That is the middle of 397 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.
397 homes sold in three years: 131 detached houses, 119 semi-detached houses, 131 terraced houses and 16 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£445K
Last 12 months
£400K35 sold
New build
£450K
Semi-detached houses£253K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£208K–£297K
Last 12 months
£250K39 sold
Terraced houses£185K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£250K
Last 12 months
£215K35 sold
Flats and maisonettes£158K
median sale · 16 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£285K
Last 12 months
£220K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Meltham’s homes sold for between £186K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £148K and one in ten over £440K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
397 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 £53,250 in 1995 to £263,750 in the last 12 months (£193,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
114 sales in the last 12 months, against 231 in 2001, the busiest year, and 75 in 2010. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Meltham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Meltham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£79K
£93K
£210K
£236K
£243K
£308K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£59K
£135K
£137K
£144K
£203K
£250K
Terraced houses
£39K
£45K
£113K
£105K
£123K
£131K
£215K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£113K
£196K
£74K
£63K
£75K
£220K
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 36% in 2019
656 new homes have been sold in Meltham since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 2019.
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 £525,000
against £256,750 for a home sold on, 104% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.8% sold leasehold in Meltham. 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
Poppy Gardens is Meltham’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Poppy Gardens
HD9
21
£265,000
Mixed
2
West Nab View
HD9
15
£350,000
Mixed
3
Wessenden Head Road
HD9
14
£255,000
Mixed
4
Mill Moor Road (HD9)
HD9
12
£225,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Helme Lane
HD9
12
£175,500
Mixed
6
Huddersfield Road
HD9
11
£248,000
Mixed
7
Broadlands
HD9
11
£158,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Colders Lane
HD9
10
£277,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Pavilion Way
HD9
9
£270,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Sunny Heys
HD9
9
£170,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Heather Road
HD9
8
£274,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Holmfirth Road
HD9
8
£232,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Howard Way
HD9
7
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Moorland View
HD9
7
£295,000
Mixed
15
Upper Sunny Bank Mews
HD9
7
£170,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Royd Edge Road: £542,500
Meltham median£260K
Royd Edge Road£543K
Helme Fold£412K
West Nab View£350K
Slaithwaite Road£330K
Westfield Avenue£325K
Cheapest streets
Station Street: £125,000
Meltham median£260K
Station Street£125K
Broadlands£158K
Upper Sunny Bank Mews£170K
Sunny Heys£170K
Helme Lane£176K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Meltham is the 21st most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Meltham 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 Meltham
What is the average house price in Meltham?
The median home in Meltham sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 397 standard sales (£263,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £253,000, terraced houses £185,000 and flats and maisonettes £157,750.
Are house prices going up in Meltham?
The median was £270,000 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£250,000), and £263,750 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 Meltham each year?
114 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 158 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Meltham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Royd Edge Road (HD9, £542,500), Helme Fold (HD9, £412,475) and West Nab View (HD9, £350,000).
How much does a new build cost in Meltham?
New homes sold for a median £525,000 over three years, against £256,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.3% of sales.
Is Meltham expensive for West Yorkshire?
Meltham is the 21st 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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