Buy-to-let in East Riding of Yorkshire
Yields, prices, demand and local risks for East Riding of Yorkshire, covering Beverley, Bridlington, Brough and 7 more ranked towns.
East Riding of Yorkshire in figures
- Gross rental yield
- 4.5% to 6.9%
- By kind of home, across East Riding of Yorkshire
- Entry price, across its towns
- £131,000 to £230,000
- The cheapest postcode district's median sale
- Price move, 12 months
- +3.0%
- UK House Price Index, across East Riding of Yorkshire
- Price move, 10 years
- +44.5%
- UK House Price Index, across East Riding of Yorkshire
- Population
- 360,334
- East Riding of Yorkshire, +5.7% growth
- Semi-detached houses across East Riding of Yorkshire let for £770/mo against a median sale of £207,500 there: 4.5% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
- ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £724/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
- Prices across East Riding of Yorkshire rose 3.0% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
- Prices +45% over ten years (East Riding of Yorkshire)
- £12,550 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £215,000 buy-to-let
- 2,063 homes added across East Riding of Yorkshire
- Band D £2,466 (East Riding of Yorkshire)
- 1.0% long-term empty across East Riding of Yorkshire
- +29% five-year forecast for Yorkshire and The Humber as a whole (Savills), not this area
These figures are from Clarity's monthly ranking dataset, one method across every place so they compare. The East Riding of Yorkshire report measures the area in more depth over its own twelve months, so its figures are the ones to quote.
What sits behind the figures
Prices across East Riding of Yorkshire moved +44.5% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.
Employee jobs across East Riding of Yorkshire moved +6.2% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).
47% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Beverley's postcode districts are below band C (16,708 certificates). Clarity measures areas rather than individual homes, so this is the share of the local stock likely to need energy-efficiency work before it meets a band C standard, not a survey of any one property.
A buy-to-let at £215,000 pays £12,550 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.
The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, Yorkshire and The Humber) is a regional figure for Yorkshire and The Humber as a whole, not a forecast for East Riding of Yorkshire, and Clarity does not rank on it.
Towns in East Riding of Yorkshire
| Town | Entry price | Gross yield | Tenant demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverley | £215,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 4.4/10 |
| Bridlington | £160,000 | 5.1%terraced houses | 4/10 |
| Brough | £190,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 4.2/10 |
| Cottingham | £223,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 4.2/10 |
| Driffield | £178,000 | 5.1%terraced houses | 4/10 |
| Goole | £174,000 | 5.1%terraced houses | 4/10 |
| Hessle | £178,500 | 5.1%terraced houses | 4.1/10 |
| Hornsea | £173,000 | 5.1%terraced houses | 4/10 |
| North Ferriby | £230,000 | 4.5%semi-detached houses | 4.7/10 |
| Withernsea | £131,000 | 6.9%flats | 3.7/10 |
Each yield is East Riding of Yorkshire's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across East Riding of Yorkshire as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.
The East Riding of Yorkshire report
The full report measures East Riding of Yorkshire from its own sales: sold prices and rents for each type of home, the year's price move, crime per resident and worker, flood risk, planning designations, housing delivery and regeneration funding, with a worked buy-to-let deal on your own budget. This edition was built in October 2026.
Read the cover of the East Riding of Yorkshire report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.
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Compare it with everywhere else
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Sources and further reading
- HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index
- HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (England and Wales)
- Registers of Scotland: property market statistics (Scotland)
- ONS: Price Index of Private Rents
- ONS: Population estimates
- ONS: Business Register and Employment Survey
- MHCLG: Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England and Wales)
- HMRC: Stamp Duty Land Tax