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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in North Kesteven | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £824 | £9,888 |
| 1 bedroom | £580 | £6,960 |
| 2 bedrooms | £758 | £9,096 |
| 3 bedrooms | £922 | £11,064 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,308 | £15,696 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£231k): a gross yield of about 4.3%.
| North Hykeham North | North Kesteven | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 13% | 16% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 9% | 11% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 30 | 6 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. North Kesteven has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team.
| North Hykeham North | North Kesteven | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| North Hykeham North | North Kesteven | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +1% | +3% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +0% | +4% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | 0.7 | -0.0 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Sleaford East | 3.5 | £196k | +46% | 22% | 0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hykeham North (this one) | 3.3 | £231k | +47% | 13% | 0% |
| Ruskington West & Cranwell | 3.2 | £234k | +55% | 29% | 0% |
| Sleaford West | 3.1 | £242k | +45% | 17% | 0% |
| Bracebridge Heath & Waddington | 3.0 | £247k | +47% | 20% | 0% |
| Ruskington North & Billinghay | 2.9 | £246k | +51% | 14% | 0% |
| Washingborough & Branston | 2.9 | £282k | +50% | 13% | 0% |
| Metheringham, Nocton & Potterhanworth | 2.9 | £267k | +53% | 13% | 0% |
| North Hykeham South | 2.9 | £261k | +41% | 15% | 0% |
| Ruskington South, Leasingham & Osbournby | 2.8 | £253k | +61% | 14% | 0% |
| Heckington | 2.6 | £282k | +54% | 13% | 0% |
| Skellingthorpe, Witham & Bassingham | 2.6 | £275k | +45% | 15% | 0% |
| Navenby, Harmston & Brant Broughton | 2.1 | £335k | +53% | 12% | 0% |
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Local Housing Allowance, Lincoln rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £354 · 1 bed £495 · 2 beds £600 · 3 beds £675 · 4 beds £925. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 4.32% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 3.86% · 3-bed vs semis 3.95%.