Homes in Bournmoor sell for a median £284,995
That is the middle of 111 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 4.7 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 Bournmoor’s sales are terraced houses
111 homes sold in three years: 34 detached houses, 33 semi-detached houses, 39 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £280K–£590K
- Last 12 months
- £280K5 sold
- New build
- £590K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £178K–£385K
- Last 12 months
- £205K5 sold
- New build
- £375K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £118K–£370K
- Last 12 months
- £117K8 sold
- New build
- £356K
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £232K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
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 Bournmoor’s homes sold for between £200K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £118K and one in ten over £585K. 37% sold for under £250K.
The median, £284,995, sits in the £250–300K band
111 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £212,500 in the last 12 months (£156,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
20 sales in the last 12 months, against 55 in 2022, the busiest year, and 8 in 2012. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 64% more sales than 2020.
Bournmoor costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Bournmoor, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £78K | — | £170K | £218K | £185K | £245K | £280K |
| Semi-detached houses | £38K | — | — | £140K | £142K | £143K | £205K |
| Terraced houses | £28K | £39K | £78K | £75K | £67K | £72K | £117K |
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.
10% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
142 new homes have been sold in Bournmoor since 1995; the share peaked at 58% in 2022.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £384,972
against £200,000 for a home sold on, 92% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.6% sold leasehold in Bournmoor. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Rectory Green is Bournmoor’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Rectory Green | DH3 | 17 | £370,000 | Mostly terraced houses · new builds |
| 2 | Chartershaugh Square | DH3 | 12 | £335,745 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Goldsbrough Close | DH3 | 11 | £577,600 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | St Barnabas | DH4 | 8 | £167,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Hedworths Drive | DH3 | 6 | £379,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | Ellesmere | DH4 | 6 | £251,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Bowes Gate Drive | DH3 | 6 | £235,775 | Mostly flats · new builds |
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.
Bournmoor’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Fence Houses, Shiney Row and Penshaw and Great Lumley.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournmoor | — | £285K | 20 | +64% |
| Fence Houses | 1 | £156K | 74 | +4% |
| Shiney Row and Penshaw | 1.5 | £180K | 175 | +22% |
| Great Lumley | 1.5 | £187K | 35 | +36% |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 2 | £143K | 135 | +14% |
| Chester-le-Street | 2.5 | £168K | 286 | +29% |
| East Rainton | 2.7 | £250K | 15 | +43% |
| West Rainton | 2.9 | £205K | 45 | +15% |
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 Bournmoor
What is the average house price in Bournmoor?
The median home in Bournmoor sold for £284,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 111 standard sales (£212,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £353,500, semi-detached houses £269,995, terraced houses £259,950 and flats and maisonettes £231,600.
Are house prices going up in Bournmoor?
The median was £319,995 in 2025, down 9% on 2024 (£350,275), and £212,500 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 Bournmoor each year?
20 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 31 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Bournmoor?
New homes sold for a median £384,972 over three years, against £200,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 51% of sales.
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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