Average buy to let property yields Scotland

Rank Area Yield Income Return Capital Return
1Y
Total Return
1Y
Capital Return
3Y
Capital Return
5Y
1 Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 9.5% 7.1% -2.7% - - -
2 Buteshire 8.2% 6.2% 8.9% - - -
3 Glasgow 7.9% 5.9% 7.3% - 3.3% 1.0%
4 East Ayrshire 7.4% 5.5% 4.2% - 1.1% 0.7%
5 Shetland 6.8% 5.1% 0.6% - 2.7% 6.3%
6 Orkney Islands 6.8% 5.1% 7.9% - 0.0% 3.7%
7 South Ayrshire 6.8% 5.1% 6.0% - 7.0% 1.2%
8 North Ayrshire 6.6% 5.0% 0.0% - 3.4% -1.7%
9 Moray 6.6% 5.0% 10.8% - 2.5% 1.1%
10 Dundee 6.4% 4.8% -9.0% - 2.1% -0.3%
11 Renfrewshire 6.2% 4.7% 8.9% - 6.7% 3.4%
12 East Dunbartonshire 6.0% 4.5% -4.0% - 1.1% 3.1%
13 Falkirk 5.9% 4.4% -0.6% - -2.9% 1.5%
14 Midlothian 5.8% 4.4% 13.9% - 4.7% 1.8%
15 North Lanarkshire 5.8% 4.3% 7.4% - 6.5% 1.4%
16 Edinburgh 5.7% 4.3% 8.4% - 3.1% 2.5%
17 Angus 5.7% 4.2% -3.4% - 3.8% 1.8%
18 West Dunbartonshire 5.6% 4.2% 18.6% - 5.3% 2.3%
19 South Lanarkshire 5.6% 4.2% 3.6% - 2.9% 1.3%
20 Aberdeenshire 5.5% 4.1% 4.8% - 5.1% 4.1%
21 Wigtownshire 5.5% 4.1% 3.6% - - -
22 East Lothian 5.4% 4.1% -0.6% - 2.2% -0.1%
23 East Renfrewshire 5.3% 4.0% 1.3% - 6.5% 4.2%
24 Fife 5.3% 4.0% 8.7% - 3.3% 0.8%
25 Perth And Kinross 5.2% 3.9% 3.9% - 3.3% 1.6%
26 Aberdeen 5.2% 3.9% 2.8% - 5.6% 3.9%
27 Argyllshire 5.1% 3.8% -3.8% - -1.3% 0.0%
28 Highland 5.0% 3.8% 7.3% - 5.1% 3.0%
29 Lanarkshire 5.0% 3.7% 6.0% - - -
30 West Lothian 4.8% 3.6% 4.0% - 1.7% 1.2%
31 Ayrshire 4.6% 3.5% 3.9% - - -
32 Scottish Borders 4.6% 3.5% -2.7% - 0.9% -0.5%
33 Kirkcudbrightshire 4.5% 3.3% 0.6% - - -
34 Stirling 4.4% 3.3% 7.6% - 1.4% 0.8%
35 Dumfriesshire 4.4% 3.3% 4.3% - 0.0% 0.3%
36 Kinross-Shire 3.7% 2.8% 3.9% - 3.3% 1.6%
37 Argyll And Bute 3.6% 2.7% -3.8% - -1.3% 0.0%