Housing Market Review: Huddersfield & Surrounding Region (July 2025)

If you’re buying, selling or letting around Huddersfield right now, July’s data paints a picture of an active market with gently rising sale prices, improving buyer affordability, and a rental scene that’s steadier than last year’s surge. Here’s what the numbers say.

Sales market at a glance

• Kirklees (Huddersfield): the average sold price sits at £197,000 (latest ONS UK HPI, June 2025, provisional), up 4.2% year-on-year. First-time buyers in the borough paid an average £170,000. Detached homes averaged £338,000; terraced £158,000.

• Asking-price trends nearby (Rightmove, July 2025):

  • Yorkshire & The Humber (covers Huddersfield’s wider region): average asking price £258,607, -0.1% month-on-month, +2.6% year-on-year; 61 days on average to find a buyer.

  • North West (Greater Manchester towns within ~50 miles): average asking price £269,048, -1.2% MoM, +1.8% YoY; 59 days to find a buyer.

• National context: new-seller asking prices fell 1.2% in July (seasonal dip), but sales agreed are 5% higher than a year ago—evidence that sharper pricing is pulling buyers through.

Takeaway: Huddersfield remains relatively good value versus regional asking-price averages, while realistic pricing is helping more sales cross the line.

How many homes are selling?

Looking at the Huddersfield postcode area over the last 12 months (to end-June 2025), there were around 3,100 completed sales, down 12.6% year-on-year. Within Huddersfield town itself, roughly 1,500 sales completed, 17.9% fewer than the prior year. That echoes the quieter patch we saw through winter/spring, but July’s increase in deals agreed suggests activity is building into late summer.

The rental market

• Kirklees: the average monthly private rent was £692 in July 2025, essentially flat year-on-year (+0.7%). Typical rents by size: 1-bed £515, 2-bed £629, 3-bed £765, 4-bed+ £1,097.

• Leeds (handy comparator within 50 miles): July averages by size were 1-bed £751, 2-bed £935, 3-bed £1,087, 4-bed+ £1,635—a reminder that rents climb as you head into the big city.

• Sheffield: the average monthly rent reached £889 in July, +4.2% year-on-year.

• Wider trend: Zoopla reports the four-year rental surge is easing, with UK new-let rents up 2.8% YoY (to April), and Yorkshire & The Humber at ~1.1%—still rising, but far slower than 2023–24. Rightmove’s Q2 tracker shows record advertised rents outside London (£1,365 pcm) even as growth cools.

Takeaway: Rents across Kirklees are notably lower than nearby major cities and have stabilised in 2025. Landlords face less frantic demand than last year, but well-priced, well-presented homes are still letting quickly—especially two- and three-beds.

What this means for you

• Sellers: Buyers are price-sensitive, but they’re out there. Homes launched with competitive, evidence-based pricing are the ones going under offer fastest (regionally ~2 months to find a buyer). Make sure your agent uses local sold-price comparables, not just optimistic asking prices.

• Buyers: Average prices in Kirklees sit below wider regional asking levels, and mortgage rates have eased from last year’s peaks, improving affordability. If you’re chain-free or well-organised, you’ve got leverage—especially on homes that have been on the market longer than the area average.

• Landlords & tenants: Expect modest rent growth at most this year. Landlords who invest in energy efficiency and decent finishes will keep voids low; tenants may find more choice than last year, particularly in family-sized stock.

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