Buy-to-let in Stoke-On-Trent

Stoke-On-Trent in figures

Gross rental yield

7.2%

On terraced houses across Stoke-on-Trent

Entry price

£125,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+5.0%

UK House Price Index, across Stoke-on-Trent

Price move, 10 years

+57.1%

UK House Price Index, across Stoke-on-Trent

Homes below EPC band C

57%

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

Population

272,282

Stoke-on-Trent, +5.2% growth

• Terraced houses across Stoke-on-Trent let for £720/mo against a median sale of £120,000 there: 7.2% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £715/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Stoke-on-Trent rose 5.0% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +57% over ten years (Stoke-on-Trent)
• 57% of EPCs below band C
• £6,250 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £125,000 buy-to-let
• 2 regeneration awards (Stoke-on-Trent)
• 465 homes added across Stoke-on-Trent
• 17% private rented (2021 census)
• 79% gigabit broadband
• 90% of 80 graded schools good or better
• Band D £2,183 (Stoke-on-Trent)
• 1.5% long-term empty across Stoke-on-Trent
• +25% five-year forecast for West Midlands 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 Stoke-On-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent moved +57.1% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Stoke-on-Trent moved +9.6% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

57% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Stoke-On-Trent's postcode districts are below band C (125,398 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 £125,000 pays £6,250 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

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

The Stoke-On-Trent report

The full report measures Stoke-On-Trent 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 Stoke-On-Trent report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

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