Free HMO tools · beta

Buy · sell · hold · develop

Where are you with your HMO?

Four free tools, one for each stage. Answer once and your answers carry across, so the next report is nearly done before you start it.

Buyer Demand Test Thinking of selling? See how many buyers your HMO really has at your price, before you go to market.
  • Buyer demand from 0 to 5
  • The price that widens your buyer pool
  • The route to market that fits
About 3 minutes · freeTest my buyer demand Tier test Optimising and holding? What tier your HMO really is, how its rent is performing and where it's heading.
  • Home tier, T1 to T5
  • Trading position and five-year trajectory
  • Legal position and what to fix
About 10 minutes · freeFind my tier GDV Appraisal Developing a new HMO? What the finished HMO will be worth to a lender and to a buyer, from concept to pre-finance.
  • Refinance and sales GDV
  • The blended rent a lender will use
  • The purchase price that makes it stack
About 8 minutes · freeGet my GDV Buyer HMO Brief Looking to buy an HMO? Tell us your money, experience and how hands-on you want to be. We'll show you where to buy and at what price.
  • The towns that fit your brief
  • HMO types and the price to negotiate to
  • Your income plan
About 4 minutes · freeFind my HMOs
Read through the HMO X Tier MethodologyRead the method

Four tools, one way of reading an HMO

Home tierWhat the rooms, bathrooms, condition, location and management sustainably support
Trading positionThe rent it earns against what its home tier earns in its town
TrajectoryWhere it's heading, by how well it's run

Every HMO X tool reads your HMO through the Tier Methodology, Richard Nicholls' framework for what an HMO is really worth.

Read against the evidence for 320 towns: 9,033 room rents, 5,226 sold and valuation comparables and 197 Tier calls by Richard Nicholls.HMO X evidence · updated weekly · last update 31 October 2026

Not sure which?

Two questions and we'll point you to the right one.

Is the HMO built and let today?

What's your next big decision?

Answer once, use everywhere

The property tools share one property file in your browser, with one reference number. Nothing leaves your device until you ask for a report.

What you tell usBuyer DemandTier testGDV Appraisal
Address and town
Rooms, en-suites, bathrooms
Room sizes
Rent
Article 4, tenants, bills
Price, build cost, purchase price

Built by HMO X on hundreds of HMO valuations, appraisals and inspections every year, with sold, refinance and room-rent evidence across over 300 towns and cities. Want to talk it through first?

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