4.60%
Average gross rental yield, August 2026 edition · ranked 125 of 294 English councils, and 16 of 45 in the East of England.
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| Average monthly rent (ONS) | £1,805 |
|---|---|
| Average sale price (HM Land Registry) | £470,360 |
| Monthly sales, latest published | 58 |
The working: £1,805 × 12 ÷ £470,360 = 4.60%. For rent by number of bedrooms, see rent in Cambridge.
Twelve-month change: +0.18 points, from 4.42% in Aug 2025 to 4.60% in Aug 2026. It rose because rents grew 1.8% while prices fell 2.4%.
| Edition | Gross yield |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 4.42% |
| Sep 2025 | 4.42% |
| Oct 2025 | 4.35% |
| Nov 2025 | 4.42% |
| Dec 2025 | 4.43% |
| Jan 2026 | 4.57% |
| Feb 2026 | 4.55% |
| Mar 2026 | 4.61% |
| Apr 2026 | 4.65% |
| May 2026 | 4.64% |
| Jun 2026 | 4.60% |
| Jul 2026 | 4.57% |
| Aug 2026 | 4.60% |
Councils ranked directly above and below Cambridge within the East of England. The full UKPP Rental Yield Index ranks every English council.
It is a gross yield: rent over price, before any costs. It models no voids, management, maintenance, tax or finance, and forecasts nothing.
The average rented home and the average sold home are not the same property. The index divides an area’s average rent by its average sale price, so it shows how Cambridge compares with other areas — not the return on any particular property.
The yield runs about two months behind rents, because Land Registry prices are published later than ONS rents. How the index is built →
What is the average rental yield in Cambridge? 4.60% gross, in the August 2026 edition of the UKPP Rental Yield Index: an average monthly rent of £1,805 × 12, divided by an average sale price of £470,360. That ranks 125 of 294 English councils.
Is rental yield in Cambridge rising or falling? Twelve-month change: +0.18 points, from 4.42% in Aug 2025 to 4.60% in Aug 2026. It rose because rents grew 1.8% while prices fell 2.4%.
How does Cambridge compare with the rest of the East of England? Cambridge ranks 16 of 45 councils in the East of England. The region’s own yield is 4.58%, so Cambridge is 0.02 points above the East of England; the median English council is 4.45%.
Rent: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. Price and sales: HM Land Registry, UK House Price Index (August 2026). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The yield is UKPP’s own derived work, the UKPP Rental Yield Index, August 2026 edition, licensed under CC BY 4.0 — download the edition as CSV.
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