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Buy-to-let in North Northamptonshire

Yields, prices, demand and local risks for North Northamptonshire, covering Corby, Kettering, Rushden and 1 more ranked towns.

The gross rental yield in North Northamptonshire is 5.7% on terraced houses across North Northamptonshire. Entry prices across its 4 ranked towns run from £185,000 to £222,000. Prices across North Northamptonshire moved +3.2% over the last year and +49.9% over ten years.

North Northamptonshire in figures

Gross rental yield
5.7%
On terraced houses across North Northamptonshire
Entry price, across its towns
£185,000 to £222,000
The cheapest postcode district's median sale
Price move, 12 months
+3.2%
UK House Price Index, across North Northamptonshire
Price move, 10 years
+49.9%
UK House Price Index, across North Northamptonshire
Population
379,569
North Northamptonshire, +6.5% growth
  • Terraced houses across North Northamptonshire let for £960/mo against a median sale of £205,000 there: 5.7% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
  • ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £992/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
  • Prices across North Northamptonshire rose 3.2% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.
  • Prices +50% over ten years (North Northamptonshire)
  • £11,500 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £200,000 buy-to-let
  • 2,185 homes added across North Northamptonshire
  • Band D £2,424 (North Northamptonshire)
  • 1.2% long-term empty across North Northamptonshire
  • +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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire moved +49.9% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across North Northamptonshire moved +13.1% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

35% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Corby's postcode districts are below band C (24,216 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, East Midlands) is a regional figure for East Midlands as a whole, not a forecast for North Northamptonshire, and Clarity does not rank on it.

Towns in North Northamptonshire

Ranked towns covered by the North Northamptonshire report
TownEntry priceGross yieldTenant demand
Corby£200,0005.7%terraced houses4.8/10
Kettering£185,0005.7%terraced houses4.9/10
Rushden£222,0005.7%terraced houses5/10
Wellingborough£215,0005.7%terraced houses5/10

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

The North Northamptonshire report

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

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