That is the middle of 593 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 5.3 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.
593 homes sold in three years: 252 detached houses, 146 semi-detached houses, 93 terraced houses and 102 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£464K
median sale · 252 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£395K–£575K
Last 12 months
£483K66 sold
Semi-detached houses£305K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£252K–£360K
Last 12 months
£325K39 sold
Terraced houses£235K
median sale · 93 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£290K
Last 12 months
£244K30 sold
Flats and maisonettes£200K
median sale · 102 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£270K
Last 12 months
£223K34 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Wetherby’s homes sold for between £243K and £469K
One sale in ten was under £179K and one in ten over £615K. 28% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £349,950, sits in the £300–400K band
593 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,000 in 1995 to £367,500 in the last 12 months (£319,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
169 sales in the last 12 months, against 311 in 2006, the busiest year, and 120 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wetherby costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wetherby, 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
£104K
£136K
£262K
£285K
£332K
£425K
£483K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£80K
£175K
£184K
£220K
£284K
£325K
Terraced houses
£51K
£64K
£148K
£158K
£184K
£230K
£244K
Flats and maisonettes
£54K
£56K
£174K
£154K
£158K
£197K
£223K
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 40% in 2018
821 new homes have been sold in Wetherby since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Wetherby. 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
Deighton Road is Wetherby’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
35 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
Deighton Road
LS22
26
£159,500
Mostly flats
2
Pentagon Way
LS22
17
£390,000
Mixed
3
Westgate
LS22
14
£293,000
Mostly flats
4
Aire Road
LS22
13
£340,000
Mixed
5
York Road
LS22
11
£325,000
Mostly flats
6
Meyrick Avenue
LS22
10
£352,500
Mixed
7
Ezart Avenue
LS22
9
£475,000
Mixed
8
Kings Meadow Close
LS22
9
£215,000
Mixed
9
Templar Gardens
LS22
8
£460,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Barleyfields Road
LS22
8
£422,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Badgerwood Glade
LS22
8
£411,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Deerstone Ridge
LS22
8
£408,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Otterwood Bank
LS22
8
£399,975
Mostly detached houses
14
Oakwood Road
LS22
8
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Coxwold View
LS22
8
£372,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Spofforth Hill: £775,000
Wetherby median£350K
Spofforth Hill£775K
Scott Lane£650K
Ezart Avenue£475K
Linton Meadows£475K
Glebe Field Drive£469K
Cheapest streets
North Grove Court: £151,000
Wetherby median£350K
North Grove Court£151K
Deighton Road£160K
Leconfield Court£203K
Kings Meadow Close£215K
Micklethwaite Grove£234K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.1 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
Wetherby is the 7th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Wetherby 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 Wetherby
What is the average house price in Wetherby?
The median home in Wetherby sold for £349,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 593 standard sales (£367,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £463,500, semi-detached houses £305,000, terraced houses £235,000 and flats and maisonettes £199,975.
Are house prices going up in Wetherby?
The median was £376,500 in 2025, up 15% on 2024 (£327,000), and £367,500 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 Wetherby each year?
169 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 234 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wetherby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Spofforth Hill (LS22, £775,000), Scott Lane (LS22, £650,000) and Ezart Avenue (LS22, £475,000).
Is Wetherby expensive for West Yorkshire?
Wetherby is the 7th 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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