🔧 What does refurb work actually cost? A price guide
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on 25th Aug 2026 A carpet clean costs £40. A full kitchen replacement costs £6,500. Most refurb spend sits somewhere between those two numbers - so we've pulled real prices from our own job costings to help you budget your next project, job by...
Darlington - what real landlords are actually charging right now
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on 25th Aug 2026 Forget the national averages for a moment. Here's what real Darlington landlords are charging right now, from our own managed portfolio - and it might be more than you're charging. 📍 Real rents, by bedroom count By bedrooms...
Stockton-on-Tees - 1,000 new jobs incoming, and what it means for landlords
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on 24th Aug 2026 Stockton-on-Tees' average house price is up 3.9% this year, while rent has grown faster, up 4.2%. Both are a little behind the North East as a whole, but the gap between rent and price growth still works in landlords' favour. 📊...
The £1,000 property hack every landlord should know
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on 6th Aug 2026 HMRC will let you knock £1,000 off your rental income with zero receipts, zero records, zero questions. Most landlords have never even heard of it, and the taxman certainly isn't going to be the one to tell you. It's called the...
Hartlepool - slow and steady, with genuinely low entry prices for landlords
2 minute read posted by The NGU Homes Team
on 5th Aug 2026 Hartlepool's house prices are up a modest 2.8% this year, while rent has barely moved at all, up just 0.1%. Growth here is slower than elsewhere in the region - but the entry prices are so low that the yield picture still stacks...
Northumberland house prices up 8.3% - the fastest growth and highest prices in the North East
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on 5th Aug 2026 Northumberland house prices up 8.3% - the fastest growth and highest prices in the North East Northumberland's house prices are up 8.3% this year, while rent has grown 6.5%. That's not just the highest average price in the North...
Newcastle rents up 10.3% - more than three times the UK average
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on 4th Aug 2026 Rents in Newcastle have moved a lot faster than house prices over the past year. Average rent is up 10.3% - more than three times the UK's own rent growth of just 3.3% - while house prices have risen a more modest 5.0%. That gap...
Gateshead - house prices up 6.9%, nearly double the UK's growth rate
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on 4th Aug 2026 Maximising property wealth means getting both sides of the equation right: growth and yield. Gateshead is currently delivering on both. Gateshead's average house price is up 6.9% this year - nearly double the UK's own growth rate...
Sunderland - House Prices Up 6%
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on 3rd Aug 2026 Sunderland's average house price is up 6.0% this year, while rent has grown 4.4%. That's nearly double the UK's own growth rate of 3.8% over the same period, and the low entry prices here mean the yields still stack up well for...
Middlesbrough - rents up 7.8%, and some of the strongest yields in the North East
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on 3rd Aug 2026 Middlesbrough's average house price is up just 1.1% this year, while rent has grown 7.8%. That gap is unusually wide, and it's exactly what's driving some of the strongest yields anywhere in the region. To put that in context, UK...