{"id":22179,"date":"2018-12-03T08:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=22179"},"modified":"2018-12-03T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:50:28","slug":"buy-to-let-rental-yields-stats-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/2018\/12\/03\/buy-to-let-rental-yields-stats-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"North fares well in new buy-to-let rental yield stats"},"content":{"rendered":"
Knowing which locations might give a better return on an investment is vital when mulling over a property option.<\/strong><\/p>\n Buying to rent out to students is a popular choice, and new figures from Totally Money<\/a> have revealed that many of the country\u2019s highest yields from buy-to-let are to be found in postcodes in towns and cities with universities.<\/p>\n And Totally Money\u2019s top 20 reveals that properties from the East Midlands northwards bring the best returns, with only ninth-placed Southend-on-Sea outside that area.<\/p>\n NG1 in central Nottingham tops the list a yield of 11.99%, although there are just 44 properties rented out in the postcode, where there\u2019s an average rental value of \u00a31,525 per month. However, NG7 is fifth on the list at 8.89%, indicating a strong market for renting to students at the universities of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent.<\/p>\n Liverpool, recently named as one of the most appealing buy-to-let markets<\/a> in the UK, also performs well in the new figures. A quarter of the Top 20 postcodes are in the Merseyside city, and L7, which includes Edge Hill, Fairfield and Kensington returns an average rental yield of 9.79%. In Manchester and Leeds, the traditional student areas of Fallowfield and Headingley respectively still perform strongly with figures of over 7%. Recent figures<\/a> from all three cities showed around 80% of students in each were happy with their accommodation choice.<\/p>\nHealthy rents by the Trent<\/h4>\n