There is a reassuring argument that often surfaces around the kitchen table when a homeowner in York is thinking of moving home. Starting your asking price a little higher to leave some room for negotiation seems on the face of it a great idea. One can always reduce the asking price later if necessary because … More 82.2% of York Homeowners Who Sold and Moved Home Never had to do this!

When homeowners in York think about what their property is worth, they usually consider its location, number of bedrooms, condition and garden. Yet there is another detail worth paying attention to: the coloured chart on its Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). An EPC rates a home from A, the most energy efficient, to G, the least. … More Is Your York Home Hiding a Cost Buyers Cannot Afford to Ignore?

Ask anyone whether first-time buyers can still afford to buy their first home in York and you will often get the same answer: “Not these days”. You can understand why. The typical first-time buyer home in York costs £287,726. For someone trying to save a 5% deposit (£14,380) while paying rent and everyday bills, that … More Can York First-time Buyers Still Afford Their First Home? The affordability figures may surprise you…

The York property market has changed noticeably over the past three years. Buyers now have far more choice with a 41.7% increase in the homes for sale, while sellers face a very different level of competition from their neighbours. That does not mean York homes are not selling, but it does mean buyers can afford … More 41% More York Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

For anyone trying to buy a home in York today, that headline probably sounds ridiculous. York house prices are higher, deposits involve larger sums of money, mortgage payments can feel substantial and household finances are being squeezed by the wider cost of living. It is therefore understandable that many York people look back at the … More York House Prices are £38,215 Cheaper Today Than in 2007

Buying a home has rarely felt like a straightforward decision, and the present market is no exception. Mortgage rates remain higher than many buyers became accustomed to during the 2010s, household finances have been squeezed by inflation, and the economic outlook continues to provide enough uncertainty for prospective purchasers to wonder whether they would be … More £72,748 – The Real Cost of Waiting to Buy a Home in York

There is an interesting statistic in the York property market that, on the face of it, doesn’t seem to make much sense. The average York home currently takes 83 days to sell, compared with a national average of 75 days. Yet research from Denton House Research shows that 61.7% of all UK homes that sell … More Why the First 8 Weeks Could Make or Break Your York House Sale

Knowing what is happening in the property market is really important if you are thinking of moving home in York in the coming few months. It’s also important if you are a York landlord wondering whether you should grow your portfolio or sell off a few properties? Or you’re a York first-time buyer contemplating if … More The York Property Market Is August a buyers’ or sellers’ market?

We often talk about the average price of a home in York, but that single figure can hide more than it reveals. A one-bedroom flat, a three-bedroom family home and a substantial four-bedroom property serve completely different buyers. Combining them into one city-wide average does not tell us how the local property ladder is shaped, … More The York Property Ladder: Where the Biggest Price Jump Really Happens

If you are a York homeowner thinking about moving home, there appears to be some new information between what York home sellers want and what buyers are actually willing to pay. In 2026 so far, the average asking price of the homes coming onto the market in York has been £415,500, yet the average price of a York home … More York Homeowners Taking a 9.8% Hit on Asking Price?

When people talk about the property market in York, the conversation normally centres on house prices. Yet price is only part of the story. The size of a home matters too. A £300,000 home in one part of the country may offer significantly more space than a similarly priced home elsewhere. Even within the same … More York Homes Are 1.1% Smaller Than the UK Average

Every few weeks, another headline appears warning that house prices are about to crash. The reason changes each time. One month it is mortgage rates. The next it is inflation. More recently, geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the Middle East have been blamed for higher borrowing costs and weaker buyer confidence. Yet despite all these … More Why a York House Price Crash Looks Increasingly Unlikely

As an agent in the York property market, I believe it is important to offer local homeowners a balanced and realistic view of both the York and national property markets. Far too often in the last few years, national newspaper and social media headlines have focused on doom and gloom, creating the impression that the … More York Property Market: How Q2 2026 Compared with the UK

The York property market can often feel far more active than it really is. Every week, new for sale boards appear outside people’s homes on your street. You tell yourself, ‘They have only been in that house for a few years’, so of course, you go on to Rightmove or Zoopla to have a nosey … More Only 28.2% of York Homes Have Sold More Than Once in Last 30 years

For some homebuyers, the kitchen is the deal maker. For others, it is the number of bedrooms, the school catchment or the distance to the railway station. Yet for a sizeable group of buyers, the garden matters just as much as the house itself. Across York and its surrounding villages, there are 1,932 homes with large … More York’s 1,932 Large Garden Homes: How Rare Are They and What Are They Worth?

There is a quiet unspoken problem sitting inside the York property market. In the last two years, only 59.93% of the homes that came on the market have ended up selling. Meanwhile, the remaining 40.07% of York homes, they didn’t sell. They simply sat, drifted, reduced, and eventually disappeared from the market unsold. That gap … More The York Asking Price Trap

When Britain voted to leave the European Union on 23rd June 2016, many predicted the UK housing market was heading for trouble. Then Chancellor, George Osborne, warned house prices could fall by as much as 18%. Economists talked about collapsing confidence, falling transactions and a potential housing market shock. There were fears that buyers would … More The York Property Market: 10 Years After the Brexit Vote

York’s private rental market has changed considerably over the last five years. In 2021, the average monthly rent in York was £978. So far in 2026, that figure stands at £1,352. That is a rise of 38.2%. To put that into context, the average UK rent increased from £1,390 in 2021 to £1,744 in 2026, … More York Rents Have Risen 38.2% Since 2021

For much of the last two decades, bungalows have quietly slipped out of fashion. Overshadowed by those glossy new build developments, three storey townhouses and open plan ‘modern living’, they became seen by many as somewhere only your granny lives rather than an aspirational home move. Yet while much of the property market newspaper headlines … More York’s Love Affair with Bungalows

Since the mid 2000s, Britain has been told the same bad news housing stories. Young people have been locked out of homeownership. Deposits are impossible to save. Mortgage rules are too strict. And ‘Generation Rent’ is now permanent. According to the narrative by the newspapers, younger generation homeownership has collapsed. Yet quietly, without much fanfare, … More 49.7% Of York’s Under 35s Own Their Own Home. So Much For ‘Generation Rent’