DL8 house prices are built from 10,532 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £188,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +25.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.4%.
Median price paid
£188,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+25.1%
Change in real terms
-10.4%
Median per m²
£2,132
HM Land Registry10,532 sales1,051 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How DL8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median DL8 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 | £69,950 | £155,322 |
| 2000s | 10 | £192,500 | £350,678 |
| 2010s | 10 | £220,000 | £310,200 |
| 2020s | 7 | £294,000 | £300,391 |
The highest yearly median on record for DL8 is £312,500 in 2022; the lowest is £66,500 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £66,500 to £294,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £147,661, so the real change over the whole record is +99.1% — about +2.25% 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: +25.1% in cash against -10.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Cottage | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £372,500 | £372,500 |
| 58 Dale Grove | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 57 Stapleton Close | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| GREYSTONES Main Street | 10 Jun 2026 | Detached | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| Cairn View | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £476,000 | £476,000 |
| 19 Oak Tree Drive | 2 Jun 2026 | Detached | £327,000 | £327,000 |
| 84 Dale Grove | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 3 Bedale Road | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 24 Park View | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 52 Mount Drive | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| Guyzance | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £517,500 | £517,500 |
| Springfield | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 10 Ascough Wynd | 19 May 2026 | Detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 5 Mowbray Grange | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 6 Cowling Road | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 46 Greendale Court | 13 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £74,000 |
| 4 Oak Tree Close | 12 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| TAMARISK Kingsley Drive | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 46 Brentwood | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 21 Beresford Close | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £293,000 | £293,000 |
| 16 Fox Covert Close | 7 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 9 St Matthews Close | 6 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| ELLERCLOSE Ellerclose Road | 5 May 2026 | Detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 29 Iddison Drive | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 17 Beresford Close | 30 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £117,000 | £117,000 |
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 DL8 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 Dale Grove | £173,995 (2003) | £295,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 57 Stapleton Close | £136,950 (2002) | £255,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.1% |
| GREYSTONES Main Street | £246,000 (2009) | £430,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 84 Dale Grove | £179,995 (2003) | £375,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| 3 Bedale Road | £219,000 (2006) | £350,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.5% |
| 24 Park View | £88,500 (1996) | £280,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.3% |
| 52 Mount Drive | £53,000 (1997) | £230,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 10 Ascough Wynd | £109,950 (2002) | £260,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 5 Mowbray Grange | £35,000 (2000) | £100,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 46 Greendale Court | £163,575 (2005) | £74,000 (2026) | -3.7% | -6.4% |
| 4 Oak Tree Close | £74,000 (2000) | £260,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 46 Brentwood | £148,000 (2000) | £475,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. DL8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 4,731 | 44.9% | £248,000 | £5,000 – £1,800,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,156 | 30.0% | £165,000 | £17,000 – £1,175,000 |
| Terraced | 2,210 | 21.0% | £160,000 | £4,000 – £850,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 435 | 4.1% | £106,000 | £500 – £475,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in DL8
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 2,782 certificates cover DL8, and their median floor area is 91 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +19.7%. 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 | 91 m² | about 980 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 69 m² | about 743 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 127 m² | about 1,367 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 16.0% | 446 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 16.5% | 460 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in DL8
463 of the sales on record are leasehold and 10,069 freehold — 4.4% 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 £103,000 and the median freehold sale £194,000 — a gap of +88.3%. 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 | 463 | 4.4% | £103,000 |
| Freehold | 10,069 | 95.6% | £194,000 |
| New build | 1,158 | 11.0% | £174,950 |
| Existing home | 9,374 | 89.0% | £190,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -7.9%. 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 717 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 07
Living in DL8
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North Yorkshire, 38.1% of 324,488 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 8.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2,546 | 0.8% |
| B | 37,477 | 11.5% |
| C | 83,448 | 25.7% |
| D | 117,825 | 36.3% |
| E | 55,738 | 17.2% |
| F | 20,519 | 6.3% |
| G | 6,935 | 2.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North Yorkshire at £838 a month as of Jun 2026 — £586 for a one-bedroom home and £929 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £188,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.35% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
No street-level crime was published for DL8 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around DL8
13 state and independent schools have a DL8 postcode: 11 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedale High School | Secondary | Community school | 555 |
| Wensleydale School | Secondary | Community school | 407 |
| Bedale Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 316 |
| Leyburn Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 200 |
| Crakehall Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 121 |
| Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 119 |
| Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 86 |
| Spennithorne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 54 |
| Hawes Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 48 |
| Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 47 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Finghall (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.5 km |
| Redmire (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 9.9 km |
| Bedale (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 12.7 km |
| Leeming Bar (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 14.5 km |
Section 09
How DL8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. DL8 sits above that national figure — +19.4%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,132 per square metre, across 1,051 of the 10,532 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 £500 to £1,800,000. 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.
DL8 sits in North Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North Yorkshire at 7.9 times median local earnings of £34,785 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside DL8
- DL8 1£187,950 median
- DL8 2£166,500 median
- DL8 3£200,000 median
- DL8 4£205,000 median
- DL8 5£193,000 median
The closest districts
- HG420.6 km · £174,995
- DL228.9 km · £175,000
- YO729.0 km · £179,950
- DL330.0 km · £97,000
- DL130.8 km · £85,000
- HG331.2 km · £234,000
- HG136.3 km · £168,500
- HG537.6 km · £217,000
This district mostly covers Bedale.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in DL8?
The median price paid in DL8 across every sale on the register is £188,000. 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 DL8?
10,532 sales are on record for DL8, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have DL8 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.1% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were DL8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £312,500, set in 2022. 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 DL8?
£2,132 per square metre, from the 1,051 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 12 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, “DL8 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.