The Ropery, Whitby house prices are built from 69 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £142,500. Across the 14 years from 2001 to 2015 the median moved +140.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +72.8%.
Median price paid
£142,500
Change in cash, 2001–2015
+140.3%
Change in real terms
+72.8%
Median per m²
£1,881
HM Land Registry69 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2025
Section 01
How The Ropery, Whitby prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Ropery, Whitby house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2015. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £64,500 | £117,500 |
| 2010s | 1 | £155,000 | £218,550 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Ropery, Whitby is £155,000 in 2015; the lowest is £64,500 in 2001. Across the full 15-year record the cash median has moved from £64,500 to £155,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £126,488, so the real change over the whole record is +72.8% — about +3.98% 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: +140.3% in cash against +72.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 16 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £218,000 | £222,739 |
| 33 | 16 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £315,000 | £331,455 |
| 42 | 13 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £215,709 |
| 1 | 4 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £170,000 | £183,678 |
| 18 | 27 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £227,000 | £245,264 |
| 2 White Cottages | 16 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 33 | 1 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £198,500 | £257,011 |
| 40 | 31 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £237,500 | £307,507 |
| 54 | 18 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £97,500 | £127,528 |
| 29 | 17 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached | £159,000 | £211,900 |
| Whitby Panorama House | 7 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £415,106 |
| Harbour View House | 15 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £408,301 |
| 22 | 12 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £224,566 |
| 40 | 23 Nov 2016 | Semi-detached | £192,000 | £268,040 |
| 27 | 15 Aug 2016 | Semi-detached | £96,000 | £134,020 |
| 3 White Cottages | 15 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £186,500 | £260,361 |
| 31 | 14 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £165,000 | £232,650 |
| 35 | 4 Sep 2015 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £218,550 |
| 19 | 2 Jun 2015 | Detached | £125,000 | £176,250 |
| 11 | 25 Mar 2015 | Terraced | £145,000 | £204,450 |
| 60 | 6 Feb 2015 | Terraced | £219,500 | £309,495 |
| 14 | 1 Oct 2014 | Semi-detached | £142,500 | £204,400 |
| 58 | 24 Apr 2014 | Terraced | £210,000 | £301,221 |
| 23 | 19 Mar 2014 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £207,986 |
| 10 | 5 Jun 2013 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £211,427 |
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 The Ropery, Whitby values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 the Ropery | £198,500 (2020) | £315,000 (2024) | +12.2% | +6.6% |
| 18 the Ropery | £162,000 (2006) | £227,000 (2023) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| 2 WHITE COTTAGES the Ropery | £33,000 (1998) | £225,000 (2021) | +8.7% | +6.4% |
| 40 the Ropery | £192,000 (2016) | £237,500 (2020) | +5.5% | +3.5% |
| 54 the Ropery | £75,000 (2006) | £97,500 (2019) | +2.0% | -0.4% |
| 29 the Ropery | £50,000 (2001) | £159,000 (2018) | +7.0% | +4.6% |
| WHITBY PANORAMA HOUSE the Ropery | £295,000 (2011) | £305,000 (2017) | +0.6% | -1.4% |
| 22 the Ropery | £44,950 (1996) | £165,000 (2017) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 31 the Ropery | £40,000 (1997) | £165,000 (2015) | +8.2% | +5.8% |
| 11 the Ropery | £95,000 (2011) | £145,000 (2015) | +11.2% | +8.9% |
| 14 the Ropery | £43,500 (1999) | £142,500 (2014) | +8.2% | +5.7% |
| 59 the Ropery | £27,500 (2004) | £215,000 (2013) | +25.7% | +22.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Ropery, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 37 | 53.6% | £145,000 | £35,500 – £305,000 |
| Terraced | 26 | 37.7% | £140,000 | £18,200 – £315,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 5.8% | £125,000 | £65,000 – £340,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2 | 2.9% | £75,000 | £75,000 – £97,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Ropery, Whitby
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 67 freehold — 2.9% 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 £86,250 and the median freehold sale £143,000 — a gap of +65.8%. 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 | 2 | 2.9% | £86,250 |
| Freehold | 67 | 97.1% | £143,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £27,500 |
| Existing home | 68 | 98.6% | £142,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -80.7%. 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 2 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 The Ropery, Whitby compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Ropery, Whitby sits below that national figure — -9.5%.
Within Whitby the street ranks 321 of 490 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £159,000 (-10.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,881 per square metre, across 9 of the 69 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 £18,200 to £340,000. 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 nearby
- Whitehall Landing£150,000 median
- Coach Road£170,000 median
- Church Street£124,500 median
- Kingfisher Drive£182,495 median
- Muncaster Way£110,000 median
- Helredale Road£124,500 median
- Eskdale Road£147,000 median
- Lowdale Lane£205,000 median
- Queens Drive£75,000 median
- Eskdaleside£196,250 median
- Iburndale Lane£189,950 median
- Birch Avenue£182,500 median
- Nightingale Drive£285,000 median
- St Peters Road£127,250 median
- Thorpe Lane£235,000 median
- Hermitage Way£189,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 31 the Ropery5 sales
- 14 the Ropery5 sales
- 29 the Ropery4 sales
- 22 the Ropery3 sales
- 33 the Ropery2 sales
- 18 the Ropery2 sales
- 2, WHITE COTTAGES the Ropery2 sales
- 40 the Ropery2 sales
- 54 the Ropery2 sales
- WHITBY PANORAMA HOUSE the Ropery2 sales
- 11 the Ropery2 sales
- 59 the Ropery2 sales
- 20 the Ropery2 sales
- 24 the Ropery2 sales
- CHANDLERS HOUSE the Ropery2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Ropery, Whitby?
The median price paid in The Ropery, Whitby across every sale on the register is £142,500. 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 The Ropery, Whitby?
69 sales are on record for The Ropery, Whitby, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Ropery, Whitby house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +140.3% between 2001 and 2015. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +72.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Ropery, Whitby house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £155,000, set in 2015. 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 The Ropery, Whitby?
£1,881 per square metre, from the 9 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 2025. 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, “The Ropery, 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.