Buy-to-let in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme in figures

Gross rental yield

6.6%

On terraced houses across Newcastle-under-Lyme

Entry price

£175,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+2.6%

UK House Price Index, across Newcastle-under-Lyme

Price move, 10 years

+56.4%

UK House Price Index, across Newcastle-under-Lyme

Homes below EPC band C

53%

Of lodged certificates, a proxy for the condition of the stock

Population

128,093

Newcastle-under-Lyme, +2.8% growth

• Terraced houses across Newcastle-under-Lyme let for £840/mo against a median sale of £151,000 there: 6.6% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £833/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Newcastle-under-Lyme rose 2.6% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +56% over ten years (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
• 53% of EPCs below band C
• £9,750 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £175,000 buy-to-let
• 379 homes added across Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 16% private rented (2021 census)
• 90% gigabit broadband
• 81% of 16 graded schools good or better
• Band D £2,334 (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
• 1.2% long-term empty across Newcastle-under-Lyme
• +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 Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme moved +56.4% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Newcastle-under-Lyme moved +0.0% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

53% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Newcastle's postcode districts are below band C (26,978 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 £175,000 pays £9,750 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Clarity does not rank on it.

The Newcastle-under-Lyme report

The full report measures Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

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