Areas of Cardiff: Property Investment Buy-to-Let Hotspots

Cardiff is the affordable capital city for property investors! When it comes to property investment, capital cities can make a very sound investment – plenty of jobs and plenty of visitors all support strong demand for property. But, many capital cities – especially London – are well out of most investors’ budgets. With prices from about £60,000, however, Cardiff offers affordable property investment.

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Average Rental Yield by Postcode Area
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Why Invest In Cardiff?

Cardiff (or Caerdydd as it’s known in Welsh) is not only the capital of Wales but its biggest city by far. The city population is 357,200, while the greater metropolitan area has 1.1 million residents. Official figures say Cardiff will grow by 20% by 2035 – the highest population increase in Wales by far, as people move from around Wales and into Cardiff.

Although Wales’ economy generally lags much of the UK Cardiff has a strong economy. In recent years the economy here has grown faster than any other UK capital city including London! The city has a service economy with well-paid jobs, based on health, education and public administration, financial and business services, ICT, tourism, growing digital and bioscience sectors and a TV, film and media industry too. Cardiff is a filming location for Doctor Who and many other TV programmes and films.

Cardiff suffered from a decline in the 70s and 80s but has benefitted from huge regeneration since, turning it into a modern European city. Cardiff Bay centred around Mermaid Quay and the Senedd, the home of the National Assembly for Wales, is said to be Europe’s largest waterfront development. It has been completely transformed into a smart waterfront district for leisure, culture and city living.

The good news for property investors is that there’s lots more redevelopment ongoing or planned: Central Square, in the Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone, is designed to be a new gateway to the Capital of Wales. BBC Wales and HMRC will have huge new offices here, bringing 4,000 staff to work in the city centre. Central Quay is another huge new neighbourhood in planning. There’s also a plan for a £500m redevelopment at Cardiff Bay which is based around a 15,000 seat indoor arena with bars, restaurants and apartments.

The local economy is also benefitting from the removal of tolls on the Severn Bridge in 2017. This article says the region’s property prices are rising as a result. Electrification of the railway line to Bristol due in 2020 will make it easier for business travellers and tourists to Cardiff and could help the property market too.

The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal is a deal between Cardiff area local authorities and the Government to invest £1.2 billion in the area. It aims to deliver 25,000 jobs and attract £4 billion of private sector investment on top.

Cardiff is Wales’ largest student accommodation market by far. Cardiff University has around 30,600 students here. The University of South Wales has around 25,000 students mainly in Cardiff. Cardiff Metropolitan University has 11,500 students.

Good places for student accommodation investment are those within a 10-20 minute walk from the various universities’ buildings, especially Cathays and Roath, plus Adamsdown, Splott, Heath and Plasnewydd. There have been lots of purpose-built student accommodation blocks built in Cardiff in recent years too.

Postcode District	Average Property Price
CF3	£212,849
CF5	£273,309
CF10	£264,517
CF11	£283,554
CF14	£334,806
CF15	£335,392
CF23	£330,682
CF24	£273,577

Postcode District	Average Rental Yield
CF3	4.9%
CF5	4.2%
CF10	7.2%
CF11	5.4%
CF14	3.8%
CF23	3.8%
CF24	5.7%

Areas of Cardiff: Property Investment Buy-to-Let Hotspots

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