Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Tamworth (July 2026)
The average private rent in Tamworth is £920 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £230,478 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.8%, ranked 105 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Tamworth
The average private rent across all property types is £920 a month (+0.5% on a year earlier). The regional median in the West Midlands is £942.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £672 | £8,064 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £824 | £9,888 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,001 | £12,012 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,432 | £17,184 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Tamworth: one to two bedrooms adds 22.6% to the rent, two to three adds 21.5% and three to four-plus adds 43.1% (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 Tamworth
The average price paid is £230,478 (+1.9% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £370,873 |
| Semi-detached | £234,957 |
| Terraced | £195,018 |
| Flat | £116,738 |
Rents and prices moved together in Tamworth — +0.5% and +1.9% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Tamworth ranks 300th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 200th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Tamworth
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £824 | £116,738 | 8.5% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,001 | £195,018 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,001 | £234,957 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,432 | £370,873 | 4.6% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Tamworth is on flats at 8.5%, 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 4.8% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 105 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.5%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £27,600 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 40% of EPCs lodged in Tamworth over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 35% at D (EPC ratings in Tamworth).
- Council tax: Band D in Tamworth is £2,301 for 2026/27 (council tax in Tamworth).
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 £920 supports a loan of about £138,433, which is 60.1% 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 Tamworth
- Yield calculator with £230,478 and £920 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £920 a month
- Rental income tax on £11,040 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the West Midlands
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | £1,019 | £223,731 | 5.5% | +2.3% |
| Wolverhampton | £942 | £216,668 | 5.2% | +11.1% |
| Walsall | £916 | £214,577 | 5.1% | +8.7% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £921 | £230,734 | 4.8% | +5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £830 | £209,547 | 4.8% | +8.4% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £861 | £220,519 | 4.7% | +7.1% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Tamworth · EPC ratings in Tamworth.
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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£920 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 0.5% on a year earlier.
£230,478 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.8% gross on the averages — £920 rent against a £230,478 price — ranking 105 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.5% gross (£824 rent on a £116,738 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +0.5% against prices +1.9% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £27,600 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Tamworth
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all B postcodes.