Professional & Student HMOs in Newcastle
If you are looking for HMOs for Sale in Newcastle then this is an exciting time to buy!
Houses in Multiple Occupation have a number of regulations surrounding them including article 4 directives, selective and mandatory HMO licences, and rules on planning permission. Newcastle, South Shields and North Shields currently have patches of article 4 so it is important to do your due diligence and check that it is either outside of those areas, or make sure it has planning permission (Certificate of Lawfulness or Lawful Development Certificates). For more information about these topics, see our Newcastle HMO FAQ section at the bottom of the page.
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28 bed HMO with up to £240k rent per annum. Set over 4 floors with 16 bathrooms, 3 kitchens and 2 living rooms.
Newcastle HMO Market FAQs
Demand for HMOs in Newcastle is high. There are areas where demand is higher for students and others that are higher for professionals, but overall across Newcastle there is an even split of student and professional HMOs. From our research in 2025 we can see that the average rent in Newcastle is between £500 and £700 per month per room. Double rooms outweigh single rooms by 4:1 so if you are looking to develop HMOs in Newcastle it’s important that they are double rooms. Ensuite rooms make up only 25% of rooms on the market which is comparatively low for the national average.
Students make up a significant portion of the housing market in Newcastle, reportedly up to 1 in 15 homes being a student HMO. The North East makes up the second highest region for students in the UK.
The average size HMO in Newcastle is 6 beds. 90% of HMOs in Newcastle are 6 beds and under with only 10% of the market being made up of Sui Generis HMOs
Unfortunately we do not provide any recommendations for third party HMO letting agents in Newcastle. We do however provide a guaranteed rental service in Newcastle for landlords with vacant HMOs or family residential property looking for long term leases. Please enquire for more details.
Yes, there is article 4 in Newcastle which prohibits the conversion of houses to HMOs up to 6 bedrooms. This is restricted to houses in the article 4 area. This only applies to patches within Newcastle, such as Jesmond, some patches of Gosforth and some areas of Longbenton around Freeman Hospital.
There are five directions in Newcastle which require private rented stock to have a selective licence, including HMOs of 5 bed and under. Anything over 5 beds will naturally require a mandatory HMO licence.
If you have a HMO rented to 6 or less tenants, then you are required under the article 4 directive in Newcastle to have planning permission (or a Certificate of Lawfulness). This gives you permission to change the use of property from a dwelling house (C3) to a house in multiple occupation (C4).
If you have a 7 bedroom and bigger house of multiple occupancy, then under National Directive, you are required to have planning permission as Sui Generis HMO.
If you have an HMO of 6 beds and under in an area of Newcastle that doesn’t have article 4 direction then you are fine to use as an HMO and will not require a Certificate of Lawfulness or Lawful Development Certificate.
