Buy-to-let in Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells in figures

Gross rental yield

5.0%

On terraced houses across Tunbridge Wells

Entry price, across its towns

£350,000 to £352,500

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

-1.1%

UK House Price Index, across Tunbridge Wells

Price move, 10 years

+26.4%

UK House Price Index, across Tunbridge Wells

Population

120,098

Tunbridge Wells, +4.2% growth

• Terraced houses across Tunbridge Wells let for £1,520/mo against a median sale of £367,000 there: 5.0% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £1,533/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices here fell 1.1% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +26% over ten years
• Employee jobs −17% 2015 to 2024
• £25,000 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £350,000 buy-to-let
• 616 homes added
• Band D £2,446
• 1.2% long-term empty
• +17% five-year forecast for South 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 Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells moved +26.4% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Tunbridge Wells moved −17.2% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

53% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Tunbridge Wells's postcode districts are below band C (30,171 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 £350,000 pays £25,000 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

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

Towns in Tunbridge Wells

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

The Tunbridge Wells report

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

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Compare it with everywhere else

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