Knaresborough Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Knaresborough: Riverside market town adjacent to Harrogate with heritage character and strong demand.

The Knaresborough property market recorded 335 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £350,000. This places Knaresborough £68k above the North Yorkshire county median of £282,500, and £65k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Knaresborough have shown strong growth, a year-on-year change of +5.4%. Within North Yorkshire, Knaresborough ranks 1st by price out of 8 principal towns, and 8th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Knaresborough median prices moved from £300,000 in Q3 2024 to £400,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +33.3% over 5 quarters. Knaresborough has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

North Yorkshire Council, the local planning authority covering Knaresborough, approved 1,696 residential planning applications and refused 258 in the last 12 months, with 579 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 87%.

Those applications propose around 6,355 homes, an estimated £2.2bn of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

North Yorkshire Council covers more than one town in North Yorkshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Knaresborough alone.

Property prices in Knaresborough vary significantly by type. The table below compares Knaresborough prices with North Yorkshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Knaresborough command £490,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £145,000. The £345k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 27 new-build sales in Knaresborough for the past 12 months, 8.1% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Knaresborough.

Across the wider North Yorkshire market, 278 new-build sales have registered so far. See our North Yorkshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Knaresborough, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £305,000 to £565,000 illustrates the breadth of the Knaresborough market.

For developers considering Knaresborough, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £350,000 and detached homes at £490,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Knaresborough with a GDV of £490,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £318,500 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 5.4% year-on-year, Knaresborough presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Knaresborough's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across North Yorkshire:

For the full North Yorkshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive North Yorkshire property market report.