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HD local market report Huddersfield

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 142,280 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the HD postcode area (Huddersfield) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

HD is the postcode area centred on Huddersfield, taking in 9 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.

Where HD sits

Click the map to open HD on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£213,800median sold price, 2026
+18%five-year change (cash)
3,450sales in the last 12 months
4.3%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in HD sells for

The 2026 median in HD is £213,800, from 956 registered sales; the mean, £249,900, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so HD trades 22% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical HD home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£63k£125k£188k£250k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £45,000 at the time · £95,538 in today's money · 3,637 sales1996: £46,000 at the time · £94,746 in today's money · 3,991 sales1997: £49,400 at the time · £98,943 in today's money · 4,594 sales1998: £51,000 at the time · £100,543 in today's money · 4,509 sales1999: £52,500 at the time · £102,186 in today's money · 4,771 sales2000: £56,000 at the time · £107,333 in today's money · 4,826 sales2001: £57,500 at the time · £107,959 in today's money · 5,717 sales2002: £64,000 at the time · £117,603 in today's money · 6,174 sales2003: £83,500 at the time · £150,235 in today's money · 6,253 sales2004: £110,000 at the time · £195,116 in today's money · 5,896 sales2005: £120,000 at the time · £208,564 in today's money · 5,207 sales2006: £130,000 at the time · £220,393 in today's money · 6,543 sales2007: £136,000 at the time · £225,306 in today's money · 6,126 sales2008: £131,000 at the time · £209,722 in today's money · 3,223 sales2009: £128,000 at the time · £200,956 in today's money · 2,821 sales2010: £131,600 at the time · £201,563 in today's money · 2,745 sales2011: £127,000 at the time · £187,244 in today's money · 2,597 sales2012: £127,000 at the time · £182,563 in today's money · 2,893 sales2013: £129,600 at the time · £182,126 in today's money · 3,276 sales2014: £130,000 at the time · £180,120 in today's money · 3,992 sales2015: £139,200 at the time · £192,096 in today's money · 4,164 sales2016: £142,000 at the time · £194,020 in today's money · 4,598 sales2017: £145,000 at the time · £193,147 in today's money · 4,979 sales2018: £155,000 at the time · £201,792 in today's money · 5,010 sales2019: £157,000 at the time · £200,983 in today's money · 4,836 sales2020: £170,000 at the time · £215,427 in today's money · 4,325 sales2021: £181,800 at the time · £224,806 in today's money · 5,868 sales2022: £190,000 at the time · £217,593 in today's money · 4,882 sales2023: £190,000 at the time · £203,888 in today's money · 4,242 sales2024: £203,000 at the time · £210,790 in today's money · 4,314 sales2025: £210,000 at the time · £210,000 in today's money · 4,315 sales2026: £213,800 at the time · £213,800 in today's money · 956 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£213,800£213,800956
2025£210,000£210,0004,315
2024£203,000£210,7904,314
2023£190,000£203,8884,242
2022£190,000£217,5934,882
2021£181,800£224,8065,868
2020£170,000£215,4274,325
2019£157,000£200,9834,836
2018£155,000£201,7925,010
2017£145,000£193,1474,979
2016£142,000£194,0204,598
2015£139,200£192,0964,164
2014£130,000£180,1203,992
2013£129,600£182,1263,276
2012£127,000£182,5632,893
2011£127,000£187,2442,597
2010£131,600£201,5632,745
2009£128,000£200,9562,821
2008£131,000£209,7223,223
2007£136,000£225,3066,126
2006£130,000£220,3936,543
2005£120,000£208,5645,207
2004£110,000£195,1165,896
2003£83,500£150,2356,253
2002£64,000£117,6036,174
2001£57,500£107,9595,717
2000£56,000£107,3334,826
1999£52,500£102,1864,771
1998£51,000£100,5434,509
1997£49,400£98,9434,594
1996£46,000£94,7463,991
1995£45,000£95,5383,637

In cash terms the typical HD home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £213,800 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 124%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2007; the current median sits about 5% below that. Someone who bought at the 2007 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the HD median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +2.2% on the year before1997 · +7.4% on the year before1998 · +3.2% on the year before1999 · +2.9% on the year before2000 · +6.7% on the year before2001 · +2.7% on the year before2002 · +11.3% on the year before2003 · +30.5% on the year before2004 · +31.7% on the year before2005 · +9.1% on the year before2006 · +8.3% on the year before2007 · +4.6% on the year before2008 · −3.7% on the year before2009 · −2.3% on the year before2010 · +2.8% on the year before2011 · −3.5% on the year before2012 · +0.0% on the year before2013 · +2.0% on the year before2014 · +0.3% on the year before2015 · +7.1% on the year before2016 · +2.0% on the year before2017 · +2.1% on the year before2018 · +6.9% on the year before2019 · +1.3% on the year before2020 · +8.3% on the year before2021 · +6.9% on the year before2022 · +4.5% on the year before2023 · +0.0% on the year before2024 · +6.8% on the year before2025 · +3.4% on the year before2026 · +1.8% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+31.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−3.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+1.8%+1.8%
5 years (since 2021)+3.3%−1.0%
10 years (since 2016)+4.2%+1.0%
20 years (since 2006)+2.5%−0.2%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

5,00010k 1995: 3,637 sales1996: 3,991 sales1997: 4,594 sales1998: 4,509 sales1999: 4,771 sales2000: 4,826 sales2001: 5,717 sales2002: 6,174 sales2003: 6,253 sales2004: 5,896 sales2005: 5,207 sales2006: 6,543 sales2007: 6,126 sales2008: 3,223 sales2009: 2,821 sales2010: 2,745 sales2011: 2,597 sales2012: 2,893 sales2013: 3,276 sales2014: 3,992 sales2015: 4,164 sales2016: 4,598 sales2017: 4,979 sales2018: 5,010 sales2019: 4,836 sales2020: 4,325 sales2021: 5,868 sales2022: 4,882 sales2023: 4,242 sales2024: 4,314 sales2025: 4,315 sales2026: 956 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

5001,000 June 2021 · 716 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 363 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 459 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 708 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 358 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 455 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 422 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 319 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 369 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 425 sales registeredApril 2022 · 457 sales registeredMay 2022 · 381 sales registeredJune 2022 · 424 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 389 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 426 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 455 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 414 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 412 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 411 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 325 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 287 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 367 sales registeredApril 2023 · 276 sales registeredMay 2023 · 299 sales registeredJune 2023 · 411 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 367 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 358 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 384 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 395 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 382 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 391 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 233 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 247 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 291 sales registeredApril 2024 · 288 sales registeredMay 2024 · 372 sales registeredJune 2024 · 359 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 377 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 370 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 361 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 483 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 427 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 506 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 290 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 382 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 610 sales registeredApril 2025 · 202 sales registeredMay 2025 · 337 sales registeredJune 2025 · 352 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 425 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 367 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 329 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 381 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 325 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 315 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 223 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 243 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 228 sales registeredApril 2026 · 187 sales registeredMay 2026 · 75 sales registered

HD recorded 3,450 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 5,843 sales a year before the financial crisis and 3,742 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around HD

HD falls under Kirklees, the local authority covering most of the HD area, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £775 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £578 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,221, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Kirklees

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £578 a month£5781 bed2 bed: £705 a month£7052 bed3 bed: £857 a month£8573 bed4+ bed: £1,221 a month£1,2214+ bed

Set against the £213,800 median sold price, £775 a month is £9,300 a year, a gross yield of 4.3%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will HD prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 18% over five years in cash but down 5% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

The spread across the HD area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Five-year change in the median, HD area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

HD1HD1 · +31% over five years · median £157,500+31%HD7HD7 · +26% over five years · median £215,000+26%HD4HD4 · +20% over five years · median £165,000+20%HD5HD5 · +17% over five years · median £172,800+17%HD6HD6 · +16% over five years · median £208,000+16%HD6HD6 · +16% over five years · median £208,000+16%HD3HD3 · +13% over five years · median £205,000+13%HD2HD2 · +9% over five years · median £180,500+9%HD9HD9 · +5% over five years · median £262,500+5%HD8HD8 · −4% over five years · median £240,000−4%

District by district

The area medians above hide a lot. Here is every HD district with enough sales to measure, dearest first; each links to its own full report.

DistrictMedian (2026)5-yearSales
HD9 Brockholes, Hepworth£262,500+5%146
HD8 Birdsedge, Clayton West£240,000-4%133
HD7 Golcar, Linthwaite£215,000+26%101
HD6 Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse£208,000+16%123
HD3 Ainley Top, Birchencliffe£205,000+13%127
HD2 Ainley Top, Birkby£180,500+9%87
HD5 Almondbury, Dalton£172,800+17%108
HD4 Berry Brow, Cowlersley£165,000+20%89
HD1 Huddersfield Town Centre, Hillhouse£157,500+31%42

Dig further

See every individual HD sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference HD price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.