As we hit the third week of December, the York property market does slow down ready for the big day. It’s at this time of year, I like to work out the total value of every home in York, and how that value has changed since 2010 (as that was the bottom of the market … More York’s Property Market Now Worth £20.851 Billion

The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has finally arrived after months of rumour, leaked ideas and speculation. Many households in York had braced themselves for a sweeping new annual tax on homes above £500,000. That proposal has now been dropped, which removes the biggest cloud that had been hanging over the local market. Instead, the Government has … More What Will the Budget Mean for York Homeowners and Landlords?

If you listened to the doom merchants, you would think first-time buyers (FTB) in York had no chance at all. According to the loudest voices, buying a first home is impossible, the ladder has been pulled up, and the only people who buy their first homes today are lottery winners or those with wealthy parents. … More York FTB Homes Are 35% More Affordable Than 18 Years Ago.

With only a few weeks to go before the end of the year, as a York estate and letting agent, I wanted to share what has happened in both the UK and York property markets in 2025, analysing the trends for York homeowners, home buyers and landlords alike… and then compare them to previous years. … More The 2025 York Property Market A study of this year’s property market and what will happen in 2026?

Some homes in York fly off the market within weeks. Others sit for months, attract only a handful of viewings, then quietly disappear from the portals, unsold. The difference isn’t luck, it’s sellability. Would it surprise you that of the 10.94 million homes that have left UK estate agents books since January 2019, only 6.33 … More Which York Homes Actually Sell, and Which Don’t

If you walk down almost any York road or street, you will see the quiet signs of life playing out behind the front doors. Families growing. Kids leaving home. Kitchens are being refitted for the second or third time. Yet somewhere in that rhythm, every homeowner starts to feel it again … the gentle itch … More The 6 Year & 8 Week York Itch That’s Driving Half of All Home Moves.

Yet never did. Here is why. If you have ever thought about selling your York home, you will know how tempting it can be to stretch the asking price. After all, it is your biggest tax-free asset, and those extra few thousand pounds can feel like a sensible cushion. Yet in the York property market, … More Why 10,343 York Homeowners tried to move since Covid…

As the York property market shifts, more homeowners are facing the decision of when and by how much to adjust their asking prices. The choice can feel difficult, but in today’s climate, it is often the difference between attracting a buyer or sitting unsold for months. The supply of homes for sale in York has climbed sharply, from … More Why do 1 in 9.8 York Home Sellers End up Reducing Their Asking Price?

The typical first-time buyer home in York costs £289,389, which is a lot of money in anyone’s book. For years, the housing affordability debate has been framed in terms of house prices compared to average incomes. That makes a neat headline, but it isn’t how first-time buyers think. When you are weighing up your first home … More York First-Time Buyers: It’s Tough, But Not as Tough as You Think

We all know the feeling. When you think about buying a home, you check the headlines, look at interest rates, and then tell yourself, “Maybe we’ll wait until things calm down.” Waiting feels safe. You stay in control, you avoid risk, and you carry on as you are. However, when it comes to property, waiting … More Buying a Home in York Feels Risky. Waiting is even riskier.

If you’re a York homeowner or landlord thinking about selling in the next couple of years, the question on your mind is simple. How long will it take to find a buyer? New data on the 990 York homes sold in the last 3 months has revealed some striking differences depending on the type of … More York’s Property Saleability Secret: The Numbers Every York Homeowner Must See

Are you considering moving home in York during the next 6 to 12 months? You may be a York landlord deciding whether to grow your portfolio or sell off a few properties. Or you’re a York first-time buyer wondering if now is the right time to move. Understanding whether the current property market favours buyers … More York Property Market – Is it a buyers’ or sellers’ market?

You want more space. The kitchen bleeds into homework time. The spare room became an office, then a dumping ground. The obvious answer used to be to extend. Yet over the last few years, the sums have changed. This is an article for York homeowners who are weighing up an extension against moving. It gives … More Extend or Move in York in 2025? A step-by-step guide for York homeowners

In the summer of 2020, York’s property market, like the rest of the UK, roared back to life after weeks of pandemic lockdown. It was a strange moment in history. The pause in the British housing market had created a bottleneck of pent-up demand, and when the doors reopened, homes that might have taken months … More Why Are So Many York Homes Bought During the Pandemic Returning to the Market?

If you’re a homeowner in York thinking about selling, brace yourself for a bit of uncomfortable truth. There is a growing gap in our city between what York home sellers want and what buyers are actually willing to pay. And the evidence for this is laid out, month after month, in cold, hard numbers. Since the summer of 2020, … More Why York Homeowners Need to Pay Attention to This Pricing Gap

Once mocked as middle-of-the-road suburbia, York’s semi-detached homes have quietly become one of the strongest performers in the property market. Looking at York house price data has given the humble semi the last laugh, with an astounding average price increase of 470% over the past three decades. This impressive rise in house prices has made … More York’s Semi-Detached Houses Rise by 470% in 30 Years

It’s no great revelation that young people in York are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home. Rising living costs, modest wage growth, and stricter mortgage lending rules have all contributed to a noticeable shift in the housing landscape. For many under 34, homeownership feels more like a long-term goal than a near-term reality. … More Generation Rent or Generation Patient?Why York’s Under-34s Are Taking Longer to Buy a Home

In an age of towering new build flats and sprawling three-storey town homes, there is something refreshingly honest about a bungalow. No stairs. No split-level gimmicks. Just a simple, all on one level home that offers practicality, privacy, and increasingly, prestige. If you had asked the average house hunter a decade ago to rank their … More The Great York Bungalow: Why it’s back in fashion (and why it never really went out)

As we are now half way through 2025, it’s certain the York housing market has been more restrained than the post pandemic 24 months of summer 2020 through to July/August of 2022, and I believe that the ‘steady as she goes’ outlook will continue into the rest of 2025 and beyond. As I always say … More York Homeowners Pocket £6,426 a Year in Profit Since 2005

In early 2023, most property forecasters anticipated a significant downturn in the UK housing market over the following two years. Halifax predicted an 8% drop in house prices, Savills went further at 10%, and Nomura Bank predicted a fall of up to 15%. While these gloomy forecasts grabbed headlines, the actual data told a different … More Will There Be a York House Price Crash in 2025?