At NGU Homes, 3-beds are averaging £574 a month right now - real, achieved rents, not estimates. If yours is lower, you might be undercharging. And if you're not local, that's exactly what we're here for - real numbers you can trust, and someone on the ground handling it for you.

📍 Real rents, by bedroom count

By bedroomsAvg. rent achievedSample
2 bed£53512 properties
3 bed£5748 properties

These are genuinely real numbers from across the town - including a strong cluster of 8 properties in TS25 alone, averaging £618 a month - not projections pulled from a portal.

📈 Real rent increases we've just pushed through

Here are the seven rent reviews we've completed for Hartlepool landlords since August, averaging a 4.9% increase overall - real increases, already agreed:

Area / bedsPrevious rentNew rentIncrease
TS26, 2 bed£450£484+7.6%
TS25, 3 bed£615£655+6.5%
TS25, 3 bed£515£545+5.8%
TS25, 2 bed£610£635+4.1%
TS26, 2 bed£550£570+3.6%
TS25, 2 bed£575£595+3.5%
TS24, 2 bed£455£470+3.3%

Average across all 7 completed reviews since August: +4.9%, ranging 3.3% to 7.6%.

📍 Managed locally, wherever you are

Every rent review above was handled start to finish by our own team on the ground in the North East - the tenant conversation, the Section 13 notice, the paperwork. If you're not local yourself, that's the whole point: you get the return, and we handle the hassle.

📊 The townwide numbers

Hartlepool's average house price is up 5.5% this year - a real acceleration from earlier in the year. Rent has stayed almost flat, up just 0.3%.

Avg. house priceAvg. rent (pcm)Best yield: flats
£137,000 (↑ 5.5% year-on-year)£558 (↑ 0.3% year-on-year)7.6% (Est. gross yield)

Here's how that breaks down by property type:

💷 Buy-to-let snapshot by property type

TypeAvg. priceAvg. rentEst. yield
Flat£76,000£4827.6%
Terraced£107,000£5536.2%
Semi-detached£149,000£6205.0%
Detached£244,000£8013.9%

Estimated gross yield, calculated from average price and average rent by property type. Excludes costs, fees, and void periods.

🏠 Nothing live right now, but stock moves fast

Our last Hartlepool listing - a tenanted 2-bed on Wynyard Road - has just gone Sold STC, and we don't have another on the market to show you right now. With yields like these, Hartlepool properties tend to sell quickly. If you want to be positioned before the next one comes up, register for alerts and we'll let you know as soon as it does.

For more properties we're marketing across the North East, visit nguhomes.co.uk.

That's what property investment in Hartlepool actually looks like right now - real returns, fully managed, whether you're down the road or hundreds of miles away. If you'd like to talk through your rent, a purchase, or your wider portfolio, just reply and I'll go through the numbers with you.