Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Ashfield (July 2026)
The average private rent in Ashfield is £793 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £190,024 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.0%, ranked 84 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Ashfield
The average private rent across all property types is £793 a month (+5.0% on a year earlier). The regional median in the East Midlands is £857.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £558 | £6,696 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £723 | £8,676 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £845 | £10,140 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,191 | £14,292 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Ashfield: one to two bedrooms adds 29.6% to the rent, two to three adds 16.9% and three to four-plus adds 40.9% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Ashfield
The average price paid is £190,024 (+3.2% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £269,391 |
| Semi-detached | £182,571 |
| Terraced | £145,300 |
| Flat | £89,748 |
Rents are outrunning prices in Ashfield. Rents moved +5% over the year against +3.2% for prices — a gap of 1.8 points that lifts the gross yield a buyer sees today. Ashfield ranks 108th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 143rd of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Ashfield
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £723 | £89,748 | 9.7% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £845 | £145,300 | 7% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £845 | £182,571 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,191 | £269,391 | 5.3% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Ashfield is on flats at 9.7%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 5.0% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 84 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.2%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £23,790 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 40% of EPCs lodged in Ashfield over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 36% at D (EPC ratings in Ashfield).
- Council tax: Band D in Ashfield is £2,609 for 2026/27 (council tax in Ashfield).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £793 supports a loan of about £119,323, which is 62.8% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Ashfield
- Yield calculator with £190,024 and £793 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £793 a month
- Rental income tax on £9,516 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the East Midlands
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | £1,024 | £228,618 | 5.4% | +2.3% |
| Boston | £803 | £180,778 | 5.3% | +1.1% |
| Derby | £857 | £204,016 | 5% | +2.4% |
| Mansfield | £788 | £192,359 | 4.9% | +4% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £1,025 | £259,734 | 4.7% | +4.1% |
| North Northamptonshire | £988 | £256,610 | 4.6% | +5.5% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Ashfield · EPC ratings in Ashfield.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
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£793 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 5.0% on a year earlier.
£190,024 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.0% gross on the averages — £793 rent against a £190,024 price — ranking 84 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 9.7% gross (£723 rent on a £89,748 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +5% against prices +3.2% over the year — rents ahead, so yield is rising for a buyer today.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £23,790 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Ashfield
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all NG postcodes.