Buy-to-let in Herefordshire, County of

Herefordshire, County of in figures

Gross rental yield

4.0% to 4.3%

By kind of home, across Herefordshire, County of

Entry price, across its towns

£195,000 to £250,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+4.8%

UK House Price Index, across Herefordshire, County of

Price move, 10 years

+40.8%

UK House Price Index, across Herefordshire, County of

Population

192,539

Herefordshire, County of, +3.6% growth

• Terraced houses across Herefordshire, County of let for £780/mo against a median sale of £217,000 there: 4.3% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £821/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Herefordshire, County of rose 4.8% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +41% over ten years (Herefordshire, County of)
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 9.9% of jobs against 1.4% across Great Britain (Herefordshire, County of)
• £11,500 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £200,000 buy-to-let
• 1 regeneration award (Herefordshire, County of)
• 562 homes added across Herefordshire, County of
• Band D £2,574 (Herefordshire, County of)
• 1.3% long-term empty across Herefordshire, County of
• +25% five-year forecast for West Midlands 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 Herefordshire, County of 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 Herefordshire, County of moved +40.8% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing is 9.9% of employee jobs in Herefordshire, County of, against 1.4% across Great Britain (11,000 jobs in 2015, 9,000 in 2024). Where one industry carries that much of a local economy, rents and prices tend to move with it. Employee jobs across Herefordshire, County of moved +5.8% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

61% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Bromyard's postcode districts are below band C (2,573 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 £200,000 pays £11,500 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, West Midlands) is a regional figure for West Midlands as a whole, not a forecast for Herefordshire, County of, and Clarity does not rank on it.

Towns in Herefordshire, County of

Each yield is Herefordshire, County of's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Herefordshire, County of as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.

The Herefordshire, County of report

The full report measures Herefordshire, County of 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.

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Compare it with everywhere else

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