Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Telford and Wrekin (July 2026)
The average private rent in Telford and Wrekin is £861 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £220,519 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.7%, ranked 118 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Telford and Wrekin
The average private rent across all property types is £861 a month (+7.1% on a year earlier). The regional median in the West Midlands is £942.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £600 | £7,200 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £771 | £9,252 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £954 | £11,448 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,357 | £16,284 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Telford and Wrekin: one to two bedrooms adds 28.5% to the rent, two to three adds 23.7% and three to four-plus adds 42.2% (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 Telford and Wrekin
The average price paid is £220,519 (+1.3% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £345,217 |
| Semi-detached | £203,403 |
| Terraced | £172,319 |
| Flat | £97,189 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Telford and Wrekin. Rents moved +7.1% over the year against +1.3% for prices — a gap of 5.8 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Telford and Wrekin ranks 33rd of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 218th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Telford and Wrekin
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £771 | £97,189 | 9.5% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £954 | £172,319 | 6.6% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £954 | £203,403 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,357 | £345,217 | 4.7% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Telford and Wrekin is on flats at 9.5%, 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 4.7% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 118 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 £25,830 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 29% of EPCs lodged in Telford and Wrekin over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 26% at D (EPC ratings in Telford and Wrekin).
- Council tax: Band D in Telford and Wrekin is £2,256 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Telford and Wrekin).
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 £861 supports a loan of about £129,555, which is 58.7% 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 Telford and Wrekin
- Yield calculator with £220,519 and £861 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £861 a month
- Rental income tax on £10,332 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the West Midlands
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth | £920 | £230,478 | 4.8% | +0.5% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £921 | £230,734 | 4.8% | +5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £830 | £209,547 | 4.8% | +8.4% |
| Redditch | £951 | £243,843 | 4.7% | +8.5% |
| Worcester | £974 | £253,787 | 4.6% | +4.8% |
| Solihull | £1,269 | £334,966 | 4.5% | +2.3% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Telford and Wrekin · EPC ratings in Telford and Wrekin.
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
£861 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 7.1% on a year earlier.
£220,519 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.7% gross on the averages — £861 rent against a £220,519 price — ranking 118 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 9.5% gross (£771 rent on a £97,189 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +7.1% against prices +1.3% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £25,830 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.