Sunderland, are you currently charging £635 for a 2-bed?

Across our own managed portfolio, that's exactly what a 2-bed in Sunderland is achieving right now. You might be undercharging on your rent - here's the full breakdown, by bedroom count.

📍 Real rents, by bedroom count

These are genuinely large samples across the city - from Hendon and Millfield to Pallion and beyond.

📈 Real rent increases we've just pushed through

Here are five examples from the nine rent reviews we've completed for Sunderland landlords since August, averaging a 6.9% increase overall - real increases, already agreed:

Average across 9 completed reviews since August: +6.9%, ranging 2.7% to 11.1% - running ahead of the citywide rent growth figure of 4.6% below.

Worth noting: all of these went through under the Renters' Rights Act, which came into force on 1st May. Rent review clauses no longer work, and Section 13 - a formal notice, Form 4A, with two months' notice - is now the only legal route to a rent increase. The process has changed, but as these reviews show, it hasn't stopped landlords from getting a fair increase when the numbers justify it.

📊 The citywide numbers

Sunderland's average house price is up 4.6% this year, and rent has grown at the same rate, up 4.6%.

Here's how that breaks down by property type:

💷 Buy-to-let snapshot by property type

Estimated gross yield, calculated from average price and average rent by property type. Excludes costs, fees, and void periods.

🏠 Investment opportunity we're marketing

One of the rent reviews above was in SR5 - the same postcode as the property below.

2 Bed Ground Floor Flat, Carlisle Terrace, Sunderland — Offers in Region of £51,950 — Tenanted, Rent from Day 1. Already tenanted at £555 pcm - a genuine ~12.8% yield, no void period, EPC C.

For more properties we're marketing in Sunderland, visit nguhomes.co.uk.

That's what making money from property in Sunderland actually looks like right now - real rent increases, on real properties, not just a market average. If you'd like to talk through your rent, a purchase, or your wider portfolio, just reply and I'll go through the numbers with you.