That is the middle of 1,495 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 4.9 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.
1,495 homes sold in three years: 257 detached houses, 576 semi-detached houses, 567 terraced houses and 95 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£370K
median sale · 257 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£445K
Last 12 months
£371K82 sold
New build
£375K
Semi-detached houses£233K
median sale · 576 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£280K
Last 12 months
£245K179 sold
New build
£285K
Terraced houses£160K
median sale · 567 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£200K
Last 12 months
£165K193 sold
New build
£290K
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£94K–£190K
Last 12 months
£110K23 sold
New build
£260K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses38%
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 Brighouse’s homes sold for between £155K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £111K and one in ten over £380K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £216,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,495 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £220,000 in the last 12 months (£160,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
477 sales in the last 12 months, against 888 in 2003, the busiest year, and 335 in 2011. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 19%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 69% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Brighouse costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Brighouse, 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
£86K
£105K
£223K
£240K
£242K
£315K
£371K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£60K
£148K
£145K
£156K
£188K
£245K
Terraced houses
£35K
£38K
£92K
£95K
£102K
£128K
£165K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£55K
£124K
£106K
£82K
£103K
£110K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,580 new homes have been sold in Brighouse since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 1998.
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 £312,495
against £207,500 for a home sold on, 51% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.1% sold leasehold in Brighouse. 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
Halifax Road (HD6) is Brighouse’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years
103 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Halifax Road (HD6)
HD6
34
£220,000
Mixed
2
Bradford Road
HD6
27
£142,250
Mostly terraced houses
3
Thornhill Road
HD6
25
£140,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Willow Lane
HX3
21
£289,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Brooke Avenue
HX3
18
£326,248
Mixed · new builds
6
Parsonage Lane
HD6
18
£189,997
Mostly flats
7
Wakefield Road (HX3)
HX3
16
£250,910
Mixed
8
Elmwood Drive
HD6
16
£224,950
Mostly flats · new builds
9
Bramley Lane
HX3
13
£340,000
Mixed
10
Foxcroft Drive
HD6
13
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Highfield Avenue
HD6
13
£175,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Huddersfield Road
HD6
13
£110,000
Mixed
13
Woodhouse Lane
HD6
12
£337,500
Mixed
14
Laverock Lane
HD6
11
£325,000
Mixed
15
Long Ridge
HD6
11
£315,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Wood Bottom Lane: £495,000
Brighouse median£216K
Wood Bottom Lane£495K
Leeds Road£475K
Victoria Road£455K
Smith House Lane (HX3)£400K
Victoria Chase£393K
Cheapest streets
Ribbleswood Road: £91,140
Brighouse median£216K
Ribbleswood Road£91K
Winding Rise£93K
Axminster Drive£104K
Huddersfield Road£110K
Marion Street£115K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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 West Yorkshire
Brighouse is the 51st most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Brighouse is in the middle of West 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 Brighouse
What is the average house price in Brighouse?
The median home in Brighouse sold for £216,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,495 standard sales (£220,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £232,500, terraced houses £159,500 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Brighouse?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£219,000), and £220,000 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 Brighouse each year?
477 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 553 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Brighouse?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Wood Bottom Lane (HD6, £495,000), Leeds Road (HX3, £474,500) and Victoria Road (HD6, £455,000).
How much does a new build cost in Brighouse?
New homes sold for a median £312,495 over three years, against £207,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.6% of sales.
Is Brighouse expensive for West Yorkshire?
Brighouse is the 51st 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.