Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Horsham (July 2026)
The average private rent in Horsham is £1,465 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £436,940 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.0%, ranked 225 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Horsham
The average private rent across all property types is £1,465 a month (+3.5% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South East is £1,355.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,017 | £12,204 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,344 | £16,128 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,689 | £20,268 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,415 | £28,980 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Horsham: one to two bedrooms adds 32.2% to the rent, two to three adds 25.7% and three to four-plus adds 43% (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 Horsham
The average price paid is £436,940 (-0.2% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £755,971 |
| Semi-detached | £457,337 |
| Terraced | £368,181 |
| Flat | £215,213 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Horsham. Rents moved +3.5% over the year against −0.2% for prices — a gap of 3.7 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Horsham ranks 177th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 256th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Horsham
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £1,344 | £215,213 | 7.5% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,689 | £368,181 | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,689 | £457,337 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £2,415 | £755,971 | 3.8% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Horsham is on flats at 7.5%, 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 4.0% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 225 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 £43,950 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 42% of EPCs lodged in Horsham 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 Horsham).
- Council tax: Band D in Horsham is £2,441 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Horsham).
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 £1,465 supports a loan of about £220,439, which is 50.5% 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 Horsham
- Yield calculator with £436,940 and £1,465 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,465 a month
- Rental income tax on £17,580 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South East
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunbridge Wells | £1,529 | £445,133 | 4.1% | +4.6% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £1,637 | £480,481 | 4.1% | +1.8% |
| Rother | £1,166 | £343,870 | 4.1% | +0.8% |
| Mid Sussex | £1,420 | £426,441 | 4% | +3.4% |
| Sevenoaks | £1,803 | £543,081 | 4% | +4.2% |
| Test Valley | £1,234 | £372,348 | 4% | +8.4% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Horsham · EPC ratings in Horsham.
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
£1,465 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 3.5% on a year earlier.
£436,940 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.0% gross on the averages — £1,465 rent against a £436,940 price — ranking 225 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 7.5% gross (£1,344 rent on a £215,213 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +3.5% against prices −0.2% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £43,950 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Horsham
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all BN postcodes · all RH postcodes.