Buy-to-let in Neath Port Talbot
Yields, prices, demand and local risks for Neath Port Talbot, covering Neath, Port Talbot.
Neath Port Talbot in figures
- Gross rental yield
- 6.1%
- On terraced houses across Neath Port Talbot
- Entry price, across its towns
- £135,000 to £142,000
- The cheapest postcode district's median sale
- Price move, 12 months
- +2.0%
- UK House Price Index, across Neath Port Talbot
- Price move, 10 years
- +72.0%
- UK House Price Index, across Neath Port Talbot
- Population
- 142,028
- Neath Port Talbot, -0.2% growth
- Terraced houses across Neath Port Talbot let for £690/mo against a median sale of £135,000 there: 6.1% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
- Prices across Neath Port Talbot rose 2.0% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
- Neath Port Talbot has won 2 rounds of central government regeneration funding.
- Prices +72% over ten years (Neath Port Talbot)
- £7,100 Land Transaction Tax at Wales's higher rates on a £142,000 buy-to-let
- 2 regeneration awards (Neath Port Talbot)
- Band D £2,541 (Neath Port Talbot)
- +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 Neath Port Talbot 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 Neath Port Talbot moved +72.0% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.
Employee jobs across Neath Port Talbot moved +0.0% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).
53% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Neath's postcode districts are below band C (21,468 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 Neath Port Talbot, and Clarity does not rank on it.
Towns in Neath Port Talbot
| Town | Entry price | Gross yield | Tenant demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neath | £142,000 | 6.1%terraced houses | 1.2/10 |
| Port Talbot | £135,000 | 6.1%terraced houses | 1.1/10 |
Each yield is Neath Port Talbot's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Neath Port Talbot as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.
The Neath Port Talbot report
The full report measures Neath Port Talbot 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.
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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