Where are the highest rental yields in the North East?

Newcastle upon Tyne has the highest average gross rental yield in the North East at 7.0%, from an average price of £207,547 and rent of £1,215 a month. It ranks 1 of 316 areas across England and Wales.

What is a typical rental yield in the North East?

The median gross yield across the 12 council areas in the North East is 5.4%, compared with 4.4% across England and Wales.

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Rental yields in the North East

The North East has 12 council areas and a typical gross rental yield of 5.4%, above the 4.4% median across England and Wales. Yields run from 3.9% in Northumberland to 7.0% in Newcastle upon Tyne. The typical area here has an average price of £157,769 and an average rent of £703 a month.

Highest (Newcastle upon Tyne)

7.0%

Typical (median)

5.4%

Lowest (Northumberland)

3.9%

All 12 areas in the North East, ranked

AreaYieldAvg price

1.Newcastle upon Tyne7.0%£207,547 2.Gateshead6.2%£155,550 3.Middlesbrough5.9%£140,909 4.Sunderland5.8%£147,114 5.County Durham5.6%£140,447 6.South Tyneside5.5%£161,559 7.Stockton-on-Tees5.2%£170,029 8.Darlington5.2%£159,988 9.Redcar and Cleveland5.1%£151,341 10.North Tyneside5.0%£205,744 11.Hartlepool4.9%£136,894 12.Northumberland3.9%£212,563

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

1 council in the North East has Article 4 areas restricting HMO conversions in the national planning dataset: Newcastle upon Tyne. 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.