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Ainley Top market report HD3 4, Huddersfield

The standing HD3 4 (Ainley Top) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 7,838 registered sales in HD3 4 (Huddersfield) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: the 2026 median for HD3 4 (Huddersfield) is £185,800, from 86 registered sales, up 28% on five years earlier; the mean is £210,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,160 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 7,838 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

HD3 4 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside HD3 (Huddersfield). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.

Where HD3 4 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£185,800typical sale, 2026
£2,160/m²per square metre, 5-year average
+28%cash move in five years
86sales in the last 12 months
5.0%gross yield, estimated

HD3 4 sold prices: where the market stands

The 2026 median for HD3 4 is £185,800, taken from 86 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £210,800, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.

What a square metre costs in HD3 4

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in HD3 4 costs about £2,160 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving HD3 4 35% below the national figure.

A typical HD3 4 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)

Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£63k£125k£188k£250k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £37,000 at the time · £80,432 in today's money · 175 sales1996: £38,000 at the time · £80,140 in today's money · 196 sales1997: £40,200 at the time · £82,442 in today's money · 242 sales1998: £43,000 at the time · £86,799 in today's money · 236 sales1999: £47,000 at the time · £93,669 in today's money · 305 sales2000: £46,000 at the time · £90,275 in today's money · 308 sales2001: £46,000 at the time · £88,433 in today's money · 319 sales2002: £53,600 at the time · £100,848 in today's money · 386 sales2003: £72,000 at the time · £132,641 in today's money · 434 sales2004: £88,000 at the time · £159,825 in today's money · 369 sales2005: £98,000 at the time · £174,401 in today's money · 336 sales2006: £115,000 at the time · £199,625 in today's money · 390 sales2007: £116,000 at the time · £196,768 in today's money · 419 sales2008: £110,500 at the time · £181,133 in today's money · 196 sales2009: £116,800 at the time · £187,757 in today's money · 146 sales2010: £101,000 at the time · £158,394 in today's money · 146 sales2011: £95,000 at the time · £143,413 in today's money · 139 sales2012: £110,000 at the time · £161,906 in today's money · 190 sales2013: £102,500 at the time · £147,487 in today's money · 170 sales2014: £110,000 at the time · £156,054 in today's money · 222 sales2015: £116,200 at the time · £164,191 in today's money · 226 sales2016: £115,000 at the time · £160,886 in today's money · 230 sales2017: £124,800 at the time · £170,215 in today's money · 242 sales2018: £124,000 at the time · £165,294 in today's money · 231 sales2019: £130,000 at the time · £170,399 in today's money · 228 sales2020: £132,000 at the time · £171,273 in today's money · 192 sales2021: £145,000 at the time · £183,589 in today's money · 282 sales2022: £150,500 at the time · £176,478 in today's money · 208 sales2023: £160,000 at the time · £175,801 in today's money · 196 sales2024: £170,000 at the time · £180,745 in today's money · 206 sales2025: £175,000 at the time · £179,185 in today's money · 187 sales2026: £185,800 at the time · £185,800 in today's money · 86 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£185,800£185,80086
2025£175,000£179,185187
2024£170,000£180,745206
2023£160,000£175,801196
2022£150,500£176,478208
2021£145,000£183,589282
2020£132,000£171,273192
2019£130,000£170,399228
2018£124,000£165,294231
2017£124,800£170,215242
2016£115,000£160,886230
2015£116,200£164,191226
2014£110,000£156,054222
2013£102,500£147,487170
2012£110,000£161,906190
2011£95,000£143,413139
2010£101,000£158,394146
2009£116,800£187,757146
2008£110,500£181,133196
2007£116,000£196,768419
2006£115,000£199,625390
2005£98,000£174,401336
2004£88,000£159,825369
2003£72,000£132,641434
2002£53,600£100,848386
2001£46,000£88,433319
2000£46,000£90,275308
1999£47,000£93,669305
1998£43,000£86,799236
1997£40,200£82,442242
1996£38,000£80,140196
1995£37,000£80,432175

In cash terms the typical HD3 4 home went from £37,000 in 1995 to £185,800 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 131%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2006. The market now sits about 7% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

Year-on-year change in the HD3 4 median

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

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · +2.7% on the year before1997 · +5.8% on the year before1998 · +7.0% on the year before1999 · +9.3% on the year before2000 · −2.1% on the year before2001 · +0.0% on the year before2002 · +16.5% on the year before2003 · +34.3% on the year before2004 · +22.2% on the year before2005 · +11.4% on the year before2006 · +17.3% on the year before2007 · +0.9% on the year before2008 · −4.7% on the year before2009 · +5.7% on the year before2010 · −13.5% on the year before2011 · −5.9% on the year before2012 · +15.8% on the year before2013 · −6.8% on the year before2014 · +7.3% on the year before2015 · +5.6% on the year before2016 · −1.0% on the year before2017 · +8.5% on the year before2018 · −0.6% on the year before2019 · +4.8% on the year before2020 · +1.5% on the year before2021 · +9.8% on the year before2022 · +3.8% on the year before2023 · +6.3% on the year before2024 · +6.3% on the year before2025 · +2.9% on the year before2026 · +6.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+34.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2010 (−13.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Growth per year, over one to twenty years

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+6.2%+3.7%
5 years (since 2021)+5.1%+0.2%
10 years (since 2016)+4.9%+1.5%
20 years (since 2006)+2.4%−0.4%

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

The turnover behind the prices

The year-by-year sales count

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

125250375500 1995: 175 sales1996: 196 sales1997: 242 sales1998: 236 sales1999: 305 sales2000: 308 sales2001: 319 sales2002: 386 sales2003: 434 sales2004: 369 sales2005: 336 sales2006: 390 sales2007: 419 sales2008: 196 sales2009: 146 sales2010: 146 sales2011: 139 sales2012: 190 sales2013: 170 sales2014: 222 sales2015: 226 sales2016: 230 sales2017: 242 sales2018: 231 sales2019: 228 sales2020: 192 sales2021: 282 sales2022: 208 sales2023: 196 sales2024: 206 sales2025: 187 sales2026: 86 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 86 HD3 4 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 370 sales a year before the financial crisis and 177 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

What tenants pay around HD3 4

For renting purposes HD3 4 sits in Kirklees. The ONS average private rent there is £775 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £578 a month here against £1,221 for four or more bedrooms.

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

£775 a month is £9,300 a year, which against the £185,800 median sold price makes a gross yield of 5.0%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.

The shape of the HD3 4 market

Against the HD3 district median, HD3 4 sits 9% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.

HD3 4 (Ainley Top): the questions that come up

How much did a house sell for in HD3 4 (Ainley Top)?
Land Registry recorded 86 sales in HD3 4 (Ainley Top) in 2026, with a median sold price of £185,800. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in HD3 4 (Ainley Top)?
In HD3 4 (Ainley Top) the median moved up 6% year on year; over five years it is up 28%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is HD3 4 (Ainley Top) a good place to buy a house?
HD3 4 (Ainley Top) sold prices are up 28% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Are HD3 4 prices heading up or down?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 28% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.

HD3's current homes for sale

The live side of the market holds 199 homes at the moment, listed by 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole HD3 district, not just HD3 4: live asking prices are collected per district.

£135,000Typical asking price now (HD3 district)
91 below what sold nearby85 in line with nearby sales17 above nearby sales3 well above nearby sales

46% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every HD3 home for sale on the map →

Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.

Bedroom by bedroom: HD prices by size

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the HD area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£266,975£369,995 (+39%)£520,000 (+41%)£700,000 (+35%)
Semi-detached£178,000£198,000 (+11%)£255,000 (+29%)£322,500 (+26%)£410,000 (+27%)
Terraced£125,000£155,000 (+24%)£200,000 (+29%)£255,000 (+27%)£339,000 (+33%)
Flat£102,000£137,000 (+34%)£192,000 (+40%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

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

Other sectors in HD3

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of HD3, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
HD3 2£335,0003
HD3 3£230,000105

Zoom out to the full HD3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how HD3 compares with its neighbours.

Thinking of selling in HD3 4? Get a rough value first

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in HD3 4, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from HD3 4's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded HD3 4 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim HD3 4.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with HD3 4 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual HD3 4 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.