House prices in Yorkshire rising £12 a day

By Robyn Vinter
Published 26th Jul 2019, 07:00 BST
Emma Atkinson and Stewart Oldfield have been renting in Leeds for more than a decadeEmma Atkinson and Stewart Oldfield have been renting in Leeds for more than a decade
Emma Atkinson and Stewart Oldfield have been renting in Leeds for more than a decade
House prices in Yorkshire have increased by £12 per day on average since the start of the year.

Prices in the region rose an average of £2,263 in the first half of this year, according to analysis by Zoopla.

In January, the average house price in Yorkshire was £181,918 but, by July, this had increased to £184,181, defying economic naysaying over the looming impact of leaving the EU.

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Emma Atkinson and Stewart Oldfield have been renting in Leeds for more than a decadeEmma Atkinson and Stewart Oldfield have been renting in Leeds for more than a decade
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Compared to other regions of the UK, Yorkshire house prices are performing very well.

The West Midlands was Britain's best-performing region, with the average value of homes increasing by £36.58 per day, and London was the worst performer, with average property values falling by an enormous £71.23 per day.

Though Yorkshire as a whole saw price rises, on a local level, prices were a mixed bag, as the analysis showed a lot of variation between different areas.

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The best performer was Harrogate, where house prices rose a whopping £46.22 a day, followed by Keighley, rising by £37.10 a day, and Dewsbury, rising by £35.39 a day.

On the other end of the scale, prices were dropping in some areas. Halifax saw the biggest drop, where prices fell an average of £24.82 a day, followed by Barnsley falling £19.69 a day and York, dropping by £5.84 a day.

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Patrick McCutcheon, head of residential sales at Dacre, Son & Hartley, which covers North and West Yorkshire, predicted rises could continue.