Buy-to-let in Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin in figures

Gross rental yield

5.8%

On terraced houses across Telford and Wrekin

Entry price

£150,500

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+0.5%

UK House Price Index, across Telford and Wrekin

Price move, 10 years

+53.0%

UK House Price Index, across Telford and Wrekin

Homes below EPC band C

36%

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

Population

199,378

Telford and Wrekin, +8.7% growth

• Terraced houses across Telford and Wrekin let for £840/mo against a median sale of £173,500 there: 5.8% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £861/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Telford and Wrekin rose 0.5% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +53% over ten years (Telford and Wrekin)
• 36% of EPCs below band C
• £8,035 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £150,500 buy-to-let
• 1 regeneration award (Telford and Wrekin)
• 1,877 homes added across Telford and Wrekin
• 22% private rented (2021 census)
• 80% gigabit broadband
• 63% of 30 graded schools good or better
• Band D £2,256 (Telford and Wrekin)
• 0.8% long-term empty across Telford and Wrekin
• +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 Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin moved +53.0% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Telford and Wrekin moved +9.4% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

36% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Telford's postcode districts are below band C (60,062 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 £150,500 pays £8,035 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 Telford and Wrekin, and Clarity does not rank on it.

The Telford and Wrekin report

The full report measures Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

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