Homes in Bishop Auckland sell for a median £144,000
That is the middle of 1,032 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 3.2 times as much as in 1995. 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.
A third of Bishop Auckland’s sales are terraced houses
1,032 homes sold in three years: 314 detached houses, 320 semi-detached houses, 357 terraced houses and 41 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£230K
median sale · 314 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£275K
Last 12 months
£233K76 sold
New build
£229K
Semi-detached houses£144K
median sale · 320 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£167K
Last 12 months
£154K82 sold
New build
£156K
Terraced houses£85K
median sale · 357 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£65K–£120K
Last 12 months
£91K104 sold
New build
£112K
Flats and maisonettes£48K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£39K–£85K
Last 12 months
£66K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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.
Price range
Half of Bishop Auckland’s homes sold for between £90K and £196K
One sale in ten was under £60K and one in ten over £260K. 88% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £144,000, sits in the £100–150K band
1,032 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,950 in 1995 to £145,000 in the last 12 months (£119,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
272 sales in the last 12 months, against 675 in 2007, the busiest year, and 224 in 2012. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bishop Auckland costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bishop Auckland, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£89K
£174K
£156K
£170K
£193K
£233K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£54K
£115K
£110K
£115K
£127K
£154K
Terraced houses
£31K
£35K
£77K
£70K
£63K
£65K
£91K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£33K
£83K
£82K
£50K
—
£66K
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.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 2.2% of sales in the last 12 months
1,899 new homes have been sold in Bishop Auckland since 1995; the share peaked at 26% in 1999.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £189,995
against £130,000 for a home sold on, 46% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Bishop Auckland. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Collin Road is Bishop Auckland’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years
64 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 of them ten or more. 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
Collin Road
DL14
41
£192,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Porter Gardens
DL14
37
£155,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Oaklands Rise
DL14
17
£269,950
Mostly detached houses
4
The Sidings
DL14
17
£145,000
Mixed
5
General Bucher Court
DL14
17
£29,000
Mostly flats
6
Central Grange
DL14
15
£98,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Warner Avenue
DL14
14
£114,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Etherley Lane
DL14
13
£180,000
Mixed
9
Cockton Hill Road
DL14
13
£171,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Cherry Gardens
DL14
12
£279,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Bradford Drive
DL14
12
£185,245
Mixed · new builds
12
St Andrews Road
DL14
11
£116,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Cradock Street
DL14
11
£90,000
Mixed
14
Escomb Road
DL14
10
£185,000
Mixed
15
Lambton Drive
DL14
10
£171,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Dene Hall Drive: £300,000
Bishop Auckland median£144K
Dene Hall Drive£300K
Vicarage Farm Close£285K
Cherry Gardens£280K
Oaklands Rise£270K
Neile Court£268K
Cheapest streets
General Bucher Court: £29,000
Bishop Auckland median£144K
General Bucher Court£29K
Surtees Street£60K
West View£70K
Beaumont Street£70K
Seymour Street£71K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
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.
Across County Durham
Bishop Auckland is the 24th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Bishop Auckland is in the middle of County Durham’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Bishop Auckland
What is the average house price in Bishop Auckland?
The median home in Bishop Auckland sold for £144,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,032 standard sales (£145,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £229,997, semi-detached houses £143,500, terraced houses £85,000 and flats and maisonettes £48,000.
Are house prices going up in Bishop Auckland?
The median was £144,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£141,000), and £145,000 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 Bishop Auckland each year?
272 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 371 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bishop Auckland?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dene Hall Drive (DL14, £300,000), Vicarage Farm Close (DL14, £285,000) and Cherry Gardens (DL14, £279,950).
How much does a new build cost in Bishop Auckland?
New homes sold for a median £189,995 over three years, against £130,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Bishop Auckland expensive for County Durham?
Bishop Auckland is the 23rd most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham by median sale price.
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.
Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0