Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Great Yarmouth (July 2026)
The average private rent in Great Yarmouth is £841 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £209,164 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.8%, ranked 100 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Great Yarmouth
The average private rent across all property types is £841 a month (+8.0% on a year earlier). The regional median in the East of England is £1,249.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £591 | £7,092 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £770 | £9,240 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £932 | £11,184 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,324 | £15,888 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Great Yarmouth: one to two bedrooms adds 30.3% to the rent, two to three adds 21% and three to four-plus adds 42.1% (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 Great Yarmouth
The average price paid is £209,164 (+2.5% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £316,034 |
| Semi-detached | £214,186 |
| Terraced | £167,161 |
| Flat | £105,077 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Great Yarmouth. Rents moved +8% over the year against +2.5% for prices — a gap of 5.5 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Great Yarmouth ranks 19th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 168th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Great Yarmouth
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £770 | £105,077 | 8.8% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £932 | £167,161 | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £932 | £214,186 | 5.2% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,324 | £316,034 | 5% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Great Yarmouth is on flats at 8.8%, 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 4.8% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 100 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.2%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £25,230 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 50% of EPCs lodged in Great Yarmouth over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 36% at D (EPC ratings in Great Yarmouth).
- Council tax: Band D in Great Yarmouth is £2,414 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Great Yarmouth).
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 £841 supports a loan of about £126,545, which is 60.5% 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 Great Yarmouth
- Yield calculator with £209,164 and £841 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £841 a month
- Rental income tax on £10,092 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the East of England
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | £1,221 | £289,790 | 5.1% | +2.4% |
| Thurrock | £1,375 | £327,176 | 5% | +4.8% |
| Broxbourne | £1,687 | £406,678 | 5% | +3.1% |
| Tendring | £1,051 | £261,717 | 4.8% | +4.6% |
| Colchester | £1,196 | £298,003 | 4.8% | +2.3% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £1,296 | £325,586 | 4.8% | +4.7% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Great Yarmouth · EPC ratings in Great Yarmouth.
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.
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£841 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 8.0% on a year earlier.
£209,164 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.8% gross on the averages — £841 rent against a £209,164 price — ranking 100 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.8% gross (£770 rent on a £105,077 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +8% against prices +2.5% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £25,230 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Great Yarmouth
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all NR postcodes.