Homes in TQ5 sell for a median of £295,000 across 376 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +18% against the Torbay median of £249,000. Set against the local average rent of £917 a month (ONS), that implies a 3.7% gross yield here versus 4.4% for Torbay as a whole.
Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Torbay average rent to TQ5 prices. It's the right way to compare postcodes on entry price, but rents do vary street by street, and gross yield ignores costs, voids and mortgage interest.
TQ5 averages tell you where to look, not whether one particular flat stacks up. Paste a listing and gemhome runs the actual numbers: yield, cash flow, the lender stress test, EPC work and what the public records say about that specific address.
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