That is the middle of 1,123 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 4.4 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.
1,123 homes sold in three years: 89 detached houses, 465 semi-detached houses, 417 terraced houses and 152 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£440K
Last 12 months
£390K25 sold
Semi-detached houses£197K
median sale · 465 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£166K–£255K
Last 12 months
£205K143 sold
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 417 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£240K
Last 12 months
£200K127 sold
Flats and maisonettes£104K
median sale · 152 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£83K–£140K
Last 12 months
£112K48 sold
New build
£355K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses8%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses37%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Shipley’s homes sold for between £150K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £107K and one in ten over £330K. 74% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £190,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,123 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,450 in 1995 to £195,000 in the last 12 months (£149,975 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
343 sales in the last 12 months, against 869 in 2007, the busiest year, and 289 in 2009. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Shipley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Shipley, 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
£87K
£109K
£209K
£233K
£224K
£250K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£52K
£120K
£120K
£130K
£150K
£205K
Terraced houses
£39K
£49K
£105K
£124K
£133K
£157K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£44K
£135K
£88K
£89K
£93K
£112K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
1,307 new homes have been sold in Shipley since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2007.
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 £355,000
against £190,000 for a home sold on, 87% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Shipley. 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
Salts Mill Road is Shipley’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
75 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 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
Salts Mill Road
BD17
28
£96,250
Mostly flats
2
Victoria Road
BD18
27
£153,000
Mostly flats
3
Avondale Road
BD18
21
£265,000
Mixed
4
Cygnet Way
BD17
20
£258,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Beck View Way
BD18
20
£113,250
Mostly flats
6
Nab Wood Drive
BD18
19
£259,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Dock Lane
BD17
15
£95,000
Mostly flats
8
Nab Lane
BD18
14
£505,000
Mixed
9
Fairmount Park
BD18
14
£250,000
Mostly flats
10
George Street
BD18
12
£277,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Leyburn Grove
BD18
12
£272,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Whitlam Street
BD18
12
£189,975
Mostly terraced houses
13
Low Ash Drive
BD18
11
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Thackley Old Road
BD18
11
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Tinkler Stile
BD10
11
£181,250
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Nab Lane: £505,000
Shipley median£190K
Nab Lane£505K
Albert Road£380K
Near Crook£368K
South Edge£347K
Calderwood Close£336K
Cheapest streets
Cliffe Gardens: £89,000
Shipley median£190K
Cliffe Gardens£89K
Dock Lane£95K
Salts Mill Road£96K
Beck View Way£113K
West Royd Drive£120K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.7 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
Shipley is the 66th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Shipley 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 Shipley
What is the average house price in Shipley?
The median home in Shipley sold for £190,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,123 standard sales (£195,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £197,000, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £103,500.
Are house prices going up in Shipley?
The median was £197,500 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£183,400), and £195,000 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 Shipley each year?
343 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 430 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shipley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Nab Lane (BD18, £505,000), Albert Road (BD18, £380,000) and Near Crook (BD10, £367,500).
How much does a new build cost in Shipley?
New homes sold for a median £355,000 over three years, against £190,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.5% of sales.
Is Shipley expensive for West Yorkshire?
Shipley is the 66th 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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