The North West has the highest share of HMOs in the UK at 17.9% with Greater London just behind at 16.5%.
Despite the North East showing the highest average yield (15.1%, slightly down from 15.4% in Q4 2024), the region has one of the lowest shares of HMOs at 3.6%.
Greater London leads in average property value £684,724 (an increase of £24,497 from Q4 2024) compared to £232,461 in the North East.
Average yields across the UK are reducing to less than 10%.
But the average annual rent in the UK has increased by over £5,000 (£28,200 in Q4 2024 compared to £33,400 in Q4 2025).
The data is compiled by property management and financial platform Lendlord from a survey of 1,158 HMOs.
The full report is available here.
