Estate agent fees · York
Estate agent fees in York: around £4,402 on a typical home
The typical home in York sold for £310,000 over the last 12 months. At the UK average high street fee of about 1.42% including VAT, that's £4,402 to the agent. Get local agents competing and you could keep more of it.
Get York agents to pitchTypical sold price
£310,000
-1.5% on the previous 12 months
Median of 2,921 sales
Fee at 1.42% (UK average)
£4,402
Including VAT
If agents compete
Save £1,302
At 1.0% the fee is £3,100; at 1.2% it's £3,720
Agent fees by property type in York
| Type | Typical price | Fee at 1.42% | Fee at 1.0% | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £440,000 | £6,248 | £4,400 | 916 |
| Semi-detached | £290,000 | £4,118 | £2,900 | 896 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | £3,834 | £2,700 | 790 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £2,698 | £1,900 | 319 |
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List your home freeSold prices: median of standard residential sales in the York post town from 7 Nov 2025 to 7 Nov 2026, HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (recent months are still being registered). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Average fee of 1.42% inc VAT from HomeOwners Alliance. Figures are guides, not valuations.