Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Buckinghamshire (July 2026)
The average private rent in Buckinghamshire is £1,474 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £490,508 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 3.6%, ranked 281 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Buckinghamshire
The average private rent across all property types is £1,474 a month (+4.6% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South East is £1,355.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,035 | £12,420 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,310 | £15,720 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,602 | £19,224 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,356 | £28,272 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Buckinghamshire: one to two bedrooms adds 26.6% to the rent, two to three adds 22.3% and three to four-plus adds 47.1% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Buckinghamshire
The average price paid is £490,508 (+4.3% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £875,480 |
| Semi-detached | £482,969 |
| Terraced | £385,998 |
| Flat | £241,795 |
Rents and prices moved together in Buckinghamshire — +4.6% and +4.3% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Buckinghamshire ranks 128th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 107th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Buckinghamshire
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £1,310 | £241,795 | 6.5% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,602 | £385,998 | 5% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,602 | £482,969 | 4% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £2,356 | £875,480 | 3.2% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Buckinghamshire is on flats at 6.5%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 3.6% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 281 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.3%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £44,220 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 38% of EPCs lodged in Buckinghamshire over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 30% at D (EPC ratings in Buckinghamshire).
- Council tax: Band D in Buckinghamshire is £2,527 for 2026/27 (council tax in Buckinghamshire).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £1,474 supports a loan of about £221,793, which is 45.2% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Buckinghamshire
- Yield calculator with £490,508 and £1,474 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,474 a month
- Rental income tax on £17,688 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South East
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,805 | £576,992 | 3.8% | +1.5% |
| West Oxfordshire | £1,293 | £416,425 | 3.7% | 0% |
| Chichester | £1,328 | £429,978 | 3.7% | +2.8% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £1,694 | £568,810 | 3.6% | +1% |
| Hart | £1,417 | £479,978 | 3.5% | +3.3% |
| Wokingham | £1,470 | £498,941 | 3.5% | +2.4% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Buckinghamshire · EPC ratings in Buckinghamshire.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
Asked about this area
£1,474 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 4.6% on a year earlier.
£490,508 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 3.6% gross on the averages — £1,474 rent against a £490,508 price — ranking 281 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 6.5% gross (£1,310 rent on a £241,795 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +4.6% against prices +4.3% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £44,220 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Buckinghamshire
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all HP postcodes · all LU postcodes · all MK postcodes · all OX postcodes · all SL postcodes · all UB postcodes.
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