Buy-to-let in Norwich

Norwich in figures

Gross rental yield

4.9%

On terraced houses across Broadland

Entry price

£243,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+8.1%

UK House Price Index, across Broadland

Price move, 10 years

+39.0%

UK House Price Index, across Broadland

Homes below EPC band C

50%

Of lodged certificates, a proxy for the condition of the stock

Population

139,652

Broadland, +6.8% growth

• Terraced houses across Broadland let for £940/mo against a median sale of £232,000 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 £938/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Broadland rose 8.1% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +39% over ten years (Broadland)
• Financial and insurance activities: 13.2% of jobs against 3.3% across Great Britain (Broadland)
• 50% of EPCs below band C
• £14,510 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £243,000 buy-to-let
• 803 homes added across Broadland
• 18% private rented (2021 census)
• 65% gigabit broadband
• 82% of 71 graded schools good or better
• Band D £2,438 (Broadland)
• 1.0% long-term empty across Broadland
• +19% five-year forecast for East of England 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 Norwich 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 Broadland moved +39.0% over ten years on the UK House Price Index.

Financial and insurance activities is 13.2% of employee jobs in Broadland, against 3.3% across Great Britain (5,000 jobs in 2015, 7,000 in 2024). Where one industry carries that much of a local economy, rents and prices tend to move with it. Employee jobs across Broadland moved +10.4% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

50% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Norwich's postcode districts are below band C (142,761 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 £243,000 pays £14,510 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

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

The Norwich report

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

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Compare it with everywhere else

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