Renting out a home in Yardley
Yardley was mostly built up in the 20th century: 1930s semis and terraces, post-war terraces and flats near the Coventry Road, and the Kents Moat estate to the east. Old Yardley Village, around St Edburgha's Church, was Birmingham's first conservation area, designated in 1969.
It is one of the more affordable parts of the city, and the A45 makes it easy for anyone working at the airport, the NEC or Heartlands Hospital.
- Birmingham Airport and the NEC along the A45
- Heartlands Hospital, about a mile from the Coventry Road
- Cockshut Hill School and King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
- The Swan Shopping Centre, the Yew Tree shops and Blakesley Hall
Our work in Yardley
We have let or managed more than ten homes in Yardley over the last few years, and the rents we achieve sit in line with the local market.
Much of our work here is selective licensing: checking whether an address is in the scheme, putting the application together for the landlord, and keeping the licence conditions met once a tenant is in.
A lot of landlords who book a Tenancy Health Check with us think their property is fully compliant and find gaps. Lettings involves more than 170 laws and regulations, and a managed service that only collects rent tends to miss some of them.
We also run landlord seminars in Birmingham on the new rules, licensing and tax. The next one is in the last week of November 2026. Join the seminar waitlist.
Yardley in numbers
Over half the homes are semis, and three bed houses made up most of what was listed to let.
- At the 2021 Census, 19% of the 8,457 households in South Yardley and Yardley East wards rented privately, against 23% across Birmingham and 20% in England.
- Homes: 53% semi-detached houses, 21% terraced houses, 15% purpose-built flats, 8% detached houses (Census 2021).
- 27 homes were listed to let in Yardley on Rightmove on 31 October 2026. Leaving out rooms and student lets left 23 homes, with a middle asking rent of £1,275 a month.
- By size: 2 bed £995 (5 homes), 3 bed £1,300 (15 homes). Only sizes with five or more listings are shown.
Asking rents are what landlords advertise, not what tenants end up paying, and a snapshot of a few dozen homes moves from week to week.
Why tenants want to live here
- No station in Yardley itself. Stechford and Lea Hall are about 9 minutes from New Street, and Acocks Green is close too
- The X1 between Birmingham and Coventry via the airport and NEC, and the 11A and 11C Outer Circle
- The A45 Coventry Road to the airport and M42 junction 6
Licensing and the rules in Yardley
Yardley comes under Birmingham City Council. It depends on the street. Part of Yardley is in South Yardley and Yardley West & Stechford, inside Birmingham's selective licensing scheme, and part is in Yardley East, outside it. Check the exact address with our postcode checker.
Tyseley & Hay Mills, on the western edge of Yardley, is in the scheme too. Several postcodes cross ward lines, so the postcode alone won't tell you.
Shared houses: a new small HMO (three to six sharers) needs planning permission anywhere in Birmingham, under the city-wide Article 4 direction in force since 8 June 2020. HMOs with three or four sharers have also needed an additional licence since 5 June 2023, and five or more need a mandatory licence.
Use our Birmingham licensing checker to check a postcode, and our guide to the new renting rules for what changed on 1 May 2026.
Rents in Yardley
- £1,106 a month: average private rent across Birmingham (1 bed £834, 2 bed £1,009, 3 bed £1,141, 4+ bed £1,587), up 3.3% on a year earlier (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026)
Published averages lag behind the market and mix every kind of home. For a figure for your own property, book a free Tenancy Health Check. By the end of the call you'll know exactly where you stand.
What we charge landlords in Yardley
The same published fees as everywhere we work. Managed is what we recommend for most landlords.
Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy; collecting the rent every month; arranging repairs with our contractors, up to £250 per item without needing to ask you; tracking certificates and deadlines, with reminders; keeping the paperwork right as the rules change; your landlord portal for statements, documents and maintenance.
Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy. After move-in, the tenancy and the paperwork are yours to handle. Utility and council tax changeover is not included and can be added from the list below.
See all our fees, or read about letting a buy-to-let with us.