Sunderland 3-beds: a £100 a month gap between the city and its towns

Last month we showed you what Sunderland 3-beds are achieving. This time we’ve looked at where in the borough the money is, and at what’s moved since.

📍 New this month: where Sunderland 3-beds earn most

This time we’ve compared the city itself with the towns around it, and the borough splits in two:

AreaAvg. 3-bed rentSample
Sunderland city (SR3 to SR6, including Plains Farm and Carley Hill)£7708 properties
Washington and Houghton-le-Spring£67120 properties (Washington £687 across 16, Houghton-le-Spring £608 across 4)

That’s about £100 a month between them, so location can make a difference to what a 3-bed achieves. If yours is in Washington or Houghton and hasn’t been reviewed for a while, it’s worth checking where it sits. The fair comparison is the same size of home in the same area, not the borough average.

📊 What’s moved since last month

Last monthNow
Our 3-bed average£696£699
Average rent, Sunderland (official figures)£707£710
Average house price, Sunderland (official figures)£147,000£148,000

Official figures are from the 21 October release (August house prices, September rents). Last month’s were from the 16 September release.

Small moves, all in the same direction. The official figures put Sunderland 3-bed rent growth at 4.5% over the year to September, a little ahead of the 4.1% for all property types.

📈 Six more rent reviews

Here are six more examples from the twenty-two rent reviews we’ve completed since August, averaging a 6.0% increase overall - real increases, already agreed:

Area / bedsPrevious rentNew rentIncrease
SR4, 4 bed£650£710+9.2%
NE38 (Washington), 3 bed£635£690+8.7%
DH5 (Hetton), 2 bed£500£530+6.0%
SR2, 1 bed£425£450+5.9%
SR5, 2 bed£610£630+3.3%
NE37 (Washington), 4 bed£755£775+2.6%

Increases across all 22 reviews ranged from 1.3% to 11.1%. The 6.0% average is running ahead of the citywide rent growth figure of 4.1%.

To put that in pounds: on a £750 rent, the average increase we’ve agreed works out at around £45 a month, or £540 a year.

🏠 Investment opportunities we’re marketing

Two of the rent reviews above were in DH5 and SR5 - the same postcodes as the two properties below.

3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Dunkirk Avenue, Houghton-le-Spring, DH5 - Offers over £74,950 - Tenanted, rent from day 1. Long-term tenant in place, freehold, no chain, large enclosed garden.

2 Bed Ground Floor Flat, Carlisle Terrace, Sunderland, SR5 - Offers in region of £49,950 - Tenanted, rent from day 1. Already tenanted at £555 pcm - a ~13% gross yield, no void period, EPC C.

Not sure where your own rent sits? Send us your details and we’ll tell you how it compares - annual rent reviews cost landlords nothing with us. And if you’re not local, we handle the tenant conversation, the Section 13 notice and the paperwork for you.

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