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OFFICIAL DATA#16 OF 313 FOR YIELD

Rental yield in Gateshead

A typical rental in Gateshead grosses 5.8% a year: the official average rent of £798 a month (ONS) against a £165,000 median sold price (HM Land Registry, 3,058 sales over two years). That ranks #16 of 313 districts we can compute, against a national median of 4.4%. Whole-market averages before any costs, not a valuation of any one property.

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Gross yield
5.8%
Avg rent
£798
Median sold
£165,000
2-bed rent
£718
Rents, 5 yrs
+37.8%
Entry prices by postcode area
NE39152 sales+21% vs district£200,000NE16459 sales+15% vs district£190,000NE40352 sales+12% vs district£185,000NE9538 sales+12% vs district£184,500NE11265 sales-2% vs district£161,000NE21304 sales-4% vs district£158,250NE10427 sales-12% vs district£145,500NE8403 sales-14% vs district£142,000NE1797 sales-33% vs district£110,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. Cheaper pockets usually push the yield above the district average, though rents vary street by street too.
The highest-yielding districts right now
#1Newcastle upon Tyne£1,207 pcm7.1%#2Manchester£1,365 pcm6.5%#3Bristol, City of£1,880 pcm6.4%#4Merthyr Tydfil£755 pcm6.4%#5Portsmouth£1,367 pcm6.3%#6Nottingham£1,011 pcm6.1%#7Blackpool£714 pcm6.1%#8Lincoln£944 pcm6%#9Tower Hamlets£2,439 pcm5.9%#10Kingston upon Hull, City of£691 pcm5.9%
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Similar yields elsewhere
Southampton · 5.8%Salford · 5.8%Blaenau Gwent · 5.8%Bath and North East Somerset · 5.7%Gosport · 5.6%Burnley · 5.6%All 313 districts →
Gross yield = official average rent (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026) × 12 ÷ median sold price (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data). Whole-market averages before mortgage, letting and running costs; individual homes vary widely. Research figures, not financial or investment advice.