Buy-to-let yields remain flat year on year – Here are the property pockets bucking the trend
June 26, 2020
The latest research from peer to peer investment platform, Sourced Capital, has revealed that buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, up just 0.1% year on year.
In England, they’ve fallen by -0.1% while regionally London has seen an even greater decline with a drop of -0.2%.
However, this hasn’t been the case everywhere. The North East has seen an annual increase of 0.12% and on a local level, Corby has seen an uplift of 0.7% on an annual basis. Charnwood, Newcastle and Exeter have also seen positive growth with a jump of 0.5%.
Harlow in Essex and the Orkney Islands have enjoyed a 0.4% increase, along with Ealing which enjoys the largest increase of all London boroughs.
While Glasgow has seen a very marginal decline on an annual basis, the current average rental yield of 7.87% remains the strongest in the UK buy-to-let sector.
Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, Midlothian and East Ayrshire also remain some of the most profitable pockets, while outside of Scotland, Burnley, Belfast and Blackpool also rank well.
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Top line rental yield and annual increase
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Location
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2019 (Q1)
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2020 (Q1)
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Change (2019 to 2020)
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North East
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4.97%
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5.09%
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0.12%
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East Midlands
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3.90%
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3.93%
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0.03%
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West Midlands
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4.01%
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4.03%
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0.02%
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North West
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4.53%
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4.55%
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0.02%
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Wales
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4.0%
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3.9%
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0.00%
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Yorkshire and The Humber
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4.53%
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4.52%
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-0.01%
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South East
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3.73%
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3.71%
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-0.01%
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Scotland
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5.9%
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5.9%
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-0.02%
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East of England
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3.60%
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3.55%
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-0.05%
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South West
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3.83%
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3.78%
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-0.05%
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Northern Ireland
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5.4%
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5.4%
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-0.10%
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London
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4.32%
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4.10%
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-0.22%
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England
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4.1%
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4.1%
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-0.08%
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United Kingdom
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4.9%
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4.8%
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0.10%
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Locations with the highest increase in average rental yield year on year
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Location
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2019 (Q1)
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2020 (Q1)
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Change (2019 to 2020)
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Corby
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3.84%
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4.52%
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0.68%
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Charnwood
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2.99%
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3.53%
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0.53%
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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5.08%
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5.60%
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0.52%
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Exeter
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5.04%
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5.52%
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0.47%
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Harlow
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4.14%
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4.51%
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0.38%
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Orkney Islands
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4.81%
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5.17%
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0.36%
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Ealing
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3.71%
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4.07%
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0.35%
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Lincoln
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4.49%
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4.84%
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0.35%
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Liverpool
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4.78%
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5.13%
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0.34%
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West Oxfordshire
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3.88%
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4.17%
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0.29%
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Barrow-in-Furness
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5.21%
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5.50%
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0.29%
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Merton
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3.63%
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3.90%
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0.27%
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King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
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3.73%
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3.99%
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0.25%
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North Lincolnshire
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3.94%
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4.20%
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0.25%
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Fylde
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3.80%
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4.04%
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0.24%
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Rushcliffe
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3.13%
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3.35%
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0.23%
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Swale
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3.93%
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4.15%
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0.22%
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Sefton
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4.09%
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4.30%
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0.21%
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City of Aberdeen
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5.92%
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6.12%
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0.20%
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Lambeth
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4.14%
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4.34%
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0.20%
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Locations with the highest current rental yield
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Location
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2019 (Q1)
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2020 (Q1)
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Change (2019 to 2020)
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City of Glasgow
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7.90%
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7.87%
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-0.03%
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Inverclyde
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7.27%
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7.36%
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0.09%
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West Dunbartonshire
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7.05%
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6.83%
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-0.22%
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Midlothian
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6.97%
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6.83%
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-0.14%
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East Ayrshire
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6.50%
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6.62%
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0.11%
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Burnley
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6.57%
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6.46%
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-0.11%
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Na h-Eileanan Siar
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6.25%
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6.27%
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0.02%
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City of Dundee
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6.38%
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6.24%
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-0.14%
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Belfast
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6.54%
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6.23%
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-0.32%
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Clackmannanshire
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6.25%
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6.20%
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-0.05%
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Falkirk
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6.48%
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6.18%
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-0.30%
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City of Aberdeen
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5.92%
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6.12%
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0.20%
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North Ayrshire
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5.90%
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6.09%
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0.19%
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Blackpool
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5.96%
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5.99%
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0.03%
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Renfrewshire
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6.14%
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5.98%
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-0.16%
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Moray
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5.87%
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5.95%
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0.09%
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South Lanarkshire
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5.86%
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5.90%
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0.04%
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County Durham
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5.77%
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5.90%
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0.12%
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Hyndburn
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5.93%
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5.78%
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-0.14%
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North Lanarkshire
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5.84%
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5.74%
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-0.10%
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