Otley house prices are built from 10,139 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £169,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +25.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.5%.
Median price paid
£169,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+25.0%
Change in real terms
-10.5%
Median per m²
£2,099
HM Land Registry10,139 sales1,807 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Otley prices moved
The chart tracks the median Otley house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £61,250 | £136,004 |
| 2000s | 10 | £157,079 | £286,151 |
| 2010s | 10 | £192,250 | £271,073 |
| 2020s | 7 | £275,000 | £280,978 |
The highest yearly median on record for Otley is £307,500 in 2025; the lowest is £56,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £57,500 to £300,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £127,677, so the real change over the whole record is +135.0% — about +2.79% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +25.0% in cash against -10.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Kings Close | 16 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 43 North Parade | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 22 Fawkes Drive | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £535,000 | £535,000 |
| 26 Swallow Drive | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £770,000 | £770,000 |
| 11 TEALBECK COURT Tealbeck Approach | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 31 Hamilton Terrace | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| THE BUNGALOW Burras Lane | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 95 Albion Street | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £298,000 | £298,000 |
| 2 St Wilfrids Terrace | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £192,500 | £192,500 |
| 31 Sunnydale Crescent | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £259,500 | £259,500 |
| 3 Saville Court | 5 May 2026 | Terraced | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 23 Milner Bank | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 18 Sunnydale Ridge | 30 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 11 the Crescent | 22 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 14 Mill Croft Estate | 17 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £428,500 | £428,500 |
| 73 Ilkley Road | 17 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 17 Newall Carr Road | 13 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 10 Wharfe Crescent | 10 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £284,000 | £284,000 |
| 5 Waites Terrace | 10 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £162,500 | £162,500 |
| 3 Turner Crescent | 2 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 53 Mill Way | 1 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 21 Croft House Drive | 27 Mar 2026 | Detached | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 25 Riverside Walk | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 36 Westbourne Grove | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 61 the Oval | 13 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £260,000 | £260,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Otley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Kings Close | £207,000 (2023) | £270,000 (2026) | +9.3% | +6.5% |
| 22 Fawkes Drive | £225,000 (2003) | £535,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| 11 TEALBECK COURT Tealbeck Approach | £130,000 (2005) | £165,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.7% |
| 26 Swallow Drive | £325,000 (2002) | £770,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 31 Hamilton Terrace | £115,100 (2003) | £260,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 2 St Wilfrids Terrace | £62,500 (2001) | £192,500 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 95 Albion Street | £105,000 (2012) | £298,000 (2026) | +7.7% | +4.7% |
| THE BUNGALOW Burras Lane | £102,000 (1996) | £470,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 31 Sunnydale Crescent | £54,000 (1997) | £259,500 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 3 Saville Court | £63,000 (1999) | £250,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 18 Sunnydale Ridge | £83,000 (2001) | £270,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 73 Ilkley Road | £39,000 (1997) | £200,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Otley is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 4,078 | 40.2% | £150,000 | £16,000 – £1,750,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,069 | 30.3% | £163,000 | £13,000 – £1,700,000 |
| Detached | 2,081 | 20.5% | £275,000 | £20,000 – £3,000,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 911 | 9.0% | £154,950 | £18,000 – £528,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Otley
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,856 certificates cover Otley, and their median floor area is 84 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +10.5%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 84 m² | about 904 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 112 m² | about 1,206 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 21.2% | 393 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 10.3% | 192 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Otley
983 of the sales on record are leasehold and 9,156 freehold — 9.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £149,950 and the median freehold sale £172,000 — a gap of +14.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 983 | 9.7% | £149,950 |
| Freehold | 9,156 | 90.3% | £172,000 |
| New build | 806 | 7.9% | £200,000 |
| Existing home | 9,333 | 92.1% | £165,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +21.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 445 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Otley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Otley sits above that national figure — +7.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,099 per square metre, across 1,807 of the 10,139 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £13,000 to £3,000,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Otley
- Bradford Road364 sales
- Albion Street236 sales
- Ilkley Road177 sales
- The Gills171 sales
- West Busk Lane140 sales
- St Davids Road133 sales
- Leeds Road129 sales
- Mill Way126 sales
- Acorn Way120 sales
- Swallow Drive115 sales
- The Crossways112 sales
- Orchard Street110 sales
- Weston Lane109 sales
- Weston Drive108 sales
- Arthington Lane105 sales
- Meagill Rise101 sales
- Bridge Street100 sales
- St Richards Road95 sales
- Station Road94 sales
- Manor Street92 sales
- Wrenbeck Drive91 sales
- The Whartons90 sales
- The Oval89 sales
- Pool Road87 sales
- Chevin Court84 sales
- Burras Lane78 sales
- Cambridge Drive77 sales
- Tealbeck Approach75 sales
- Church Close74 sales
- East Busk Lane74 sales
- Cross Green73 sales
- Guycroft71 sales
- Milner Bank69 sales
- Peterhouse Drive65 sales
- Carlton Street63 sales
- Throstle Nest Close63 sales
- Farnley Lane62 sales
- North Parade61 sales
- The Crescent60 sales
- Weston Ridge60 sales
- Croft House Drive59 sales
- Danefield Terrace59 sales
- South Parade59 sales
- Maylea Drive58 sales
- St Clair Road58 sales
- Crow Lane55 sales
- Mount Pisgah54 sales
- Chapel Hill Road53 sales
- Kineholme Drive53 sales
- Northwell Gate53 sales
- Pool Bank New Road53 sales
- Hamilton Terrace52 sales
- Oatlands Drive52 sales
- Rumplecroft52 sales
- Bridge Avenue51 sales
- Bank Parade50 sales
- Birdcage Court50 sales
- Wharfedale Court49 sales
- Bramble Court48 sales
- Newall Carr Road48 sales
Postcode districts covering Otley
- LS21£169,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Otley?
The median price paid in Otley across every sale on the register is £169,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Otley?
10,139 sales are on record for Otley, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Otley house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Otley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £307,500, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Otley?
£2,099 per square metre, from the 1,807 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Otley house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.