{"id":6106310,"date":"2025-08-27T19:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/?p=6106310"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:02:27","slug":"north-west-best-landlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/north-west-best-landlord\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the North West the best place to be a landlord in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With some of the strongest rental yields and fastest house price gains, the North West of England has become a firm investor favourite, with landlord confidence surging.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When it comes to UK property investment, the North of England continues to offer a strong alternative to the once-favoured London market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the North West, landlords not only get more for their money than in the South, but are achieving some of the strongest rental yields in the country, particularly in the leading cities of Manchester<\/a> and Liverpool<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent research from <\/span>Cohab <\/span>revealed that Manchester was actually the highest-yielding city in the UK, achieving average rental yields of 6.35% in April this year, which the report put down to the city’s vibrant student community and influx of young professionals drawn to its strong jobs market and cultural offering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confidence climbing in the North West<\/b><\/h3>\n

And a report earlier this month from the National Residential Landlords Association<\/a> (NRLA) found that landlord confidence has risen the most in the North West out of all the UK\u2019s regions since Q4 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

The region scored 33.3 in the NRLA\u2019s Confidence Tracker, level with the North East in joint third position after Wales with a score of 36.6. This represents a 10.5% increase in investor confidence over the past year, showing how the region continues to make headway as a hotspot for landlords.<\/span><\/p>\n

By contrast, landlord confidence in the North East, despite achieving the same score in the latest results, had fallen by 4% since the final quarter of last year. But the location to see the biggest drop in confidence was Outer London, which languished at the bottom of the rankings with a score of 28.9 and a -9.9% fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, confidence among investors has ticked up slightly for a third consecutive quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Portfolio focus<\/b><\/h3>\n

The NRLA\u2019s report looked at the regions in which each landlord respondent\u2019s portfolio was focused, out of a total of 1,653 landlords who took part. Out of these,the vast majority (83%) owned multiple properties, while 14% owned just one (while the remainder refrained from specifying).<\/span><\/p>\n

The results showed that by far the highest percentage (24%) listed their main focus area as the South East, followed by London at 17%. With the majority of landlords (around 70%) being aged between 55-74, this could be down to the fact that, at the point at which many of them became landlords, these regions were the top performers.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the third most popular region was the North West, with 11% of landlords focusing their portfolios here. As the region continues to outperform the previously coveted London and South East markets, it seems likely that this number will continue to climb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where to look?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Some of the top investment destinations for landlords seeking competitive prices, strong capital growth prospects and above-average yields include:<\/span><\/p>\n