That is the middle of 911 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 5.1 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.
911 homes sold in three years: 197 detached houses, 300 semi-detached houses, 315 terraced houses and 99 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 197 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£360K
Last 12 months
£288K51 sold
New build
£334K
Semi-detached houses£210K
median sale · 300 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£240K
Last 12 months
£220K87 sold
New build
£229K
Terraced houses£170K
median sale · 315 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£139K–£202K
Last 12 months
£173K98 sold
New build
£215K
Flats and maisonettes£110K
median sale · 99 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£92K–£130K
Last 12 months
£114K22 sold
New build
£153K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Selby’s homes sold for between £151K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £320K. 73% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
911 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,500 in 1995 to £201,000 in the last 12 months (£157,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
258 sales in the last 12 months, against 573 in 2007, the busiest year, and 225 in 2010. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Selby costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Selby, 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
£65K
£73K
£174K
£188K
£205K
£253K
£288K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£48K
£120K
£125K
£144K
£166K
£220K
Terraced houses
£36K
£38K
£104K
£97K
£128K
£136K
£173K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£29K
£129K
£77K
£98K
£97K
£114K
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: 1.2% of sales in the last 12 months
1,654 new homes have been sold in Selby since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 2007.
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 £275,000
against £185,000 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Selby. 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
Bracken Way is Selby’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
68 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Bracken Way
YO8
30
£242,975
Mixed · new builds
2
Highfield Road
YO8
21
£427,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Mill Way
YO8
21
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
4
Leeds Road
YO8
19
£415,000
Mixed
5
Doncaster Road
YO8
19
£215,000
Mixed
6
Westbourne Road
YO8
18
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Abbots Road
YO8
15
£167,200
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Lacey Way
YO8
15
£152,500
Mostly flats · new builds
9
Millgate
YO8
14
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Coupland Road
YO8
13
£150,000
Mixed
11
The Waterfront
YO8
13
£110,000
Mostly flats
12
Elston Avenue
YO8
12
£216,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Barlby Road
YO8
12
£171,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Benedict Court
YO8
10
£253,000
Mixed · new builds
15
Courtneys
YO8
10
£230,997
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Highfield Road: £427,495
Selby median£195K
Highfield Road£427K
Leeds Road£415K
Midfield Drive£399K
Cockret View£382K
Wistow Road£353K
Cheapest streets
Clog Mill Gardens: £76,000
Selby median£195K
Clog Mill Gardens£76K
Portholme Road£93K
Long Trods£99K
The Waterfront£110K
Chapel House Court£110K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 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
Selby is the 43rd most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Selby 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 Selby
What is the average house price in Selby?
The median home in Selby sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 911 standard sales (£201,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £210,000, terraced houses £170,000 and flats and maisonettes £110,000.
Are house prices going up in Selby?
The median was £190,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£198,500), and £201,000 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 Selby each year?
258 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 354 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Selby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Highfield Road (YO8, £427,495), Leeds Road (YO8, £415,000) and Midfield Drive (YO8, £399,000).
How much does a new build cost in Selby?
New homes sold for a median £275,000 over three years, against £185,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Selby expensive for North Yorkshire?
Selby is the 43rd 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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