3.2% in Uttlesford to 6.1% in Norwich. The typical area here has an average price of £330,523 and an average rent of £1,250 a month.

Highest (Norwich)

6.1%

Typical (median)

4.2%

Lowest (Uttlesford)

3.2%

All 45 areas in the East of England, ranked

AreaYieldAvg price

1.Norwich6.1%£224,323 2.Harlow5.7%£319,860 3.Stevenage5.5%£316,210 4.Watford5.4%£404,299 5.Ipswich5.4%£221,445 6.Peterborough5.2%£234,690 7.Luton5.1%£284,946 8.Thurrock5.1%£321,941 9.Tendring4.9%£259,568 10.Broxbourne4.9%£411,689 11.Southend-on-Sea4.8%£328,383 12.Colchester4.8%£297,824 13.Great Yarmouth4.8%£209,114 14.West Suffolk4.8%£294,810 15.Basildon4.7%£367,233 16.Cambridge4.6%£475,151 17.Chelmsford4.6%£378,080 18.Fenland4.5%£225,613 19.Braintree4.4%£328,477 20.Bedford4.2%£333,824 21.Central Bedfordshire4.2%£356,758 22.Castle Point4.2%£356,579 23.Epping Forest4.2%£525,719 24.Dacorum4.2%£459,235 25.King's Lynn and West Norfolk4.2%£265,715 26.Huntingdonshire4.1%£308,374 27.North Hertfordshire4.1%£418,857 28.Breckland4.1%£268,905 29.Hertsmere4.0%£548,704 30.Welwyn Hatfield4.0%£448,681 31.East Hertfordshire4.0%£457,417 32.South Cambridgeshire3.8%£439,573 33.Brentwood3.8%£514,480 34.Rochford3.8%£412,543 35.South Norfolk3.8%£311,587 36.Mid Suffolk3.8%£315,898 37.Three Rivers3.7%£590,816 38.East Suffolk3.7%£276,301 39.East Cambridgeshire3.6%£346,413 40.Broadland3.6%£313,407 41.St Albans3.6%£646,781 42.Maldon3.5%£389,529 43.North Norfolk3.5%£292,563 44.Babergh3.5%£330,523 45.Uttlesford3.2%£476,329

Gross yield = annual rent divided by average price. Tap any area for prices, rents by bedroom count, council tax, tenure and Article 4 data.

6 councils in the East of England have Article 4 areas restricting HMO conversions in the national planning dataset: Harlow, Stevenage, Ipswich, Peterborough, Great Yarmouth, Fenland. Inside those areas, turning a family home into a small HMO needs full planning permission. See the Article 4 report.

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Average price: HM Land Registry UK HPI (July 2026). Average rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026). Regions: ONS. Local-authority averages across all property types, indicative only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not investment advice.