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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Liverpool | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £913 | £10,956 |
| 1 bedroom | £686 | £8,232 |
| 2 bedrooms | £837 | £10,044 |
| 3 bedrooms | £963 | £11,556 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,293 | £15,516 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£180k): a gross yield of about 6.1%.
| Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 39% | 26% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 19% | 23% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 30% | 11% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 462 | 77 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
Liverpool has HMO Article 4 areas. 36% of its postcodes are inside one, where turning a house into a small HMO (3 to 6 sharers) needs planning permission.
| Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 100% | 43% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +20% | +5% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +13% | +3% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | 3.7 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Toxteth Park | 7.1 | £106k | +58% | 29% | 100% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton West | 6.5 | £99k | +32% | 22% | 23% |
| Walton South | 6.2 | £116k | +82% | 41% | 2% |
| Central & Islington | 6.1 | £125k | +13% | 74% | 97% |
| Anfield East | 6.0 | £107k | +68% | 48% | 100% |
| Kirkdale North | 6.0 | £139k | +78% | 26% | 13% |
| Walton North | 5.6 | £134k | +41% | 27% | 21% |
| Anfield West | 5.6 | £132k | +80% | 27% | 36% |
| Everton East | 5.3 | £100k | +59% | 23% | 43% |
| Wavertree West | 5.3 | £148k | +59% | 41% | 100% |
| Walton Hall | 5.2 | £146k | +77% | 29% | 1% |
| Fazakerley South | 5.1 | £160k | +92% | 16% | 6% |
| Yewtree | 5.1 | £145k | +67% | 21% | 22% |
| Kensington | 5.1 | £112k | +75% | 49% | 100% |
| Tuebrook | 5.0 | £149k | +77% | 34% | 84% |
| Speke East | 4.8 | £154k | +84% | 15% | 3% |
| Croxteth West & Gillmoss | 4.8 | £166k | +70% | 16% | 15% |
| Knotty Ash | 4.8 | £157k | +76% | 18% | 1% |
| Walton East | 4.7 | £162k | +80% | 17% | 21% |
| Walton Vale | 4.7 | £156k | +79% | 26% | 4% |
| Netherley | 4.7 | £156k | +61% | 12% | 22% |
| Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter (this one) | 4.6 | £180k | +31% | 39% | 100% |
| Fairfield East | 4.6 | £161k | +67% | 30% | 16% |
| Stoneycroft | 4.5 | £159k | +57% | 26% | 0% |
| Fairfield West & Newsham Park | 4.5 | £160k | +62% | 44% | 99% |
| Toxteth | 4.5 | £147k | +83% | 23% | 100% |
| Orrell Park | 4.4 | £167k | +68% | 25% | 10% |
| Norris Green West | 4.3 | £168k | +101% | 10% | 1% |
| Anfield North | 4.3 | £202k | +93% | 19% | 85% |
| Pier Head | 4.3 | £163k | +19% | 72% | 93% |
| Albert Dock & Queen's Dock | 4.2 | £163k | +24% | 62% | 100% |
| Princes Park | 4.1 | £176k | +40% | 46% | 69% |
| Speke West & Airport | 4.1 | £191k | +56% | 17% | 25% |
| Norris Green East | 4.0 | £203k | +73% | 15% | 18% |
| Belle Vale | 4.0 | £178k | +79% | 8% | 24% |
| Fazakerley North | 4.0 | £171k | +88% | 16% | 4% |
| Wavertree East | 3.9 | £191k | +70% | 21% | 59% |
| Dingle | 3.9 | £185k | +74% | 31% | 87% |
| Edge Hill | 3.9 | £147k | +49% | 41% | 100% |
| Wavertree South | 3.9 | £201k | +63% | 52% | 100% |
| Dovecot | 3.7 | £212k | +89% | 15% | 13% |
| Croxteth East | 3.7 | £207k | +66% | 13% | 88% |
| Muirhead Avenue | 3.6 | £211k | +97% | 11% | 12% |
| Kirkdale South & Vauxhall | 3.6 | £184k | +50% | 20% | 16% |
| Garston | 3.4 | £198k | +72% | 24% | 19% |
| Croxteth Park | 3.1 | £242k | +65% | 12% | 57% |
| Mossley Hill West & Sefton Park | 2.9 | £258k | +59% | 32% | 48% |
| Sandfield Park & Holly Lodge | 2.8 | £274k | +57% | 15% | 11% |
| Hunts Cross | 2.6 | £266k | +72% | 14% | 12% |
| Allerton | 2.6 | £340k | +69% | 10% | 12% |
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Local Housing Allowance, Greater Liverpool rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £344 · 1 bed £500 · 2 beds £595 · 3 beds £650 · 4 beds £875. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 3.94% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 2.71%.