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HU1 local market report Hull

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,848 sales registered with HM Land Registry in HU1 (Hull) 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 February 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

HU1 is the postcode district covering Hull, Centre, Old Town in Hull. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where HU1 sits

Click the map to open HU1 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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£112,500median sold price, 2026
-28%five-year change (cash)
103sales in the last 12 months
7.4%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in HU1 sells for

The 2026 median in HU1 is £112,500, from 8 registered sales; the mean, £164,200, 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 HU1 trades 59% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical HU1 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: £32,000 at the time · £67,938 in today's money · 35 sales1996: £37,500 at the time · £77,239 in today's money · 44 sales1997: £37,000 at the time · £74,107 in today's money · 50 sales1998: £34,500 at the time · £68,014 in today's money · 47 sales1999: £36,000 at the time · £70,071 in today's money · 41 sales2000: £39,800 at the time · £76,283 in today's money · 40 sales2001: £43,100 at the time · £80,922 in today's money · 58 sales2002: £50,000 at the time · £91,877 in today's money · 100 sales2003: £75,000 at the time · £134,941 in today's money · 115 sales2004: £88,500 at the time · £156,979 in today's money · 192 sales2005: £105,000 at the time · £182,494 in today's money · 101 sales2006: £102,500 at the time · £173,771 in today's money · 115 sales2007: £106,500 at the time · £176,435 in today's money · 107 sales2008: £116,200 at the time · £186,028 in today's money · 80 sales2009: £108,500 at the time · £170,341 in today's money · 44 sales2010: £105,000 at the time · £160,821 in today's money · 32 sales2011: £98,500 at the time · £145,224 in today's money · 40 sales2012: £100,000 at the time · £143,750 in today's money · 23 sales2013: £102,000 at the time · £143,340 in today's money · 30 sales2014: £94,800 at the time · £131,349 in today's money · 48 sales2015: £100,000 at the time · £138,000 in today's money · 85 sales2016: £113,500 at the time · £155,079 in today's money · 77 sales2017: £125,000 at the time · £166,506 in today's money · 88 sales2018: £80,000 at the time · £104,151 in today's money · 130 sales2019: £155,000 at the time · £198,423 in today's money · 173 sales2020: £100,000 at the time · £126,722 in today's money · 149 sales2021: £156,800 at the time · £193,892 in today's money · 228 sales2022: £150,000 at the time · £171,784 in today's money · 161 sales2023: £145,000 at the time · £155,599 in today's money · 187 sales2024: £141,700 at the time · £147,138 in today's money · 118 sales2025: £140,800 at the time · £140,800 in today's money · 102 sales2026: £112,500 at the time · £112,500 in today's money · 8 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£112,500£112,5008
2025£140,800£140,800102
2024£141,700£147,138118
2023£145,000£155,599187
2022£150,000£171,784161
2021£156,800£193,892228
2020£100,000£126,722149
2019£155,000£198,423173
2018£80,000£104,151130
2017£125,000£166,50688
2016£113,500£155,07977
2015£100,000£138,00085
2014£94,800£131,34948
2013£102,000£143,34030
2012£100,000£143,75023
2011£98,500£145,22440
2010£105,000£160,82132
2009£108,500£170,34144
2008£116,200£186,02880
2007£106,500£176,435107
2006£102,500£173,771115
2005£105,000£182,494101
2004£88,500£156,979192
2003£75,000£134,941115
2002£50,000£91,877100
2001£43,100£80,92258
2000£39,800£76,28340
1999£36,000£70,07141
1998£34,500£68,01447
1997£37,000£74,10750
1996£37,500£77,23944
1995£32,000£67,93835

In cash terms the typical HU1 home went from £32,000 in 1995 to £112,500 in 2026, roughly 3.5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 66%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2019; the current median sits about 43% below that. Someone who bought at the 2019 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the HU1 median

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

+100% -100% 0% 1996 · +17.2% on the year before1997 · −1.3% on the year before1998 · −6.8% on the year before1999 · +4.3% on the year before2000 · +10.6% on the year before2001 · +8.3% on the year before2002 · +16.0% on the year before2003 · +50.0% on the year before2004 · +18.0% on the year before2005 · +18.6% on the year before2006 · −2.4% on the year before2007 · +3.9% on the year before2008 · +9.1% on the year before2009 · −6.6% on the year before2010 · −3.2% on the year before2011 · −6.2% on the year before2012 · +1.5% on the year before2013 · +2.0% on the year before2014 · −7.1% on the year before2015 · +5.5% on the year before2016 · +13.5% on the year before2017 · +10.1% on the year before2018 · −36.0% on the year before2019 · +93.8% on the year before2020 · −35.5% on the year before2021 · +56.8% on the year before2022 · −4.3% on the year before2023 · −3.3% on the year before2024 · −2.3% on the year before2025 · −0.6% on the year before2026 · −20.1% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2019 (+93.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2018 (−36.0%). 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)−20.1%−20.1%
5 years (since 2021)−6.4%−10.3%
10 years (since 2016)−0.1%−3.2%
20 years (since 2006)+0.5%−2.2%

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.

125250 1995: 35 sales1996: 44 sales1997: 50 sales1998: 47 sales1999: 41 sales2000: 40 sales2001: 58 sales2002: 100 sales2003: 115 sales2004: 192 sales2005: 101 sales2006: 115 sales2007: 107 sales2008: 80 sales2009: 44 sales2010: 32 sales2011: 40 sales2012: 23 sales2013: 30 sales2014: 48 sales2015: 85 sales2016: 77 sales2017: 88 sales2018: 130 sales2019: 173 sales2020: 149 sales2021: 228 sales2022: 161 sales2023: 187 sales2024: 118 sales2025: 102 sales2026: 8 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.

50100 January 2021 · 22 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 17 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 15 sales registeredApril 2021 · 20 sales registeredMay 2021 · 75 sales registeredJune 2021 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 16 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 9 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 22 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 8 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 19 sales registeredApril 2022 · 18 sales registeredMay 2022 · 29 sales registeredJune 2022 · 19 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 10 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 12 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 46 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 10 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 12 sales registeredApril 2023 · 6 sales registeredMay 2023 · 7 sales registeredJune 2023 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 14 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 10 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 11 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 42 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 11 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 8 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 9 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 10 sales registeredApril 2024 · 6 sales registeredMay 2024 · 31 sales registeredJune 2024 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 7 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 15 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 15 sales registeredApril 2025 · 15 sales registeredMay 2025 · 10 sales registeredJune 2025 · 5 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 10 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 3 sales registered

HU1 recorded 103 sales in the last twelve months of data. Unusually, activity here runs above its pre-2008 level: 115 sales a year over the last five years against 104 before the financial crisis. 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 HU1

HU1 falls under Kingston upon Hull, City of, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £690 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £497 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £980, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Kingston upon Hull, City of

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £497 a month£4971 bed2 bed: £618 a month£6182 bed3 bed: £739 a month£7393 bed4+ bed: £980 a month£9804+ bed

Set against the £112,500 median sold price, £690 a month is £8,280 a year, a gross yield of 7.4%: 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 HU1 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 28% over five years in cash but down 42% 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

HU1 ranks 20 of 20 in the HU area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, HU area districts

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

HU20HU20 · +72% over five years · median £350,000+72%HU12HU12 · +24% over five years · median £205,000+24%HU6HU6 · +24% over five years · median £146,500+24%HU3HU3 · +17% over five years · median £110,000+17%HU16HU16 · +14% over five years · median £247,000+14%HU18HU18 · +0% over five years · median £190,000+0%HU2HU2 · −3% over five years · median £97,000−3%HU10HU10 · −8% over five years · median £240,000−8%HU14HU14 · −10% over five years · median £287,500−10%HU1HU1 · −28% over five years · median £112,500−28%

Inside HU1, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
HU1 1£130,00039
HU1 2£133,20034
HU1 3£150,00029

How HU1 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the HU area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
HU20£350,000+72%
HU14£287,500-10%
HU16£247,000+14%
HU17£241,000+4%
HU10£240,000-8%
HU15£218,800+2%
HU12£205,000+24%
HU13£197,000+3%
HU18£190,000+0%
HU11£172,500+1%
HU7£157,200+1%
HU6£146,500+24%
HU4£140,000+8%
HU8£140,000+12%
HU19£138,500+12%
HU5£125,000+9%
HU9£115,000+11%
HU1 (this report)£112,500-28%
HU3£110,000+17%
HU2£97,000-3%

Dig further

See every individual HU1 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference HU1 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.