Buy-to-let in Stratford-on-Avon
Yields, prices, demand and local risks for Stratford-on-Avon, covering Alcester, Henley-In-Arden, Shipston-On-Stour and 3 more ranked towns.
Stratford-on-Avon in figures
- Gross rental yield
- 4.5% to 4.5%
- By kind of home, across Stratford-on-Avon
- Entry price, across its towns
- £265,000 to £386,000
- The cheapest postcode district's median sale
- Price move, 12 months
- +3.8%
- UK House Price Index, across Stratford-on-Avon
- Price move, 10 years
- +35.1%
- UK House Price Index, across Stratford-on-Avon
- Population
- 148,772
- Stratford-on-Avon, +12.7% growth
- Terraced houses across Stratford-on-Avon let for £1,110/mo against a median sale of £297,000 there: 4.5% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
- ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £1,149/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
- Prices across Stratford-on-Avon rose 3.8% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
- Prices +35% over ten years (Stratford-on-Avon)
- £16,500 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £265,000 buy-to-let
- 903 homes added across Stratford-on-Avon
- Band D £2,484 (Stratford-on-Avon)
- 1.7% long-term empty across Stratford-on-Avon
- +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 Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon moved +35.1% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.
Employee jobs across Stratford-on-Avon moved +12.9% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).
44% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Alcester's postcode districts are below band C (6,451 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 £265,000 pays £16,500 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 Stratford-on-Avon, and Clarity does not rank on it.
Towns in Stratford-on-Avon
| Town | Entry price | Gross yield | Tenant demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester | £265,000 | 4.5%terraced houses | 7.7/10 |
| Henley-In-Arden | £386,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 8.5/10 |
| Shipston-On-Stour | £314,500 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 8.1/10 |
| Southam | £280,000 | 4.5%terraced houses | 7.8/10 |
| Stratford-Upon-Avon | £318,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 8.2/10 |
| Studley | £285,000 | 4.5%terraced houses | 7.7/10 |
Each yield is Stratford-on-Avon's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Stratford-on-Avon as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.
The Stratford-on-Avon report
The full report measures Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.
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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)
- HMRC: Stamp Duty Land Tax