The median home in Billy Row sells for £98,000
That is the middle of 53 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.3 times as much as in 1996. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Two thirds of Billy Row’s sales are terraced houses
53 homes sold in three years: 11 detached houses, 8 semi-detached houses and 34 terraced houses.
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £175K–£275K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £45K–£98K
- Last 12 months
- £98K11 sold
Semi-detached houses: 8 sold, median £113K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: two thirds of homes sold are terraced
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Billy Row’s homes sold for between £68K and £150K
One sale in ten was under £45K and one in ten over £225K. 94% sold for under £250K.
The median, £98,000, sits in the Under £100K band
53 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1996, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £25,500 in 1996 to £110,000 in the last 12 months (£105,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
17 sales in the last 12 months, against 50 in 2015, the busiest year, and 13 in 2009. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Billy Row costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Billy Row, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £21K | £73K | £50K | £70K | £73K | £98K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
86 new homes have been sold in Billy Row since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2011.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Billy Row. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Mount Pleasant is Billy Row’s busiest street, with 6 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Pleasant | DL15 | 6 | £75,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | West Terrace | DL15 | 6 | £55,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Deerness Heights | DL15 | 5 | £223,000 | Mostly detached houses |
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Billy Row’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Row | — | £98K | 17 | +38% |
| Crook | 1.7 | £115K | 88 | +26% |
| Willington | 2.7 | £140K | 81 | −3% |
| Esh Winning | 2.9 | £116K | 53 | +35% |
| Tow Law | 2.9 | £91K | 22 | +32% |
| New Brancepeth | 4.4 | £98K | 12 | +48% |
| Brandon | 4.9 | £137K | 93 | +7% |
| Langley Park | 5.1 | £120K | 52 | +45% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Billy Row
What is the average house price in Billy Row?
The median home in Billy Row sold for £98,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 53 standard sales (£110,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £225,000, semi-detached houses £112,500 and terraced houses £76,500.
Are house prices going up in Billy Row?
The median was £97,750 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£93,000), and £110,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Billy Row each year?
17 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 23 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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