That is the middle of 675 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 4.5 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.
675 homes sold in three years: 198 detached houses, 167 semi-detached houses, 171 terraced houses and 139 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£439K
median sale · 198 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£558K
Last 12 months
£414K48 sold
New build
£572K
Semi-detached houses£270K
median sale · 167 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£221K–£325K
Last 12 months
£255K41 sold
New build
£358K
Terraced houses£213K
median sale · 171 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£278K
Last 12 months
£210K49 sold
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 139 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£252K
Last 12 months
£154K42 sold
New build
£375K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 29% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes21%
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 Ripon’s homes sold for between £190K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £538K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £277,450, sits in the £250–300K band
675 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,000 in 1995 to £257,500 in the last 12 months (£220,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
180 sales in the last 12 months, against 458 in 2006, the busiest year, and 179 in 2010. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 48% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ripon costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Ripon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£78K
£117K
£237K
£265K
£270K
£352K
£414K
Semi-detached houses
£58K
£68K
£167K
£180K
£191K
£233K
£255K
Terraced houses
£46K
£53K
£140K
£153K
£160K
£195K
£210K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£48K
£149K
£129K
£126K
£220K
£154K
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 25% in 2020
994 new homes have been sold in Ripon since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2020.
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 £396,995
against £266,250 for a home sold on, 49% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Ripon. 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
Palace Road is Ripon’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
41 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
Palace Road
HG4
22
£390,000
Mostly flats
2
Bishopton Place
HG4
15
£593,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Steven Way
HG4
15
£163,500
Mostly flats
4
Clotherholme Road
HG4
14
£298,500
Mixed
5
Williamson Close
HG4
14
£156,250
Mostly flats
6
Whitcliffe Lane
HG4
11
£340,000
Mixed
7
Borrage Lane
HG4
10
£579,100
Mostly detached houses
8
Bellman Walk
HG4
10
£398,497
Mixed · new builds
9
Doublegates Avenue
HG4
9
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
10
North Road
HG4
9
£350,000
Mixed
11
Ash Bank Road
HG4
9
£345,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Lark Lane
HG4
9
£300,000
Mixed
13
Juniper Grove
HG4
8
£393,750
Mostly detached houses
14
Whitcliffe Drive
HG4
8
£291,975
Mixed
15
Williamson Drive
HG4
8
£290,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
South Crescent: £750,000
Ripon median£277K
South Crescent£750K
Bishopton Place£594K
Borrage Lane£579K
College Road£504K
Kings Mead£485K
Cheapest streets
Fennell Grove: £122,200
Ripon median£277K
Fennell Grove£122K
Williamson Close£156K
Waterside£158K
Skellbank£158K
Steven Way£164K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.1 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
Ripon is the 16th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Ripon 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 Ripon
What is the average house price in Ripon?
The median home in Ripon sold for £277,450 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 675 standard sales (£257,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £438,750, semi-detached houses £270,000, terraced houses £212,500 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Ripon?
The median was £285,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£273,000), and £257,500 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 Ripon each year?
180 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 287 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ripon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: South Crescent (HG4, £750,000), Bishopton Place (HG4, £593,995) and Borrage Lane (HG4, £579,100).
How much does a new build cost in Ripon?
New homes sold for a median £396,995 over three years, against £266,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.2% of sales.
Is Ripon expensive for North Yorkshire?
Ripon is the 16th 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.