House prices in Rotherham on the up

The data was collected between September 2021 and September 2022 by the Land Registry and revealed that the average price of a house at the end of September 2022 in England is £314,278.

In September 2021, the data showed house prices in Rotherham were £165,318 but by the end of September 2022, the average house price had risen to £181,370 — a rise of around 9.7 per cent.

This was in line with the average house increase across the UK, which shot up by 9.6 per cent in the year to September 2022.

Rotherham has the second highest average house price in the county, behind Sheffield’s £217,336, but above the £168,389 for Barnsley and £167,307 for Doncaster.

Kensington and Chelsea topped the table on £1,393,453, while Burnley was bottom of the lot on £116,901.

Rising prices could be putting off buyers, as the statistics show that the total number of house sales in Rotherham during July 2022 was 258 — a fall from 283 in the same month the previous year, and the lowest level in South Yorkshire.  

There were 426 house sales in Sheffield, 337 in Doncaster and 262 in Barnsley.

The only authority in South Yorkshire to see a rise in sales was Sheffield, which had sold 402 in July 2021.

The average first time buyer price in the Yorkshire and Humber region for September 2022 was £181,852.