Buy-to-let in Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood in figures

Gross rental yield

5.3% to 5.6%

By kind of home, across Newark and Sherwood

Entry price, across its towns

£172,000 to £260,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+6.9%

UK House Price Index, across Newark and Sherwood

Price move, 10 years

+43.9%

UK House Price Index, across Newark and Sherwood

Population

128,684

Newark and Sherwood, +5.6% growth

• Terraced houses across Newark and Sherwood let for £800/mo against a median sale of £170,000 there: 5.6% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £818/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Newark and Sherwood rose 6.9% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +44% over ten years (Newark and Sherwood)
• £9,540 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £172,000 buy-to-let
• 3 regeneration awards (Newark and Sherwood)
• 563 homes added across Newark and Sherwood
• Band D £2,682 (Newark and Sherwood)
• 1.5% long-term empty across Newark and Sherwood
• +24% five-year forecast for East 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 Newark and Sherwood 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 Newark and Sherwood moved +43.9% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Newark and Sherwood moved +10.0% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

53% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Newark's postcode districts are below band C (34,593 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 £172,000 pays £9,540 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, East Midlands) is a regional figure for East Midlands as a whole, not a forecast for Newark and Sherwood, and Clarity does not rank on it.

Towns in Newark and Sherwood

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

The Newark and Sherwood report

The full report measures Newark and Sherwood 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 Newark and Sherwood report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

The investment map ranks Newark and Sherwood against every other place we cover, on your own budget and strategy. Questions about the figures or about us are answered here.