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Asking rent £920/month · Gross yield 4.8% · 12 months, listings to Sep 2026
Torfaen: asking rent £920/month (12 months to Sep 2026, 327 lets).
£920/month 12 months to Sep 2026
327 lets
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 327 lets.
4.8% 12 months to Sep 2026
415 lets
-0.4% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 415 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
54 on 4 Nov 2026
Count of live residential lettings on the day, from portal listings; observed forwards from 5 Sep 2026. The count on 4 Nov 2026; the daily series began on 5 Sep 2026, so no change over a year is stated.
Asking rent in Torfaen runs from £677/month for 1 bedroom to £1,009/month for 3 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking rent | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £677/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · 6 of 12 months observed | — | 39 |
| 2 bedrooms | £849/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 | +4% on the previous 12 months | 162 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,009/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 | +0.2% on the previous 12 months | 164 |
| 4 bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
Asking rent per calendar month by bedroom band: the monthly medians of lettings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, within the last 12 calendar months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Corporate landlords hold 84% of the 1,237 units in Torfaen whose freeholder is classified; 97% of all units are not yet classified.
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Torfaen ranks 11th of 22 local authorities in Wales for asking rent, at £920/month.
Torfaen ranks 11th of 22 local authorities in Wales for asking rent, at £920/month.
| # | Area | Asking rent | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | £1,421/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 12,343 | measured |
| 2 | Ceredigion | £1,179/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 197 | measured |
| 3 | Monmouthshire | £1,141/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 479 | measured |
| 4 | the Vale of Glamorgan | £1,133/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 905 | measured |
| 5 | Newport | £1,006/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 1,206 | measured |
| 11 | Torfaen | £920/month | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 327 | measured |
Torfaen ranks 7th of 22 local authorities in Wales for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.8%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaenau Gwent | 5.8% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 516 | measured |
| 2 | Cardiff | 5.5% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 21,063 | measured |
| 3 | Neath Port Talbot | 5.4% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 583 | measured |
| 4 | Merthyr Tydfil | 5.3% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 533 | measured |
| 5 | Ceredigion | 5.2% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures · 11 of 12 months observed | 298 | measured |
| 7 | Torfaen | 4.8% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 415 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across local authorities in Wales
NP44 leads the 2 postcode districts within Torfaen for asking rent, at £956/month.
NP4 leads the 2 postcode districts within Torfaen for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.9%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NP4 | 4.9% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 206 | measured |
| 2 | NP44 | 4.9% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 209 | measured |
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.
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| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 327 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 415 lets |
| Homes to rent | Portal listings; observed forwards from 5 Sep 2026 | on 4 Nov 2026 | 4 Nov 2026 | — |