That is the middle of 560 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 5.4 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.
560 homes sold in three years: 89 detached houses, 189 semi-detached houses, 231 terraced houses and 51 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£465K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£535K
Last 12 months
£505K28 sold
Semi-detached houses£287K
median sale · 189 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£253K–£350K
Last 12 months
£300K52 sold
Terraced houses£260K
median sale · 231 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£325K
Last 12 months
£270K57 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£159K–£280K
Last 12 months
£162K8 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 41% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses41%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Otley’s homes sold for between £230K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £475K. 32% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £281,500, sits in the £250–300K band
560 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,625 in 1995 to £300,000 in the last 12 months (£220,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
145 sales in the last 12 months, against 348 in 2006, the busiest year, and 137 in 2008. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Otley costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Otley, 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
£93K
£115K
£258K
£258K
£340K
£423K
£505K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£75K
£166K
£162K
£185K
£235K
£300K
Terraced houses
£50K
£69K
£140K
£158K
£182K
£221K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£52K
£74K
£137K
£120K
£165K
£180K
£162K
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 25% in 2016
549 new homes have been sold in Otley since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Otley. 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
Bradford Road is Otley’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
39 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
Bradford Road
LS21
29
£260,000
Mixed
2
Bridge Street
LS21
19
£200,000
Mostly flats
3
Ilkley Road
LS21
15
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Albion Street
LS21
15
£239,950
Mostly terraced houses
5
West Busk Lane
LS21
13
£349,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
St Davids Road
LS21
11
£450,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Mill Way
LS21
11
£395,000
Mixed
8
The Gills
LS21
10
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
The Oval
LS21
9
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
The Whartons
LS21
8
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
11
St Richards Road
LS21
8
£374,374
Mostly detached houses
12
Weston Drive
LS21
8
£229,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Meagill Rise
LS21
8
£211,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Throstle Nest Close
LS21
7
£381,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Burras Lane
LS21
7
£370,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Newall Hall Park: £500,000
Otley median£282K
Newall Hall Park£500K
Croft House Drive£465K
Belmont Avenue£455K
St Davids Road£450K
The Whartons£400K
Cheapest streets
Tealbeck Approach: £159,000
Otley median£282K
Tealbeck Approach£159K
Springfield Place£200K
Cross Green£200K
Bridge Street£200K
Meagill Rise£211K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.1 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
Otley is the 14th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Otley 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 Otley
What is the average house price in Otley?
The median home in Otley sold for £281,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 560 standard sales (£300,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £465,000, semi-detached houses £287,000, terraced houses £260,000 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Otley?
The median was £287,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£280,000), and £300,000 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 Otley each year?
145 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 250 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Otley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Newall Hall Park (LS21, £500,000), Croft House Drive (LS21, £465,000) and Belmont Avenue (LS21, £455,000).
Is Otley expensive for West Yorkshire?
Otley is the 14th 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.