That is the middle of 354 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.
354 homes sold in three years: 119 detached houses, 112 semi-detached houses, 87 terraced houses and 36 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£405K
Last 12 months
£350K26 sold
New build
£347K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£280K
Last 12 months
£258K26 sold
New build
£260K
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£168K–£250K
Last 12 months
£200K28 sold
New build
£224K
Flats and maisonettes£117K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£138K
Last 12 months
£78K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Thirsk’s homes sold for between £190K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £128K and one in ten over £390K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £255,000, sits in the £250–300K band
354 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 £49,250 in 1995 to £252,500 in the last 12 months (£175,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
90 sales in the last 12 months, against 244 in 2007, the busiest year, and 70 in 2012. Sales fell by 68% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Thirsk costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Thirsk, 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
£75K
£93K
£208K
£203K
£250K
£308K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£63K
£148K
£171K
£162K
£210K
£258K
Terraced houses
£44K
£58K
£133K
£153K
£144K
£196K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£77K
£132K
£150K
£109K
£143K
£78K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 44% in 2022
739 new homes have been sold in Thirsk since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2022.
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 £292,474
against £235,749 for a home sold on, 24% 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, 2.8% sold leasehold in Thirsk. 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
Hazel Wood Crescent is Thirsk’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
24 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Hazel Wood Crescent
YO7
37
£279,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Long Street
YO7
26
£98,750
Mostly flats
3
Larch Wood Close
YO7
24
£273,495
Mixed · new builds
4
Iris Close
YO7
16
£294,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Rowan Tree Close
YO7
13
£357,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Olivette Crescent
YO7
12
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Fairfield
YO7
10
£234,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
St James Green
YO7
10
£167,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Station Road
YO7
9
£240,000
Mixed
10
Lily Drive
YO7
8
£339,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Yew Tree Way
YO7
8
£303,750
Mixed
12
Nursery Gardens
YO7
7
£196,000
Mixed
13
Saxty Way
YO7
6
£614,995
Mostly detached houses
14
St Marys Walk
YO7
6
£287,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Favenfield Road
YO7
6
£230,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Saxty Way: £614,995
Thirsk median£255K
Saxty Way£615K
Rowan Tree Close£358K
Olivette Crescent£355K
Darrowby Close£350K
Lily Drive£340K
Cheapest streets
Long Street: £98,750
Thirsk median£255K
Long Street£99K
St James Green£168K
Hambleton Place£169K
Barleys Yard£175K
Bellingham Close£179K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.2 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
Thirsk is the 24th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Thirsk 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 Thirsk
What is the average house price in Thirsk?
The median home in Thirsk sold for £255,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 354 standard sales (£252,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £116,500.
Are house prices going up in Thirsk?
The median was £256,997 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£253,495), and £252,500 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 Thirsk each year?
90 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 126 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Thirsk?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Saxty Way (YO7, £614,995), Rowan Tree Close (YO7, £357,995) and Olivette Crescent (YO7, £355,000).
How much does a new build cost in Thirsk?
New homes sold for a median £292,474 over three years, against £235,749 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
Is Thirsk expensive for North Yorkshire?
Thirsk is the 24th 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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