Hot and cold housing markets in Yorkshire and Humberside

The latest data from the Land Registry reveals that the average house price in Yorkshire and Humberside is currently £199,600.

On average house prices Yorkshire and Humberside decreased by 0.2% or £330 over the last month

Over the last year (last 12 calendar months) average house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside increased by 8.9% or £16,420

However, across Yorkshire and Humberside, there is a significant spread of house prices at the Local Authority level ranging from £145,000 in North East Lincolnshire to £329,000 in Harrogate.

Yorkshire and Humberside average house prices by local authority

We show in the chart below the average house price for every local authority across Yorkshire and Humberside

The three most expensive areas for house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside are:

Harrogate where average house prices are £329,000

York, where average house prices are £307,000, and

Ryedale where average house prices are £292,000

The three least expensive areas for house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside are:

North East Lincolnshire where average house prices are £145,000

Barnsley with average house prices of £152,000, and

Doncaster where average house prices are £156,000

Yorkshire and Humberside house price winners and losers last month

Over the last month house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside increased the most in percentage terms in:

North Lincolnshire where average house price increased by 5.3%, 

Richmondshire where average house prices rose by 5.1%, and

Selby where average house prices rose by 3.7%

House prices in Yorkshire and Humberside fell the most in percentage terms last month in:

Ryedale, where average house prices dropped by 1.5%

Barnsley, where average house prices fell by 0.7%, and

Yorkshire and the Humber, where average house prices fell by 0.2%

We show the percentage changes in house prices for each local authority across Yorkshire and Humberside in the chart below

Yorkshire and Humberside house price winners and losers last month in monetary terms

The biggest absolute (monetary) increases in house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside last month were in:

Richmondshire where house prices climbed £12,850

Noth Lincolnshire which saw house prices rise by £9,220, and

Selby where average house prices rose by £8,990

At the other end of the Yorkshire and Humberside house price league, house prices fell most in:

Ryedale which saw house prices fall, on average, by £4,510

Barnsley where average house prices fell by £1,020, and

Yorkshire and the Humber where house prices were down £330

We show the monetary change in average house prices across each Local Authority across Yorkshire and Humberside in the chart below:

Yorkshire and Humberside house price winners and losers over the last year

Yorkshire and Humberside witnessed strong house price growth over the last twelve months, on average across the Yorkshire and Humberside house prices have increased by 10.2%.

The biggest house price winners in percentage terms in Yorkshire and Humberside are:

Richmondshire with average house prices up 16.3%

Craven, which has seen house prices increase by 14.7% over the last twelve months, and

Scarborough where house prices have risen, on average, by 14.3%

At the bottom end of the annual house price table are

Sheffield where house prices have risen by 6.1% over the last twelve months

Bradford, with average house price inflation of 6.8%, and

Doncaster with house price inflation at 7.6%

We show the percentage change in house prices over the last twelve months across every Local Authority in the North East in the chart below

Finally turning to the monetary or cash changes to house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside over the last year, the biggest house price winners in absolute terms were:

Richmondshire, which has seen house prices increase by £37,060

Craven with house prices gains of £33,660, and

Ryedale where house prices have risen, on average, by £30,060

House prices increased in monetary terms across every local authority across Yorkshire and Humberside last year, but those areas that saw the smallest increase in average house prices were:

Bradford where average house prices were up £10,540

North East Lincolnshire which saw average house prices rise by £10,900, and

Doncaster where house prices increased by £11,070