That is the middle of 15,559 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 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.
15,559 homes sold in three years: 2,198 detached houses, 5,895 semi-detached houses, 5,144 terraced houses and 2,322 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£389K
median sale · 2,198 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£570K
Last 12 months
£408K590 sold
New build
£372K
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 5,895 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£172K–£313K
Last 12 months
£225K1,653 sold
New build
£251K
Terraced houses£198K
median sale · 5,144 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£255K
Last 12 months
£200K1,473 sold
New build
£229K
Flats and maisonettes£147K
median sale · 2,322 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£200K
Last 12 months
£148K651 sold
New build
£160K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Sheffield’s homes sold for between £157K and £310K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £450K. 61% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £215,000, sits in the £200–250K band
15,559 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £215,000 in the last 12 months (£160,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
4,367 sales in the last 12 months, against 9,718 in 2006, the busiest year, and 4,515 in 2009. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sheffield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sheffield, 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
£75K
£100K
£218K
£246K
£275K
£330K
£408K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£52K
£120K
£130K
£140K
£170K
£225K
Terraced houses
£36K
£42K
£98K
£110K
£126K
£153K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£48K
£113K
£115K
£112K
£117K
£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
Hardly any new homes: 1.4% of sales in the last 12 months
18,251 new homes have been sold in Sheffield since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2008.
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 £243,995
against £215,000 for a home sold on, 13% 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.
51% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 43% sold leasehold in Sheffield. 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
Abbeydale Road is Sheffield’s busiest street, with 68 sales in three years
1,138 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 402 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
Abbeydale Road
S7
68
£185,225
Mostly flats
2
Stannington Road
S6
54
£237,500
Mixed
3
Fulwood Road
S10
52
£390,000
Mostly flats
4
Manchester Road
S10
50
£296,250
Mixed
5
North Church Street
S1
43
£135,000
Mostly flats · new builds
6
Abbey Lane (S8)
S8
37
£375,000
Mixed
7
Mansel Crescent
S5
37
£260,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
8
Stonecliffe Road
S2
35
£232,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
Manor Park Crescent
S2
34
£225,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
City Road
S2
34
£158,750
Mostly terraced houses
11
Carriage Spring Drive
S10
33
£424,950
Mostly flats · new builds
12
Manor Lane
S2
33
£243,995
Mixed · new builds
13
Middlewood Road
S6
33
£185,000
Mixed
14
Lydgate Lane
S10
30
£271,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Stonehirst Close
S2
29
£249,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Stumperlowe Hall Road: £1,135,000
Sheffield median£215K
Stumperlowe Hall Road£1.1M
Stumperlowe Crescent Road£1.1M
Whirlowdale Road (S11)£900K
Dobcroft Road (S11)£883K
Riverdale Road£803K
Cheapest streets
Robey Street: £49,000
Sheffield median£215K
Robey Street£49K
Popple Street£55K
Wostenholm Road£58K
Egerton Street£62K
Furnace Hill£63K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 23.2 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 South Yorkshire
Sheffield is the 16th most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Sheffield is in the middle of South 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 Sheffield
What is the average house price in Sheffield?
The median home in Sheffield sold for £215,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 15,559 standard sales (£215,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £389,247, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £197,500 and flats and maisonettes £147,000.
Are house prices going up in Sheffield?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£212,500), and £215,000 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 Sheffield each year?
4,367 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 6,207 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sheffield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Stumperlowe Hall Road (S10, £1,135,000), Stumperlowe Crescent Road (S10, £1,100,000) and Whirlowdale Road (S11, £900,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sheffield?
New homes sold for a median £243,995 over three years, against £215,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.9% of sales.
Is Sheffield expensive for South Yorkshire?
Sheffield is the 16th most expensive of 63 towns of 2,500 or more in South 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.