Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Sunderland (July 2026)
The average private rent in Sunderland is £704 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £143,216 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.9%, ranked 17 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Sunderland
The average private rent across all property types is £704 a month (+4.6% on a year earlier). The regional median in the North East is £702.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £521 | £6,252 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £645 | £7,740 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £769 | £9,228 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,076 | £12,912 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Sunderland: one to two bedrooms adds 23.8% to the rent, two to three adds 19.2% and three to four-plus adds 39.9% (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 Sunderland
The average price paid is £143,216 (+4.6% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £258,891 |
| Semi-detached | £153,166 |
| Terraced | £123,902 |
| Flat | £79,565 |
Rents and prices moved together in Sunderland — +4.6% and +4.6% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Sunderland ranks 130th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 94th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Sunderland
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £645 | £79,565 | 9.7% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £769 | £123,902 | 7.4% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £769 | £153,166 | 6% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,076 | £258,891 | 5% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Sunderland is on flats at 9.7%, 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 5.9% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 17 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 5.3%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £21,120 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 27% of EPCs lodged in Sunderland over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 25% at D (EPC ratings in Sunderland).
- Council tax: Band D in Sunderland is £2,197 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Sunderland).
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 £704 supports a loan of about £105,931, which is 74% 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 Sunderland
- Yield calculator with £143,216 and £704 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £704 a month
- Rental income tax on £8,448 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the North East
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £1,207 | £208,589 | 6.9% | +9.8% |
| Middlesbrough | £699 | £137,773 | 6.1% | +4.7% |
| Gateshead | £798 | £158,254 | 6.1% | +5.3% |
| County Durham | £645 | £138,148 | 5.6% | +6% |
| South Tyneside | £737 | £161,372 | 5.5% | +6.9% |
| Darlington | £686 | £158,188 | 5.2% | +6.2% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Sunderland · EPC ratings in Sunderland.
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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£704 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 4.6% on a year earlier.
£143,216 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.9% gross on the averages — £704 rent against a £143,216 price — ranking 17 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 9.7% gross (£645 rent on a £79,565 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +4.6% against prices +4.6% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £21,120 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Sunderland
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all DH postcodes · all NE postcodes · all SR postcodes.