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HX local market report Halifax

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 93,183 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the HX postcode area (Halifax) 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.

HX is the postcode area centred on Halifax, taking in 7 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.

Where HX sits

Click the map to open HX 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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£182,800median sold price, 2026
+18%five-year change (cash)
2,277sales in the last 12 months
4.9%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in HX sells for

The 2026 median in HX is £182,800, from 650 registered sales; the mean, £220,600, 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 HX trades 33% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical HX 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: £41,500 at the time · £88,108 in today's money · 2,565 sales1996: £42,000 at the time · £86,507 in today's money · 2,532 sales1997: £44,000 at the time · £88,128 in today's money · 2,804 sales1998: £45,000 at the time · £88,714 in today's money · 2,863 sales1999: £46,000 at the time · £89,535 in today's money · 3,186 sales2000: £48,000 at the time · £92,000 in today's money · 3,315 sales2001: £52,500 at the time · £98,571 in today's money · 3,585 sales2002: £58,000 at the time · £106,578 in today's money · 4,019 sales2003: £73,000 at the time · £131,343 in today's money · 4,148 sales2004: £93,000 at the time · £164,961 in today's money · 4,245 sales2005: £111,700 at the time · £194,139 in today's money · 3,910 sales2006: £120,000 at the time · £203,440 in today's money · 4,685 sales2007: £125,000 at the time · £207,083 in today's money · 4,150 sales2008: £120,300 at the time · £192,592 in today's money · 2,151 sales2009: £118,000 at the time · £185,256 in today's money · 1,819 sales2010: £123,000 at the time · £188,391 in today's money · 1,813 sales2011: £118,000 at the time · £173,974 in today's money · 1,799 sales2012: £120,000 at the time · £172,500 in today's money · 1,842 sales2013: £120,000 at the time · £168,635 in today's money · 2,295 sales2014: £123,000 at the time · £170,422 in today's money · 2,843 sales2015: £125,000 at the time · £172,500 in today's money · 2,929 sales2016: £130,000 at the time · £177,624 in today's money · 2,826 sales2017: £134,000 at the time · £178,494 in today's money · 3,064 sales2018: £135,000 at the time · £175,755 in today's money · 3,203 sales2019: £142,000 at the time · £181,781 in today's money · 2,912 sales2020: £145,000 at the time · £183,747 in today's money · 2,452 sales2021: £155,000 at the time · £191,667 in today's money · 3,683 sales2022: £161,500 at the time · £184,954 in today's money · 2,933 sales2023: £160,000 at the time · £171,695 in today's money · 2,537 sales2024: £170,000 at the time · £176,524 in today's money · 2,642 sales2025: £185,000 at the time · £185,000 in today's money · 2,783 sales2026: £182,800 at the time · £182,800 in today's money · 650 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£182,800£182,800650
2025£185,000£185,0002,783
2024£170,000£176,5242,642
2023£160,000£171,6952,537
2022£161,500£184,9542,933
2021£155,000£191,6673,683
2020£145,000£183,7472,452
2019£142,000£181,7812,912
2018£135,000£175,7553,203
2017£134,000£178,4943,064
2016£130,000£177,6242,826
2015£125,000£172,5002,929
2014£123,000£170,4222,843
2013£120,000£168,6352,295
2012£120,000£172,5001,842
2011£118,000£173,9741,799
2010£123,000£188,3911,813
2009£118,000£185,2561,819
2008£120,300£192,5922,151
2007£125,000£207,0834,150
2006£120,000£203,4404,685
2005£111,700£194,1393,910
2004£93,000£164,9614,245
2003£73,000£131,3434,148
2002£58,000£106,5784,019
2001£52,500£98,5713,585
2000£48,000£92,0003,315
1999£46,000£89,5353,186
1998£45,000£88,7142,863
1997£44,000£88,1282,804
1996£42,000£86,5072,532
1995£41,500£88,1082,565

In cash terms the typical HX home went from £41,500 in 1995 to £182,800 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 107%: 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 12% 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 HX 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 · +1.2% on the year before1997 · +4.8% on the year before1998 · +2.3% on the year before1999 · +2.2% on the year before2000 · +4.3% on the year before2001 · +9.4% on the year before2002 · +10.5% on the year before2003 · +25.9% on the year before2004 · +27.4% on the year before2005 · +20.1% on the year before2006 · +7.4% on the year before2007 · +4.2% on the year before2008 · −3.8% on the year before2009 · −1.9% on the year before2010 · +4.2% on the year before2011 · −4.1% on the year before2012 · +1.7% on the year before2013 · +0.0% on the year before2014 · +2.5% on the year before2015 · +1.6% on the year before2016 · +4.0% on the year before2017 · +3.1% on the year before2018 · +0.7% on the year before2019 · +5.2% on the year before2020 · +2.1% on the year before2021 · +6.9% on the year before2022 · +4.2% on the year before2023 · −0.9% on the year before2024 · +6.3% on the year before2025 · +8.8% on the year before2026 · −1.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+27.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−4.1%). 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)−1.2%−1.2%
5 years (since 2021)+3.4%−0.9%
10 years (since 2016)+3.5%+0.3%
20 years (since 2006)+2.1%−0.5%

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.

2,5005,000 1995: 2,565 sales1996: 2,532 sales1997: 2,804 sales1998: 2,863 sales1999: 3,186 sales2000: 3,315 sales2001: 3,585 sales2002: 4,019 sales2003: 4,148 sales2004: 4,245 sales2005: 3,910 sales2006: 4,685 sales2007: 4,150 sales2008: 2,151 sales2009: 1,819 sales2010: 1,813 sales2011: 1,799 sales2012: 1,842 sales2013: 2,295 sales2014: 2,843 sales2015: 2,929 sales2016: 2,826 sales2017: 3,064 sales2018: 3,203 sales2019: 2,912 sales2020: 2,452 sales2021: 3,683 sales2022: 2,933 sales2023: 2,537 sales2024: 2,642 sales2025: 2,783 sales2026: 650 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.

250500 June 2021 · 410 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 241 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 238 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 432 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 221 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 238 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 284 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 197 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 249 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 263 sales registeredApril 2022 · 221 sales registeredMay 2022 · 191 sales registeredJune 2022 · 197 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 263 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 274 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 229 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 261 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 324 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 264 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 208 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 166 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 237 sales registeredApril 2023 · 181 sales registeredMay 2023 · 170 sales registeredJune 2023 · 219 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 193 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 238 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 243 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 193 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 243 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 246 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 169 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 175 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 233 sales registeredApril 2024 · 187 sales registeredMay 2024 · 201 sales registeredJune 2024 · 221 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 262 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 255 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 228 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 257 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 225 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 229 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 230 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 236 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 359 sales registeredApril 2025 · 129 sales registeredMay 2025 · 202 sales registeredJune 2025 · 225 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 216 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 257 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 227 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 289 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 230 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 183 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 152 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 162 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 160 sales registeredApril 2026 · 124 sales registeredMay 2026 · 52 sales registered

HX recorded 2,277 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 4,007 sales a year before the financial crisis and 2,309 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 HX

HX falls under Calderdale, the local authority covering most of the HX area, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £750 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £543 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,116, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Calderdale

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £543 a month£5431 bed2 bed: £678 a month£6782 bed3 bed: £809 a month£8093 bed4+ bed: £1,116 a month£1,1164+ bed

Set against the £182,800 median sold price, £750 a month is £9,000 a year, a gross yield of 4.9%: 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 HX 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 HX area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Five-year change in the median, HX area districts

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

HX1HX1 · +37% over five years · median £126,000+37%HX2HX2 · +32% over five years · median £182,000+32%HX5HX5 · +23% over five years · median £183,800+23%HX5HX5 · +23% over five years · median £183,800+23%HX6HX6 · +21% over five years · median £200,000+21%HX6HX6 · +21% over five years · median £200,000+21%HX3HX3 · +8% over five years · median £178,900+8%HX3HX3 · +8% over five years · median £178,900+8%HX7HX7 · +2% over five years · median £235,000+2%HX4HX4 · +1% over five years · median £202,500+1%

District by district

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

DistrictMedian (2026)5-yearSales
HX7 Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge£235,000+2%71
HX4 Barkisland, Greetland£202,500+1%44
HX6 Norland, Ripponden£200,000+21%81
HX5 Elland, Blackley£183,800+23%32
HX2 Highroad Well, Illingworth£182,000+32%148
HX3 Akroydon, Boothtown£178,900+8%202
HX1 Halifax Town Centre, Savile Park£126,000+37%72

Dig further

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