That is the middle of 290 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 6.3 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.
290 homes sold in three years: 125 detached houses, 76 semi-detached houses, 58 terraced houses and 31 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£595K
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£439K–£790K
Last 12 months
£640K44 sold
Semi-detached houses£327K
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£470K
Last 12 months
£345K16 sold
Terraced houses£257K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£203K–£360K
Last 12 months
£270K20 sold
Flats and maisonettes£199K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£173K–£275K
Last 12 months
£218K8 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses43%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Boston Spa’s homes sold for between £250K and £600K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £820K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £372,500, sits in the £300–400K band
290 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £74,975 in 1995 to £472,500 in the last 12 months (£310,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
88 sales in the last 12 months, against 170 in 1997, the busiest year, and 62 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Boston Spa costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Boston Spa, 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
£112K
£139K
£409K
£395K
£398K
£506K
£640K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£82K
£197K
£170K
£263K
£260K
£345K
Terraced houses
£68K
£85K
£204K
£191K
£211K
£309K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£65K
£103K
£205K
£156K
£170K
£180K
£218K
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 26% in 2018
361 new homes have been sold in Boston Spa since 1995; the share peaked at 26% 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
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.4% sold leasehold in Boston Spa. 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
High Street is Boston Spa’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
High Street
LS23
29
£550,000
Mixed
2
Westwood Way
LS23
15
£206,250
Mostly flats
3
Clifford Moor Road
LS23
10
£395,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Moor Side
LS23
10
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Church Street
LS23
7
£625,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Grove Crescent
LS23
7
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Burns Way
LS23
7
£174,000
Mixed
8
Thwaite Road
LS23
7
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Hampole Way
LS23
6
£597,500
Mixed
10
Hall Mews
LS23
6
£177,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Springfield
LS23
5
£675,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Grove Road
LS23
5
£430,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Albion Street
LS23
5
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Springfield: £675,000
Boston Spa median£373K
Springfield£675K
Church Street£625K
Hampole Way£598K
High Street£550K
Grove Road£430K
Cheapest streets
Thwaite Road: £160,000
Boston Spa median£373K
Thwaite Road£160K
Burns Way£174K
Hall Mews£178K
Westwood Way£206K
Albion Street£250K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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 West Yorkshire
Boston Spa is the 5th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Boston Spa is one of West Yorkshire’s dearest 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 Boston Spa
What is the average house price in Boston Spa?
The median home in Boston Spa sold for £372,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 290 standard sales (£472,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £595,000, semi-detached houses £326,500, terraced houses £257,000 and flats and maisonettes £198,750.
Are house prices going up in Boston Spa?
The median was £390,000 in 2025, up 18% on 2024 (£331,000), and £472,500 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 Boston Spa each year?
88 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 121 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Boston Spa?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Springfield (LS23, £675,000), Church Street (LS23, £625,000) and Hampole Way (LS23, £597,500).
Is Boston Spa expensive for West Yorkshire?
Boston Spa is the 5th most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West 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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