--- title: Top 20 Places to Invest as a Landlord Revealed description: The Compare The Market service has looked at how property prices and rental income produce yields and factoring in the popularity of the locations with renters searching for properties online. image: https://blog.accommodation.co.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_317429166_Editorial_Use_Only-min-1.jpeg --- [![logo-primary-new](https://blog.accommodation.co.uk/hubfs/logo-primary-new.svg "logo-primary-new")](https://accommodation.co.uk/) [![logo](https://blog.accommodation.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_2020/logo.svg "logo")](https://accommodation.co.uk/) [![logo-primary-new](https://blog.accommodation.co.uk/hubfs/logo-primary-new.svg "logo-primary-new")](https://accommodation.co.uk/) [Landlord advice](https://blog.accommodation.co.uk/tag/landlord-advice) # Top 20 Places to Invest as a Landlord Revealed ### May 12, 2021 A new league table has been created of the best places for landlords to invest in buy to let. The Compare The Market service has looked at how property prices and rental income produce yields and factoring in the popularity of the locations with renters searching for properties online. Here are the weighted results: 1. Birmingham - 4.65% yield and 10,500 searches  2. Bradford - 4.52% yield and 7,080 searches 3. Coventry - 4.34% and 6,700 searches 4. Bolton - 4.67% and 5,720 searches 5. Burnley - 6.02% yield and 3,770 searches 6. Cardiff - 4.61% yield and 5,700 searches 7. Fife - 6.49% yield and 1,900 searches 8. Norwich - 4.52% yield and 4,600 searches 9. Renfrewshire - 7.31% yield and 590 searches 10. Barnsley - 4.33% yield and 4,660 searches 11. Exeter - 4.84% yield and 3,780 searches 12. South Lanarkshire - 7.03% yield and 480 searches 13. Swansea - 4.56% yield and 3,990 searches 14. North Lanarkshire - 6.88% yield and 480 searches 15. West Lothian - 5.71% yield and 1,900 searches 16. Merthyr Tydfil - 5.61% yield and 1,950 searches 17. North Ayrshire - 6.73% yield and 320 searches 18. Oxford - 3.93% yield and 4,000 searches 19. Ipswich - 4.14% yield and 3,620 searches 20. 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