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Buy-to-let in North Tyneside

Yields, prices, demand and local risks for North Tyneside, covering North Shields, Wallsend, Whitley Bay.

Gross rental yields across North Tyneside are 6.5% on flats, 5.1% on terraced houses and 4.7% on semi-detached houses, depending on the kind of home each town's prices point to. Entry prices across its 3 ranked towns run from £150,000 to £235,500. Prices across North Tyneside moved +3.7% over the last year and +41.5% over ten years.

North Tyneside in figures

Gross rental yield
4.7% to 6.5%
By kind of home, across North Tyneside
Entry price, across its towns
£150,000 to £235,500
The cheapest postcode district's median sale
Price move, 12 months
+3.7%
UK House Price Index, across North Tyneside
Price move, 10 years
+41.5%
UK House Price Index, across North Tyneside
Population
215,401
North Tyneside, +3.5% growth
  • Terraced houses across North Tyneside let for £880/mo against a median sale of £207,000 there: 5.1% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
  • ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £857/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
  • Prices across North Tyneside rose 3.7% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
  • Prices +42% over ten years (North Tyneside)
  • £9,750 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £175,000 buy-to-let
  • 505 homes added across North Tyneside
  • Band D £2,462 (North Tyneside)
  • 0.8% long-term empty across North Tyneside
  • +29% five-year forecast for North East 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 Tyneside 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 Tyneside moved +41.5% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across North Tyneside moved +11.3% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

46% of the energy performance certificates lodged across North Shields's postcode districts are below band C (21,859 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 £175,000 pays £9,750 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

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

Towns in North Tyneside

Ranked towns covered by the North Tyneside report
TownEntry priceGross yieldTenant demand
North Shields£175,0005.1%terraced houses4.2/10
Wallsend£150,0006.5%flats3.5/10
Whitley Bay£235,5004.7%semi-detached houses4.9/10

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

The North Tyneside report

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

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