That is the middle of 976 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 4.9 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.
976 homes sold in three years: 188 detached houses, 262 semi-detached houses, 410 terraced houses and 116 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£480K
median sale · 188 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£585K
Last 12 months
£475K41 sold
New build
£480K
Semi-detached houses£300K
median sale · 262 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£366K
Last 12 months
£310K60 sold
New build
£315K
Terraced houses£188K
median sale · 410 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£235K
Last 12 months
£190K131 sold
Flats and maisonettes£175K
median sale · 116 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£137K–£218K
Last 12 months
£169K26 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses42%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Skipton’s homes sold for between £180K and £355K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £499K. 52% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £244,500, sits in the £200–250K band
976 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £47,000 in 1995 to £229,497 in the last 12 months (£186,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
258 sales in the last 12 months, against 397 in 2000, the busiest year, and 192 in 2010. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Skipton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Skipton, 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
£114K
£119K
£250K
£378K
£285K
£469K
£475K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£70K
£160K
£164K
£189K
£240K
£310K
Terraced houses
£40K
£50K
£113K
£120K
£137K
£165K
£190K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£68K
£111K
£156K
£155K
£136K
£169K
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: 3% of sales in the last 12 months, after 24% in 2024
1,018 new homes have been sold in Skipton since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2024.
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 £396,122
against £218,000 for a home sold on, 82% 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, 1.2% sold leasehold in Skipton. 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
Alders Road is Skipton’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
68 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 25 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
Alders Road
BD23
28
£325,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Moorview Way
BD23
27
£275,000
Mixed
3
Broughton Road
BD23
20
£188,750
Mostly flats
4
Hazel Grove
BD23
19
£394,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Raikes Road
BD23
19
£185,000
Mixed
6
Castle Street
BD23
15
£159,950
Mostly terraced houses
7
Brougham Street
BD23
14
£248,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Clitheroe Street
BD23
14
£182,750
Mixed
9
Keighley Road
BD23
14
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Whernside Road
BD23
13
£574,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Hawbank Drive
BD23
13
£529,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Clifford Gardens
BD23
13
£382,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Carleton Road
BD23
13
£175,000
Mostly flats
14
Hurrs Road
BD23
12
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Burnside Crescent
BD23
12
£230,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Raikeswood Drive: £590,000
Skipton median£245K
Raikeswood Drive£590K
Tarn Moor Crescent£575K
Whernside Road£575K
Chapple Court£560K
Hawbank Drive£530K
Cheapest streets
Clover Hill: £129,500
Skipton median£245K
Clover Hill£130K
Spencer Close£130K
Alexandra Court£130K
Greatwood Avenue£150K
Russell Street£151K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.6 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
Skipton is the 28th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Skipton 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 Skipton
What is the average house price in Skipton?
The median home in Skipton sold for £244,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 976 standard sales (£229,497 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £479,997, semi-detached houses £300,000, terraced houses £188,250 and flats and maisonettes £175,000.
Are house prices going up in Skipton?
The median was £239,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£249,750), and £229,497 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 Skipton each year?
258 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 330 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Skipton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Raikeswood Drive (BD23, £590,000), Tarn Moor Crescent (BD23, £575,000) and Whernside Road (BD23, £574,995).
How much does a new build cost in Skipton?
New homes sold for a median £396,122 over three years, against £218,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Skipton expensive for North Yorkshire?
Skipton is the 28th 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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