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Landlords in England & Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7% in the past year.

That’s according to new research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, who compared the average rental portfolio income, based on portfolio size and rent values, in Q1 2022 with that in Q1 2023.

Previous research from Benham and Reeves recently reveals that throughout the nation, portfolio sizes have fallen by -5.6% year-on-year, dropping from 9.1 properties to 8.6.

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However, despite smaller portfolios, the average rent value has increased by 15.1%, rising from £7,396 in Q1 2022 to £8,510 in Q1 2023.

As such, the average landlord’s annual portfolio income has increased from £67,304 to £73,186 over the same time period, an increase of £5,882 or 8.7%.

On a regional level, the biggest income increase has been seen in London. The average portfolio size in the capital has shown the slightest of declines from 7.6 properties to 7.5, but the average rental income per property has soared by 34.7% to £13,095.

This means that the annual rental income generated from the average buy-to-let portfolio within the capital has increased by 32.9% and now sits at £98,213.

Despite falling rent values leading to a -7.7% decrease in the income per property, landlords in the East of England have enjoyed a strong portfolio income increase of 32.7%.

This is due to a huge increase in portfolio size, rising 6.4 properties to 9.2 in the past year.

Portfolio income has also increased in the South East (27.8%), Yorkshire & Humber (16.4%), the South West (15.5%), North West (5.5%), and North East (0.6%).

In three regions, however, landlords have seen their portfolio income decrease over the past year.

Wales has seen the most significant decrease of -19.2%.

This comes despite the average rental income per property seeing the biggest increase of all regions (41.5%), and is therefore being driven by the average portfolio size falling from 12.6 properties to 7.2.

The East Midlands has seen portfolio income fall by -11.1%, once again driven by a shrinking average portfolio size, down from 11.8 in 2022 to 7.8 in 2023.

The West Midlands has seen portfolios increase from 8.5 to 9.2, but a drop of -8.7% in income per property means that portfolio income has fallen by -1.2%.

Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented:

“Some landlords have seen their potential profits hit hard by crass government policy making and increasing mortgage rates and this has led to many reducing the size of their portfolios, which has further reduced the annual income generated via buy-to-let portfolios.

But we would suggest landlords think twice before offloading because, as we’re seeing across much of the country, rent values are increasing at quite a rate and have hit all time highs across the capital, in particular.

This has been more than enough to offset other increased costs, such as a spike in mortgage rates.

With mortgage rates very unlikely to sink back to the incredible lows the nation has enjoyed in recent years, rental demand is only going to grow stronger, meaning that rental values should remain consistently strong.”

Table shows annual change (Q1 2022 – Q1 2023) in average landlord portfolio income in England & Wales, based on portfolio size and rent values
Location Gross rental income per property – Q1 2022 Average number of properties in portfolio – Q1 2022 Est portfolio rental income – Q1 2022 Gross rental income per property – Q1 2023 Average number of properties in portfolio – Q1 2023 Est portfolio rental income – Q1 2023 Change % – gross rental income per property Change % – est portfolio rental income Change £ – est portfolio rental income Q1 2022 vs Q1 2023
London £9,722 7.6 £73,887 £13,095 7.5 £98,213 34.7% 32.9% £24,325
East of England £10,079 6.4 £64,506 £9,302 9.2 £85,578 -7.7% 32.7% £21,073
South East £8,658 6.9 £59,740 £10,049 7.6 £76,372 16.1% 27.8% £16,632
Yorkshire and the Humber £6,574 10.8 £70,999 £6,888 12 £82,656 4.8% 16.4% £11,657
South West £8,112 7.9 £64,085 £9,738 7.6 £74,009 20.0% 15.5% £9,924
North West £6,026 10.6 £63,876 £7,655 8.8 £67,364 27.0% 5.5% £3,488
North East £7,136 10.1 £72,074 £7,251 10 £72,510 1.6% 0.6% £436
West Midlands £8,038 8.5 £68,323 £7,341 9.2 £67,537 -8.7% -1.2% -£786
East Midlands £6,452 11.8 £76,134 £8,677 7.8 £67,681 34.5% -11.1% -£8,453
Wales £4,853 12.6 £61,148 £6,865 7.2 £49,428 41.5% -19.2% -£11,720
England £7,750 8.8 £68,200 £8,716 8.8 £76,701 12.5% 12.5% £8,501
England and Wales £7,396 9.1 £67,304 £8,510 8.6 £73,186 15.1% 8.7% £5,882
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