Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Bolsover (July 2026)
The average private rent in Bolsover is £710 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £188,025 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.5%, ranked 145 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Bolsover
The average private rent across all property types is £710 a month (+5.5% on a year earlier). The regional median in the East Midlands is £857.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £500 | £6,000 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £648 | £7,776 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £751 | £9,012 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,131 | £13,572 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Bolsover: one to two bedrooms adds 29.6% to the rent, two to three adds 15.9% and three to four-plus adds 50.6% (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 Bolsover
The average price paid is £188,025 (+6.6% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £271,407 |
| Semi-detached | £177,823 |
| Terraced | £145,541 |
| Flat | £90,458 |
Rents and prices moved together in Bolsover — +5.5% and +6.6% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Bolsover ranks 89th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 38th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Bolsover
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £648 | £90,458 | 8.6% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £751 | £145,541 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £751 | £177,823 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,131 | £271,407 | 5% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Bolsover is on flats at 8.6%, 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 4.5% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 145 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 £21,300 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 49% of EPCs lodged in Bolsover over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 43% at D (EPC ratings in Bolsover).
- Council tax: Band D in Bolsover is £2,559 for 2026/27 (council tax in Bolsover).
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 £710 supports a loan of about £106,834, which is 56.8% 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 Bolsover
- Yield calculator with £188,025 and £710 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £710 a month
- Rental income tax on £8,520 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the East Midlands
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Northamptonshire | £988 | £256,610 | 4.6% | +5.5% |
| Erewash | £834 | £217,901 | 4.6% | +2.1% |
| Chesterfield | £754 | £199,439 | 4.5% | +2.4% |
| Broxtowe | £945 | £253,021 | 4.5% | −0.9% |
| West Northamptonshire | £1,078 | £292,754 | 4.4% | +3.2% |
| High Peak | £928 | £252,980 | 4.4% | +6.7% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Bolsover · EPC ratings in Bolsover.
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.
Asked about this area
£710 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 5.5% on a year earlier.
£188,025 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.5% gross on the averages — £710 rent against a £188,025 price — ranking 145 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.6% gross (£648 rent on a £90,458 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +5.5% against prices +6.6% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £21,300 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Bolsover
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all DE postcodes · all NG postcodes · all S postcodes.