That is the middle of 451 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 4.2 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.
451 homes sold in three years: 254 detached houses, 107 semi-detached houses, 61 terraced houses and 29 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 254 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£448K
Last 12 months
£313K86 sold
New build
£349K
Semi-detached houses£200K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£167K–£235K
Last 12 months
£200K39 sold
New build
£220K
Terraced houses£170K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£232K
Last 12 months
£165K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 29 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£106K–£180K
Last 12 months
£170K7 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 56% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses56%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Yarm’s homes sold for between £192K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £153K and one in ten over £495K. 48% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
451 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £61,000 in 1995 to £256,225 in the last 12 months (£252,725 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
138 sales in the last 12 months, against 279 in 2021, the busiest year, and 97 in 2009. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Yarm costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Yarm, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£98K
£210K
£250K
£281K
£315K
£313K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£54K
£129K
£134K
£142K
£190K
£200K
Terraced houses
£40K
£60K
£145K
£148K
£172K
£165K
£165K
Flats and maisonettes
£60K
£73K
£115K
£183K
£143K
£90K
£170K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 49% in 2017
908 new homes have been sold in Yarm since 1995; the share peaked at 49% in 2017.
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 £272,495
against £257,000 for a home sold on, 6% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Yarm. 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
Ash Drive is Yarm’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
Ash Drive
TS15
17
£684,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Morley Carr Drive
TS15
13
£455,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Mallard Drive
TS15
11
£295,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Valley Drive
TS15
9
£514,000
Mostly detached houses
5
The Larun Beat
TS15
9
£294,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Davenport Road
TS15
9
£267,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Garratt Road
TS15
9
£184,500
Mixed
8
Griffiths Close
TS15
8
£313,750
Mostly detached houses
9
Mount Leven Road
TS15
8
£287,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Cherry Tree Drive
TS15
8
£209,997
Mixed · new builds
11
Debruse Avenue
TS15
8
£172,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
West Street
TS15
7
£332,000
Mixed
13
Beckwith Road
TS15
7
£190,000
Mixed
14
Wyecarr Drive
TS15
6
£419,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Worsall Road
TS15
6
£281,250
Mixed
Dearest streets
Ash Drive: £684,000
Yarm median£260K
Ash Drive£684K
Valley Drive£514K
Morley Carr Drive£455K
Wyecarr Drive£419K
Tangmere Road£418K
Cheapest streets
Debruse Avenue: £172,500
Yarm median£260K
Debruse Avenue£173K
Eskdale Close£176K
Garratt Road£185K
Beckwith Road£190K
Knaith Close£193K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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
Yarm is the 20th most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Yarm 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 Yarm
What is the average house price in Yarm?
The median home in Yarm sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 451 standard sales (£256,225 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £200,000, terraced houses £170,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Yarm?
The median was £258,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £256,225 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 Yarm each year?
138 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 215 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Yarm?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ash Drive (TS15, £684,000), Valley Drive (TS15, £514,000) and Morley Carr Drive (TS15, £455,000).
How much does a new build cost in Yarm?
New homes sold for a median £272,495 over three years, against £257,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.4% of sales.
Is Yarm expensive for North Yorkshire?
Yarm is the 20th 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.