Buy-to-let in North Somerset

North Somerset in figures

Gross rental yield

4.9% to 6.5%

By kind of home, across North Somerset

Entry price, across its towns

£198,500 to £328,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+6.7%

UK House Price Index, across North Somerset

Price move, 10 years

+37.2%

UK House Price Index, across North Somerset

Population

227,160

North Somerset, +5.2% growth

• Semi-detached houses across North Somerset let for £1,310/mo against a median sale of £320,000 there: 4.9% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £1,209/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across North Somerset rose 6.7% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +37% over ten years (North Somerset)
• £22,800 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £328,000 buy-to-let
• 1 regeneration award (North Somerset)
• 865 homes added across North Somerset
• Band D £2,491 (North Somerset)
• 0.7% long-term empty across North Somerset
• +21% five-year forecast for South West 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 North Somerset 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 North Somerset moved +37.2% over ten years on the UK House Price Index.

Employee jobs across North Somerset moved +10.5% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

59% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Clevedon's postcode districts are below band C (7,785 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.

A buy-to-let at £328,000 pays £22,800 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, South West) is a regional figure for South West as a whole, not a forecast for North Somerset, and Clarity does not rank on it.

Towns in North Somerset

Each yield is North Somerset's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across North Somerset as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.

The North Somerset report

The full report measures North Somerset 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 North Somerset report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

The investment map ranks North Somerset against every other place we cover, on your own budget and strategy. Questions about the figures or about us are answered here.