Whitby house prices are built from 14,871 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £159,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +43.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +2.7%.
Median price paid
£159,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+43.3%
Change in real terms
+2.7%
Median per m²
£2,013
HM Land Registry14,871 sales1,944 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Whitby prices moved
The chart tracks the median Whitby 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 | £57,625 | £127,955 |
| 2000s | 10 | £145,000 | £264,147 |
| 2010s | 10 | £178,500 | £251,685 |
| 2020s | 7 | £265,000 | £270,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for Whitby is £270,000 in 2023; the lowest is £55,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £55,000 to £258,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £122,126, so the real change over the whole record is +111.3% — about +2.44% 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: +43.3% in cash against +2.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Westbourne Road | 26 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £254,000 | £254,000 |
| 15 Gray Street | 26 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £210,300 | £210,300 |
| Mulgrave Cottage | 24 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £497,000 | £497,000 |
| 6 KIRBYS FLATS East Terrace | 17 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 26 Chancel Way | 15 Jun 2026 | Detached | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 63 High Street | 9 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £73,500 | £73,500 |
| 12 Elm Grove | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £202,000 | £202,000 |
| 5 Kingston Garth | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 7 Sandside | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £173,000 | £173,000 |
| WHEATKITS the Common | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 58 Kingfisher Drive | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 119 Coach Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £258,000 | £258,000 |
| FLAT 5 14 Abbey Terrace | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 181 Coach Road | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 39 Saxon Road | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| FLAT 4 12 Bagdale | 27 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £59,190 | £59,190 |
| 31 Heather Drive | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 6 HILLSIDE APARTMENTS, 12 Hanover Terrace | 19 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 3 Main Road | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| 90 Kingfisher Drive | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 3 Park Terrace | 18 May 2026 | Terraced | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| TOWER COTTAGE 3 Main Road | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| St. Ninians | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 13 Rose & Crown Yard | 14 May 2026 | Terraced | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 1 Oswy Street | 12 May 2026 | Terraced | £185,000 | £185,000 |
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 Whitby values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Gray Street | £45,500 (1998) | £210,300 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 15 Westbourne Road | £151,000 (2005) | £254,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 6 KIRBYS FLATS East Terrace | £80,000 (2010) | £295,000 (2026) | +8.5% | +5.4% |
| 26 Chancel Way | £104,950 (2002) | £285,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 63 High Street | £147,000 (2016) | £73,500 (2026) | -6.7% | -9.8% |
| 12 Elm Grove | £51,000 (2002) | £202,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
| 5 Kingston Garth | £179,000 (2015) | £260,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.3% |
| 7 Sandside | £155,000 (2012) | £173,000 (2026) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| WHEATKITS the Common | £206,250 (2012) | £485,000 (2026) | +6.3% | +3.3% |
| 58 Kingfisher Drive | £229,995 (2016) | £275,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.5% |
| FLAT 5 14 Abbey Terrace | £89,500 (2005) | £120,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| 119 Coach Road | £186,000 (2017) | £258,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Whitby 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 | 4,401 | 29.6% | £146,000 | £8,000 – £952,250 |
| Semi-detached | 3,882 | 26.1% | £162,500 | £5,000 – £945,000 |
| Detached | 3,743 | 25.2% | £235,000 | £17,500 – £2,100,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,845 | 19.1% | £124,950 | £2,800 – £885,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Whitby
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,684 certificates cover Whitby, and their median floor area is 81 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +6.6%. 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 | 81 m² | about 872 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 61 m² | about 657 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 112 m² | about 1,206 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 23.0% | 846 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 11.6% | 429 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Whitby
3,150 of the sales on record are leasehold and 11,721 freehold — 21.2% 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 £125,000 and the median freehold sale £170,000 — a gap of +36.0%. 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 | 3,150 | 21.2% | £125,000 |
| Freehold | 11,721 | 78.8% | £170,000 |
| New build | 1,432 | 9.6% | £168,000 |
| Existing home | 13,439 | 90.4% | £157,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +7.0%. 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 1,274 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 Whitby compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Whitby sits above that national figure — +1.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,013 per square metre, across 1,944 of the 14,871 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 £2,800 to £2,100,000. 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 Whitby
- Upgang Lane396 sales
- Whitehall Landing285 sales
- Coach Road255 sales
- Church Street228 sales
- High Street194 sales
- Royal Crescent190 sales
- Argyle Road151 sales
- Kingfisher Drive132 sales
- Crescent Avenue122 sales
- Chubb Hill Road115 sales
- Meadowfields112 sales
- Muncaster Way101 sales
- Ruswarp Lane96 sales
- Helredale Road94 sales
- St Hildas Terrace94 sales
- Abbey Terrace92 sales
- Bagdale92 sales
- Linden Close91 sales
- Cliff Street87 sales
- Gray Street87 sales
- Love Lane87 sales
- Mulgrave Road87 sales
- Eskdale Road85 sales
- Shackleton Close84 sales
- Lowdale Lane83 sales
- Main Road82 sales
- Station Avenue82 sales
- Cleveland Terrace81 sales
- Mayfield Road81 sales
- Queens Drive81 sales
- Mill Court80 sales
- Stakesby Road80 sales
- Anchorage Way79 sales
- Prospect Hill79 sales
- Holly Tree Court78 sales
- Eskdaleside74 sales
- St Andrews Road74 sales
- Birch Avenue73 sales
- Iburndale Lane73 sales
- Albion Place71 sales
- Sutcliffe Court71 sales
- Chancel Way70 sales
- Belle Vue Terrace69 sales
- Murrayfield Gardens69 sales
- The Ropery69 sales
- George Street67 sales
- Nightingale Drive67 sales
- The Avenue66 sales
- Falcon Terrace65 sales
- St Peters Road64 sales
- Thorpe Lane64 sales
- Silver Street61 sales
- Brook Park60 sales
- Park Terrace60 sales
- Well Close Square60 sales
- Windsor Terrace59 sales
- Hermitage Way58 sales
- Esk Terrace57 sales
- Bracken Close56 sales
- Derwent Road56 sales
Postcode districts covering Whitby
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Whitby?
The median price paid in Whitby across every sale on the register is £159,000. 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 Whitby?
14,871 sales are on record for Whitby, the most recent completing on 26 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Whitby house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +43.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +2.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Whitby house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £270,000, set in 2023. 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 Whitby?
£2,013 per square metre, from the 1,944 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 26 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, “Whitby 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.