That is the middle of 291 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
291 homes sold in three years: 88 detached houses, 117 semi-detached houses, 65 terraced houses and 21 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£455K
Last 12 months
£378K29 sold
Semi-detached houses£246K
median sale · 117 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£275K
Last 12 months
£250K33 sold
New build
£227K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£264K
Last 12 months
£200K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£88K–£132K
Last 12 months
£95K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Malton’s homes sold for between £200K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £136K and one in ten over £458K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £259,950, sits in the £250–300K band
291 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,100 in 1995 to £253,500 in the last 12 months (£234,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
98 sales in the last 12 months, against 179 in 2017, the busiest year, and 55 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Malton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Malton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£95K
£94K
£200K
£233K
£252K
£298K
£378K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£68K
£147K
£145K
£158K
£220K
£250K
Terraced houses
£44K
£55K
£140K
£142K
£175K
£200K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£50K
£103K
£120K
£116K
—
£95K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 53% in 2017
731 new homes have been sold in Malton since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £259,950
against £255,000 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Malton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Harebell Road is Malton’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Harebell Road
YO17
14
£278,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Laurel Court
YO17
12
£259,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Castle Howard Road
YO17
12
£192,500
Mostly flats
4
Town Street
YO17
11
£325,000
Mixed
5
Showground Road
YO17
11
£275,000
Mixed
6
Acre Way
YO17
10
£313,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Headland Rise
YO17
10
£261,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Princess Road
YO17
10
£91,250
Mostly flats
9
Middlecave Road
YO17
8
£750,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Dickens Road
YO17
8
£212,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Newbiggin
YO17
7
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Ryngwoode Drive
YO17
7
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Greengage Close
YO17
6
£352,500
Mostly detached houses
14
Blackthorn Avenue
YO17
6
£346,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Ashfield Avenue
YO17
6
£183,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Middlecave Road: £750,000
Malton median£260K
Middlecave Road£750K
Greengage Close£353K
Blackthorn Avenue£347K
Town Street£325K
Acre Way£314K
Cheapest streets
Princess Road: £91,250
Malton median£260K
Princess Road£91K
Old Maltongate£159K
Ashfield Avenue£184K
Castle Howard Road£193K
Dickens Road£213K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across North Yorkshire
Malton is the 22nd most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Malton is in the middle of North Yorkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Malton
What is the average house price in Malton?
The median home in Malton sold for £259,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 291 standard sales (£253,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £246,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Malton?
The median was £251,250 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£260,000), and £253,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Malton each year?
98 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 135 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Malton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Middlecave Road (YO17, £750,000), Greengage Close (YO17, £352,500) and Blackthorn Avenue (YO17, £346,500).
How much does a new build cost in Malton?
New homes sold for a median £259,950 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.5% of sales.
Is Malton expensive for North Yorkshire?
Malton is the 22nd most expensive of 56 towns of 2,500 or more in North Yorkshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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