Buy-to-let in Merthyr Tydfil
Yields, prices, demand and local risks for Merthyr Tydfil, covering Merthyr Tydfil, Treharris.
Merthyr Tydfil in figures
- Gross rental yield
- 6.5%
- On terraced houses across Merthyr Tydfil
- Entry price, across its towns
- £130,000 to £160,000
- The cheapest postcode district's median sale
- Price move, 12 months
- -0.8%
- UK House Price Index, across Merthyr Tydfil
- Price move, 10 years
- +67.9%
- UK House Price Index, across Merthyr Tydfil
- Population
- 58,362
- Merthyr Tydfil, -1.4% growth
- Terraced houses across Merthyr Tydfil let for £680/mo against a median sale of £127,000 there: 6.5% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
- ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £754/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
- Prices here fell 0.8% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
- Prices +68% over ten years
- £6,500 Land Transaction Tax at Wales's higher rates on a £130,000 buy-to-let
- 1 regeneration award
- Band D £2,594
- +28% five-year forecast for Wales as a whole (Savills), not this area
These figures are from Clarity's monthly ranking dataset, one method across every place so they compare. The Merthyr Tydfil report measures the area in more depth over its own twelve months, so its figures are the ones to quote.
What sits behind the figures
Prices across Merthyr Tydfil moved +67.9% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.
Employee jobs across Merthyr Tydfil moved +4.5% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).
47% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Merthyr Tydfil's postcode districts are below band C (16,910 certificates). Clarity measures areas rather than individual homes, so this is the share of the local stock likely to need energy-efficiency work before it meets a band C standard, not a survey of any one property.
The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, Wales) is a regional figure for Wales as a whole, not a forecast for Merthyr Tydfil, and Clarity does not rank on it.
Towns in Merthyr Tydfil
| Town | Entry price | Gross yield | Tenant demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merthyr Tydfil | £130,000 | 6.5%terraced houses | 1.5/10 |
| Treharris | £160,000 | 6.5%terraced houses | 1.6/10 |
Each yield is Merthyr Tydfil's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Merthyr Tydfil as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.
The Merthyr Tydfil report
The full report measures Merthyr Tydfil from its own sales: sold prices and rents for each type of home, the year's price move, crime per resident and worker, flood risk, planning designations, housing delivery and regeneration funding, with a worked buy-to-let deal on your own budget. This edition was built in October 2026.
Read the cover of the Merthyr Tydfil report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.
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Sources and further reading
- HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index
- HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (England and Wales)
- Registers of Scotland: property market statistics (Scotland)
- ONS: Price Index of Private Rents
- ONS: Population estimates
- ONS: Business Register and Employment Survey
- MHCLG: Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England and Wales)
- Welsh Revenue Authority: Land Transaction Tax