The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 11.7% annual growth.
The average house price in August was £204,773, Land Registry figures show – a 0.8% increase on July.
The picture was less good than that across Yorkshire and The Humber, where prices increased 1.5%, and the East Riding underperformed compared to the 2.9% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in the East Riding rose by £22,000 – putting the area 10th among Yorkshire and The Humber’s 24 local authorities for annual growth.
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The best annual growth in the region was in Richmondshire, where property prices increased on average by 20.6%, to £259,000.
At the other end of the scale, properties in Craven gained 5.6% in value, giving an average price of £246,000.
First-time buyers in the East Riding spent an average of £168,000 on their property – £17,000 more than a year ago and £31,000 more than in August 2016 – while former owner-occupiers paid £230,000 on average in the area.