UK rental yield heatmap
Gross rental yield for every local authority in England and Wales, on one map, from official Land Registry prices and ONS rents. It answers the question every new investor asks first: where does the rent actually stack up against the price? Search a postcode or area, or read the full ranked table below.
How to read it
Greener areas have higher gross yield, more annual rent for each pound of purchase price. Red areas have lower yield, which is usually the expensive south. Higher yield and higher capital growth rarely sit in the same place, so the map is a starting point for the trade-off, not a buy list. Click any area for its average price, average rent and yield, or sort the table by yield, rent or price.
Why gross yield is only the first number
Gross yield ignores everything that comes out of the rent: management, voids, maintenance, insurance, mortgage interest and tax. Two areas with the same gross yield can leave very different amounts in your pocket. Use this to shortlist areas, then run a specific deal through the yield calculator for a net estimate and the BTL stress test to check it passes a lender.
Spotted a high-yield area you had not considered? That is exactly the kind of thing to sanity check with people who invest there. Ask the room in the free Housetrix Discord, or read is buy-to-let still worth it in 2026.
Sources: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price by local authority) and ONS Price Index of Private Rents (average rent by local authority). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are local-authority averages across all property types and are indicative only. This is general information, not investment advice.