That is the middle of 2,966 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 3.9 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.
A third of Scarborough’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,966 homes sold in three years: 469 detached houses, 971 semi-detached houses, 844 terraced houses and 682 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 469 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£367K
Last 12 months
£300K119 sold
New build
£300K
Semi-detached houses£205K
median sale · 971 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£244K
Last 12 months
£205K267 sold
New build
£226K
Terraced houses£145K
median sale · 844 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£175K
Last 12 months
£150K261 sold
New build
£209K
Flats and maisonettes£122K
median sale · 682 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£87K–£168K
Last 12 months
£120K191 sold
New build
£345K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Scarborough’s homes sold for between £132K and £240K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £313K. 78% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £175,000, sits in the £150–200K band
2,966 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £175,000 in the last 12 months (£142,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
838 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,968 in 2002, the busiest year, and 727 in 2012. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Scarborough costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Scarborough, 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
£81K
£93K
£215K
£190K
£228K
£256K
£300K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£57K
£141K
£140K
£140K
£165K
£205K
Terraced houses
£39K
£46K
£108K
£113K
£115K
£125K
£150K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£40K
£96K
£100K
£98K
£105K
£120K
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
Hardly any new homes: 2.1% of sales in the last 12 months
2,969 new homes have been sold in Scarborough since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 1996.
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 £251,750
against £170,000 for a home sold on, 48% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Scarborough. 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
Filey Road is Scarborough’s busiest street, with 60 sales in three years
211 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 75 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
Filey Road
YO11
60
£179,750
Mostly flats
2
Scalby Road
YO12
37
£300,000
Mixed
3
Esplanade
YO11
36
£201,250
Mostly flats
4
Bilberry Avenue
YO11
31
£270,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Vesta Place
YO11
31
£219,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Armstrong Road
YO11
30
£258,250
Mixed · new builds
7
Holbeck Hill
YO11
26
£197,500
Mostly flats
8
Main Street
YO11
24
£148,750
Mixed
9
Maximus Way
YO11
23
£199,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
North Marine Road
YO12
23
£147,000
Mostly flats
11
Prospect Road
YO12
22
£158,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Prince of Wales Terrace
YO11
22
£117,500
Mostly flats
13
Tyson Way
YO11
19
£314,450
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Marshall Way
YO11
19
£242,250
Mixed · new builds
15
Coldyhill Lane
YO12
19
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Deepdale Avenue: £526,000
Scarborough median£175K
Deepdale Avenue£526K
Throxenby Lane£450K
Peasholm Gap£366K
Mill Way£358K
Curlew Drive£352K
Cheapest streets
Trafalgar Square: £69,750
Scarborough median£175K
Trafalgar Square£70K
Albemarle Crescent£78K
Grosvenor Crescent£80K
Strawberry Court£89K
Seamer Street£92K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.5 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
Scarborough is the 50th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Scarborough is one of North Yorkshire’s cheapest 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 Scarborough
What is the average house price in Scarborough?
The median home in Scarborough sold for £175,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,966 standard sales (£175,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £205,000, terraced houses £145,000 and flats and maisonettes £122,000.
Are house prices going up in Scarborough?
The median was £175,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£178,000), and £175,000 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 Scarborough each year?
838 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,169 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Scarborough?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Deepdale Avenue (YO11, £526,000), Throxenby Lane (YO12, £450,100) and Peasholm Gap (YO12, £365,700).
How much does a new build cost in Scarborough?
New homes sold for a median £251,750 over three years, against £170,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.7% of sales.
Is Scarborough expensive for North Yorkshire?
Scarborough is the 50th 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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