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Oatlands market report HG2 8, Harrogate
The standing HG2 8 (Oatlands) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 5,394 sales registered with HM Land Registry in HG2 8 (Harrogate) 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 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: a typical HG2 8 (Harrogate) home changed hands for £351,000 in 2026 (median of 59 registered sales, down 18% on five years earlier), with the mean at £508,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,170 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 5,394 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
A postcode sector like HG2 8 is a single group of streets within HG2 (Harrogate), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where HG2 8 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.
What a home in HG2 8 sells for
The 2026 median for HG2 8 is £351,000, taken from 59 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £508,100, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
House prices per square metre in HG2 8
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in HG2 8 costs about £4,170 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.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so HG2 8 trades 23% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical HG2 8 home, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £351,000 | £351,000 | 59 |
| 2025 | £495,000 | £506,837 | 155 |
| 2024 | £500,000 | £531,603 | 142 |
| 2023 | £470,600 | £517,074 | 134 |
| 2022 | £439,000 | £514,778 | 159 |
| 2021 | £430,000 | £544,435 | 211 |
| 2020 | £425,000 | £551,446 | 115 |
| 2019 | £400,000 | £524,304 | 133 |
| 2018 | £365,000 | £486,552 | 135 |
| 2017 | £375,000 | £511,462 | 167 |
| 2016 | £340,000 | £475,663 | 173 |
| 2015 | £324,600 | £458,660 | 161 |
| 2014 | £315,000 | £446,883 | 176 |
| 2013 | £305,500 | £439,584 | 175 |
| 2012 | £320,000 | £471,000 | 142 |
| 2011 | £283,100 | £427,372 | 142 |
| 2010 | £287,200 | £450,404 | 158 |
| 2009 | £250,000 | £401,877 | 130 |
| 2008 | £302,500 | £495,861 | 94 |
| 2007 | £289,000 | £490,224 | 194 |
| 2006 | £240,000 | £416,609 | 219 |
| 2005 | £246,000 | £437,781 | 174 |
| 2004 | £233,200 | £423,537 | 220 |
| 2003 | £190,000 | £350,026 | 192 |
| 2002 | £153,500 | £288,809 | 226 |
| 2001 | £137,000 | £263,376 | 202 |
| 2000 | £120,000 | £235,500 | 201 |
| 1999 | £95,000 | £189,330 | 193 |
| 1998 | £90,000 | £181,671 | 184 |
| 1997 | £85,500 | £175,343 | 244 |
| 1996 | £83,000 | £175,043 | 237 |
| 1995 | £76,000 | £165,212 | 147 |
In cash terms the typical HG2 8 home went from £76,000 in 1995 to £351,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 112%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2020, and today's median remains roughly 36% under it: a 2020 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the HG2 8 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+26.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−29.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What HG2 8 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −29.1% | −30.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −4.0% | −8.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.3% | −3.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.9% | −0.9% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
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.
Over the last twelve months of data, 59 sales completed in HG2 8. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 204 sales a year before the financial crisis and 130 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the HG2 8 market
This is a thin market: 59 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict.
What tenants pay around HG2 8
HG2 8 falls under North Yorkshire, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £833 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £582 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,333 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, North Yorkshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £351,000 median purchase price, a rent of £833 a month (£9,996 a year) works out at a 2.8% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Asked and answered: HG2 8 (Oatlands)
Is HG2 8 (Oatlands) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in HG2 8 (Oatlands)?
Are property prices falling in HG2 8 (Oatlands)?
What happens to HG2 8 prices now?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is down 18% over five years in cash but down 36% 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.
On the market in HG2 today
Turning to what is actually available: 298 homes on the market right now, from 10 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole HG2 district, not just HG2 8: live asking prices are collected per district.
30% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Wheatlands Road, Harrogate, Harrogate
- Ash View Farm, Harrogate, Harrogate
- Flat 2, 32 Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate, Harrogate
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 HG2 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
What another bedroom costs in HG
What homes of each size actually sold for across the HG area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £325,000 | £469,995 (+45%) | £701,995 (+49%) | £980,000 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £229,475 | £265,000 (+15%) | £335,000 (+26%) | £502,250 (+50%) | £755,000 (+50%) |
| Terraced | £190,000 | £230,000 (+21%) | £277,000 (+20%) | £399,500 (+44%) | £549,950 (+38%) |
| Flat | £136,000 | £220,000 (+62%) | £355,000 (+61%) | £625,000 (+76%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
Other sectors in HG2
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are HG2's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| HG2 0 | £368,200 | 69 |
| HG2 7 | £277,000 | 49 |
| HG2 9 | £572,000 | 27 |
Zoom out to the full HG2 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how HG2 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in HG2 8? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at HG2 8's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim HG2 8.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with HG2 8 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every HG2 8 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.