That is the middle of 238 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.
238 homes sold in three years: 61 detached houses, 33 semi-detached houses, 79 terraced houses and 65 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£495K
Last 12 months
£460K19 sold
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£320K
Last 12 months
£300K10 sold
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£270K
Last 12 months
£220K27 sold
Flats and maisonettes£135K
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£122K–£190K
Last 12 months
£135K16 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Ripponden’s homes sold for between £162K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £123K and one in ten over £475K. 53% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £241,500, sits in the £200–250K band
238 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 £47,950 in 1995 to £240,500 in the last 12 months (£190,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
72 sales in the last 12 months, against 179 in 2002, the busiest year, and 68 in 2013. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ripponden costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ripponden, 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
£99K
£124K
£266K
£290K
£330K
£413K
£460K
Semi-detached houses
£38K
£67K
£162K
£190K
£168K
£176K
£300K
Terraced houses
£40K
£56K
£123K
£141K
£173K
£175K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£48K
£59K
£129K
£105K
£114K
£136K
£135K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
437 new homes have been sold in Ripponden since 1995; the share peaked at 54% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.1% sold leasehold in Ripponden. 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
Oldham Road is Ripponden’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Oldham Road
HX6
23
£195,000
Mixed
2
Rishworth Mill Lane
HX6
18
£190,000
Mostly flats
3
Rochdale Road
HX6
17
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Halifax Road
HX6
15
£170,000
Mixed
5
Stepping Stones
HX6
15
£162,000
Mixed
6
Silk Mill Chase
HX6
11
£122,500
Mostly flats
7
Rylands Park
HX6
9
£482,500
Mostly detached houses
8
Spinners Hollow
HX6
8
£138,000
Mostly flats
9
Cotton Tops Drive
HX6
7
£375,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Brig Royd
HX6
6
£217,500
Mixed
11
Heathfield Rise
HX6
5
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Derwent Court
HX6
5
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Parkdale Drive
HX6
5
£222,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Elland Road
HX6
5
£88,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Rylands Park: £482,500
Ripponden median£242K
Rylands Park£483K
Heathfield Rise£435K
Derwent Court£380K
Cotton Tops Drive£375K
Rochdale Road£265K
Cheapest streets
Elland Road: £88,000
Ripponden median£242K
Elland Road£88K
Silk Mill Chase£123K
Spinners Hollow£138K
Stepping Stones£162K
Halifax Road£170K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.5 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
Ripponden is the 32nd most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Ripponden 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 Ripponden
What is the average house price in Ripponden?
The median home in Ripponden sold for £241,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 238 standard sales (£240,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £135,000.
Are house prices going up in Ripponden?
The median was £250,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £240,500 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 Ripponden each year?
72 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 90 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ripponden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rylands Park (HX6, £482,500), Heathfield Rise (HX6, £435,000) and Derwent Court (HX6, £380,000).
Is Ripponden expensive for West Yorkshire?
Ripponden is the 32nd 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.