The hottest and coldest housing markets in Yorkshire and Humberside right now

Published 25th of May, 2023

The latest data from the Land Registry reveals that the average house price in Yorkshire and Humberside is currently £203,600.

On average house prices Yorkshire and Humberside decreased by 2.1% or £4,390 over the last month.

Over the last year (last 12 calendar months) average house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside increased by 4.1% or £8,070.

However, across Yorkshire and Humberside, there is a significant spread of house prices at the Local Authority level ranging from £134,400 in Kingston upon Hull, City of to £327,200 in York.


Yorkshire and Humberside average house prices by local authority

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

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

York where average house prices are £327,200

Leeds, where average house prices are £235,600, and

East Riding of Yorkshire where average house prices are £220,800

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

Kingston upon Hull, City of where average house prices are £134,400

North East Lincolnshire with average house prices of £148,300, and

Barnsley where average house prices are £161,300

Chart graph showing average house prices across Yorkshire and Humberside twindig Anthony Codling

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 East Lincolnshire where average house price decreased by 0.0%,

Calderdale where average house prices fell by 0.4%,

York where average house prices were down by 0.5%

House prices in Yorkshire and Humberside rose the least in percentage terms last month in:

Barnsley where average house prices dropped by 2.8%,

North Lincolnshire where average house prices fell by 2.7%,

East Riding of Yorkshire where average house prices were down 2.0%

We show the percentage changes in house prices for each local authority across Yorkshire and Humberside in the chart below. Do you live in a hot or a cold housing market in Yorkshire and Humberside?

Chart graph house prices percentage increases last month in Yorkshire and Humberside twindig Anthony Codling

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

North East Lincolnshire where house prices fell by £60,

Calderdale where house prices decreased by £780,

Kingston upon Hull, City of where house prices fell by £1,370

At the other end of the Yorkshire and Humberside house price league, house prices rose the least in:

North Lincolnshire which saw house price fall, on average, by £5,200,

Barnsley where average house prices fell by £4,580,

East Riding of Yorkshire where house prices were down £4,470

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

Chart graph showing biggest absolute house price increases in Yorkshire and Humberside last month twindig Anthony Codling

Yorkshire and Humberside house price winners and losers last year

Yorkshire and Humberside witnessed strong house price growth over the last twelve months, on average across Yorkshire and Humberside house prices have increased by 4.1%

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

York with average house prices up 10.9%,

Sheffield, which has seen house prices increase by 7.2% over the last twelve months, and

Wakefield where house prices have risen, on average, by 6.9%

At the bottom end of the annual house price table are:

North East Lincolnshire where house prices have risen by 2.1%,

Calderdale, with average house price inflation of 2.8%, and

East Riding of Yorkshire with house price inflation at 3.8%

We show the percentage change in house prices over the last twelve months across every Local Authority in the Yorkshire and Humberside region in the chart below

Chart graph biggest percentage increases in house prices in Yorkshire and Humberside last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

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:

York which has seen house prices increase by £32,030,

Sheffield with house prices gains of £14,350,

Wakefield where house prices have risen, on average, by £12,710

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:

North East Lincolnshire where average house prices were up £3,000,

Calderdale, which saw average house prices rise by £4,950, and

Kingston upon Hull, City of where house prices increased by £5,210

Chart graph biggest absolute house price increases in Yorkshire and Humberside last 12 months twindig Anthony Codling

Anthony Codling
CEO, Twindig

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