Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Torridge (July 2026)
The average private rent in Torridge is £788 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £260,783 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 3.6%, ranked 278 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Torridge
The average private rent across all property types is £788 a month (+2.5% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South West is £1,046.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £564 | £6,768 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £738 | £8,856 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £906 | £10,872 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,267 | £15,204 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Torridge: one to two bedrooms adds 30.9% to the rent, two to three adds 22.8% and three to four-plus adds 39.8% (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 Torridge
The average price paid is £260,783 (+3.9% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £382,250 |
| Semi-detached | £270,650 |
| Terraced | £200,908 |
| Flat | £132,914 |
Rents and prices moved together in Torridge — +2.5% and +3.9% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Torridge ranks 232nd of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 117th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Torridge
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £738 | £132,914 | 6.7% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £906 | £200,908 | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £906 | £270,650 | 4% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,267 | £382,250 | 4% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Torridge is on flats at 6.7%, 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 3.6% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 278 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.1%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £23,640 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 51% of EPCs lodged in Torridge over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 31% at D (EPC ratings in Torridge).
- Council tax: Band D in Torridge is £2,601 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Torridge).
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 £788 supports a loan of about £118,571, which is 45.5% 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 Torridge
- Yield calculator with £260,783 and £788 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £788 a month
- Rental income tax on £9,456 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South West
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teignbridge | £958 | £303,564 | 3.8% | +3.7% |
| Mid Devon | £876 | £284,283 | 3.7% | +1.6% |
| Cotswold | £1,248 | £411,764 | 3.6% | +6% |
| North Devon | £845 | £281,532 | 3.6% | −0.1% |
| West Devon | £840 | £286,145 | 3.5% | +2.1% |
| Stroud | £1,040 | £355,953 | 3.5% | +6% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Torridge · EPC ratings in Torridge.
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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£788 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 2.5% on a year earlier.
£260,783 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 3.6% gross on the averages — £788 rent against a £260,783 price — ranking 278 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 6.7% gross (£738 rent on a £132,914 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +2.5% against prices +3.9% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £23,640 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.