That is the middle of 638 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 4.5 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 Whitby’s sales are semi-detached houses
638 homes sold in three years: 143 detached houses, 212 semi-detached houses, 168 terraced houses and 115 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£348K
median sale · 143 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£298K–£400K
Last 12 months
£358K30 sold
New build
£350K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 212 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£285K
Last 12 months
£238K50 sold
New build
£261K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 168 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£255K
Last 12 months
£210K42 sold
New build
£223K
Flats and maisonettes£160K
median sale · 115 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£205K
Last 12 months
£148K27 sold
New build
£335K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Whitby’s homes sold for between £190K and £315K
One sale in ten was under £148K and one in ten over £390K. 55% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £240,000, sits in the £200–250K band
638 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,000 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£170,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
149 sales in the last 12 months, against 424 in 2002, the busiest year, and 193 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 29% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whitby costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitby, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£90K
£243K
£240K
£237K
£280K
£358K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£72K
£155K
£176K
£177K
£193K
£238K
Terraced houses
£43K
£58K
£140K
£144K
£160K
£185K
£210K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£43K
£128K
£133K
£125K
£168K
£148K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,111 new homes have been sold in Whitby since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 2018.
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 £295,000
against £229,950 for a home sold on, 28% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.8% sold leasehold in Whitby. 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
Upgang Lane is Whitby’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
38 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Upgang Lane
YO21
27
£255,000
Mixed
2
Merlin Lane
YO22
21
£270,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Corncrake Drive
YO22
14
£222,500
Mixed · new builds
4
Argyle Road
YO21
13
£225,000
Mostly flats
5
Love Lane
YO21
10
£417,500
Mostly detached houses
6
Joseph Banks Drive
YO22
10
£357,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Dunnock Road
YO22
10
£248,900
Mixed · new builds
8
Nightingale Drive
YO22
9
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
9
The Garth
YO21
9
£329,950
Mostly flats · new builds
10
Kingfisher Drive
YO22
9
£240,000
Mixed
11
Mayfield Road
YO21
8
£417,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Sparrman Gardens
YO22
8
£339,000
Mixed · new builds
13
Highfield Road
YO21
8
£294,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Church Street
YO22
8
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Bracken Close
YO22
8
£219,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Mulgrave Road: £430,000
Whitby median£240K
Mulgrave Road£430K
Love Lane£418K
Mayfield Road£418K
Abbey View Road£365K
Joseph Banks Drive£358K
Cheapest streets
Station Avenue: £147,500
Whitby median£240K
Station Avenue£148K
St Peters Road£169K
Byland Road£169K
Bagdale£179K
Crescent Avenue£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.9 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
Whitby is the 30th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Whitby 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 Whitby
What is the average house price in Whitby?
The median home in Whitby sold for £240,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 638 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £348,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £219,500 and flats and maisonettes £160,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitby?
The median was £250,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £225,000 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 Whitby each year?
149 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 291 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Whitby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mulgrave Road (YO21, £430,000), Love Lane (YO21, £417,500) and Mayfield Road (YO21, £417,500).
How much does a new build cost in Whitby?
New homes sold for a median £295,000 over three years, against £229,950 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Whitby expensive for North Yorkshire?
Whitby is the 29th 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.