UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/north-yorkshire

Council areaYorkshire and the Humber, England

House prices in North Yorkshire

Homes in North Yorkshire sold for a median of £270,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 18,772 standard sales.

That makes it the second most expensive of the 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £215,000.

Median sale price£270,00018,772 standard sales
Middle half of prices£195,000 to £390,000
Change since 2016+36%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in North Yorkshire

The dearest district was YO61 (York), at £407,000, and the cheapest was YO11 (Scarborough), at £178,000. The dearest median is 2.3 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were HG3 (Harrogate) and HG2 (Harrogate), and the next cheapest YO12 (Scarborough) and DL9 (Catterick Garrison).

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Each dot is a postcode district in North Yorkshire, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in North Yorkshire, by number of sales: Harrogate (HG1, HG2, HG3), Scarborough (YO11, YO12, YO13), Selby (YO8), York (YO51, YO60, YO61, YO62), Skipton (BD23), Northallerton (DL6, DL7), Whitby (YO21, YO22), Thirsk (YO7), and 11 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. YO61York, 483 sales£407,000Too few+15%
  2. HG3Harrogate, 826 sales£381,500£3,8940%
  3. HG2Harrogate, 1,074 sales£375,000£3,914+2%
  4. DL11Richmond, 147 sales£360,000Too fewToo few
  5. HG5Knaresborough, 630 sales£355,000£3,765+3%
  6. YO51York, 307 sales£335,000Too few−1%
  7. YO62York, 348 sales£320,000Too few+7%
  8. LS24Tadcaster, 323 sales£307,500Too few+13%
  9. HG4Ripon, 629 sales£300,000£3,071+5%
  10. YO13Scarborough, 308 sales£300,000Too few+1%
  11. BD24Settle, 184 sales£297,000Too fewToo few
  12. TS9Middlesbrough, 376 sales£293,500Too few−2%
  13. DL8Bedale, 600 sales£290,000£2,897−6%
  14. BD23Skipton, 1,059 sales£279,000£2,966−3%
  15. YO7Thirsk, 645 sales£275,000Too few0%
  16. YO18Pickering, 395 sales£275,000£3,036−3%
  17. YO22Whitby, 268 sales£275,000Too few0%
  18. HG1Harrogate, 1,234 sales£268,000£3,516+2%
  19. YO21Whitby, 383 sales£260,000Too few+5%
  20. DL10Richmond, 452 sales£253,000Too few0%
  21. DL7Northallerton, 409 sales£250,000Too few+1%
  22. YO17Malton, 602 sales£250,000£3,207−3%
  23. DL6Northallerton, 507 sales£245,000£2,602−3%
  24. YO8Selby, 1,406 sales£239,000£2,812+4%
  25. YO14Filey, 491 sales£200,000Too few−7%
  26. DL9Catterick Garrison, 308 sales£182,000£2,490+4%
  27. YO12Scarborough, 1,172 sales£181,500£2,3650%
  28. YO11Scarborough, 858 sales£178,000£2,565−1%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: YO60 £395k (90 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in YO61 (York), up 15%, and fell most in YO14 (Filey), down 7%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Bullfinch Way, Aiskew (DL8)45 sales
  • Filey Road, Scarborough (YO11)38 sales
  • Vesta Place, Eastfield (YO11)30 sales
  • Maple Crescent, Easingwold (YO61)30 sales
  • Easby Crescent, Brough With St Giles (DL9)28 sales
  • Poppy Close, Catterick Garrison (DL9)28 sales
  • Cold Bath Road, Harrogate (HG2)28 sales
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate (HG2)28 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Duchy Road, Harrogate (HG1, £1,260,000), Rossett Green Lane, Harrogate (HG2, detached houses, £1,225,000) and Oatlands Drive, Harrogate (HG2, £810,000).

The cheapest were Trafalgar Square, Scarborough (YO12, flats, £60,000), Arden Court, Northallerton (DL6, flats, £75,000) and Long Street, Thirsk (YO7, £85,000).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in North Yorkshire, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached6,354£405,500£320,000 to £557,000£3,373/m²from 276 sales
Semi-detached5,794£252,000£205,000 to £315,000£2,944/m²from 261 sales
Terraced4,694£210,000£165,000 to £270,000£2,566/m²from 181 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,930£155,000£115,000 to £225,000£2,462/m²from 66 sales

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in North Yorkshire, at 34% and 31% of sales.

Terraced houses stand out against Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole: a median of £210,000 here, 27% more than the £165,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,003 per m², 14% above the £2,633 across Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 36%, from £200,000 in 2016 to £272,500 in 2025, less than the 45% rise across Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole.

Council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber

Median sale price of the 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first.

  1. York£307,500
  2. North Yorkshire£270,000
  3. Leeds£248,000
  4. East Riding of Yorkshire£225,000
  5. Sheffield£220,000
  6. Kirklees£215,000
  7. Wakefield£205,000
  8. Rotherham£195,000
  9. Calderdale£194,000
  10. Bradford£186,000
  11. Barnsley£180,000
  12. Doncaster£180,000
  13. North Lincolnshire£177,000
  14. North East Lincolnshire£165,000
  15. Kingston upon Hull£140,000
All 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber, ranked

Living in North Yorkshire

Crime

52 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 87 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

84% of homes can get it

Lower than 72 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

62% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 61 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,544 a year in North Yorkshire for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 78 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About these figures

North Yorkshire's figures come from 18,772 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 29 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in North Yorkshire, so their sales add up to 16,514 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 7% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.