Photo: Cacolantern · Public domainHomes in Scorton sell for a median £270,000
That is the middle of 33 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 5.9 times as much as in 1996. 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 Scorton’s sales are detached houses
33 homes sold in three years: 12 detached houses, 5 semi-detached houses, 10 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 12 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £325K–£370K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £175K–£244K
Semi-detached houses: 5 sold, median £280K
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £98K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
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.
Half of Scorton’s homes sold for between £175K and £335K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £370K. 45% sold for under £250K.
The median, £270,000, sits in the £250–300K band
33 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1996, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,225 in 1996 to £255,500 in the last 12 months (£185,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 55 in 1998, the busiest year, and 8 in 2011. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%.
Scorton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Scorton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
118 new homes have been sold in Scorton since 1995; the share peaked at 77% in 1999.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Scorton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Scorton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Catterick, Catterick Garrison and Richmond.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorton | — | £270K | 10 | — |
| Catterick | 1.7 | £215K | 26 | +21% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 2.1 | £225K | 22 | +39% |
| Catterick Garrison | 4.3 | £181K | 119 | +22% |
| Richmond | 4.8 | £239K | 84 | +24% |
| Leeming Bar | 6.7 | £220K | 9 | +13% |
| Hurworth-on-Tees | 6.8 | £260K | 34 | +24% |
| Aiskew | 7.3 | £280K | 33 | +13% |
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 Scorton
What is the average house price in Scorton?
The median home in Scorton sold for £270,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 33 standard sales (£255,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £280,000, terraced houses £226,500 and flats and maisonettes £97,500.
How many homes sell in Scorton each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 12 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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