Living in York, North Yorkshire
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Free York Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for York - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in York cost 7.75 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- York a year earlier: 8.35 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in York over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in York, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around York
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Recent sold prices near York (postcode sector YO1 6)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40, KYME STREET | £345,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 27, FAIRFAX STREET | £499,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 27, VICTOR STREET | £540,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 7, BAILE HILL TERRACE | £490,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 9, KYME STREET | £475,000 | Terraced | Jul 2026 |
| 28, FAIRFAX STREET | £500,000 | Terraced | Jul 2026 |
| 16B, PRIORY STREET | £305,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
| 93, CENTURION SQUARE | £86,950 | Flat | May 2026 |
| 16, BISHOPHILL JUNIOR | £380,000 | Terraced | May 2026 |
| 78, CENTURION SQUARE | £183,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.