Buy-to-let in North Kesteven

North Kesteven in figures

Gross rental yield

5.2%

On semi-detached houses across North Kesteven

Entry price

£180,500

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+2.1%

UK House Price Index, across North Kesteven

Price move, 10 years

+43.1%

UK House Price Index, across North Kesteven

Homes below EPC band C

51%

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

Population

123,267

North Kesteven, +5.3% growth

• Semi-detached houses across North Kesteven let for £840/mo against a median sale of £194,000 there: 5.2% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £824/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across North Kesteven rose 2.1% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +43% over ten years (North Kesteven)
• 51% of EPCs below band C
• £10,135 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £180,500 buy-to-let
• 566 homes added across North Kesteven
• 18% private rented (2021 census)
• 81% gigabit broadband
• 91% of 11 graded schools good or better
• Band D £2,338 (North Kesteven)
• 1.1% long-term empty across North Kesteven
• +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 North Kesteven 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 North Kesteven moved +43.1% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across North Kesteven moved +17.9% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

51% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Sleaford's postcode districts are below band C (15,869 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 £180,500 pays £10,135 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 North Kesteven, and Clarity does not rank on it.

The North Kesteven report

The full report measures North Kesteven 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 North Kesteven report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

Read a full Liverpool report, free to see everything a report contains.

Compare it with everywhere else

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