Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0The median home in Rufforth sells for £435,000
That is the middle of 27 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
81% of Rufforth’s sales are detached houses
27 homes sold in three years: 22 detached houses, 3 semi-detached houses and 2 terraced houses.
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £405K–£528K
- Last 12 months
- £435K7 sold
Semi-detached houses: 3 sold
Terraced houses: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 81% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
33% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
23 new homes have been sold in Rufforth since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2005.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £399,950
against £442,500 for a home sold on, 10% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Rufforth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Wetherby Road is Rufforth’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Wetherby Road | YO23 | 8 | £500,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | Hawthorn Fields | YO23 | 6 | £399,950 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Southfield Close | YO23 | 5 | £435,000 | Mostly detached houses |
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.
Rufforth’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Copmanthorpe, York and Tadcaster.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufforth | — | £435K | 9 | +36% |
| Upper Poppleton | 2.6 | £485K | 39 | +46% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3.8 | £353K | 47 | +16% |
| Tockwith | 3.8 | £405K | 21 | +39% |
| Skelton (York) | 3.9 | £320K | 16 | +2% |
| York | 4.4 | £290K | 1,489 | +38% |
| Bishopthorpe | 4.8 | £393K | 38 | +31% |
| Tadcaster | 5.7 | £268K | 64 | +41% |
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 Rufforth
What is the average house price in Rufforth?
The median home in Rufforth sold for £435,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 27 standard sales. By type: detached houses £449,975.
How much does a new build cost in Rufforth?
New homes sold for a median £399,950 over three years, against £442,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
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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