That is the middle of 305 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 2.7 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.
305 homes sold in three years: 79 detached houses, 119 semi-detached houses, 93 terraced houses and 14 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£253K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£216K–£325K
Last 12 months
£265K25 sold
Semi-detached houses£135K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£166K
Last 12 months
£135K35 sold
Terraced houses£110K
median sale · 93 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£89K–£132K
Last 12 months
£113K28 sold
Flats and maisonettes£73K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£68K–£78K
Last 12 months
£73K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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 Brandon’s homes sold for between £102K and £195K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £270K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £137,000, sits in the £100–150K band
305 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 2.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,500 in 1995 to £136,000 in the last 12 months (£148,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
93 sales in the last 12 months, against 232 in 2002, the busiest year, and 44 in 2009. Sales fell by 80% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Brandon costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Brandon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£75K
£75K
£175K
£177K
£191K
£230K
£265K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£48K
£101K
£118K
£105K
£112K
£135K
Terraced houses
£30K
£35K
£87K
£78K
£83K
£92K
£113K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£23K
£118K
—
—
—
£73K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 33% in 2019
484 new homes have been sold in Brandon since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 7.6% sold leasehold in Brandon. 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
Deerness Heights is Brandon’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
19 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Deerness Heights
DH7
15
£125,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Scripton Gill
DH7
11
£125,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Brancepeth View
DH7
9
£242,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Winchester Drive
DH7
8
£230,000
Mixed
5
Cavendish Court
DH7
8
£177,250
Mostly detached houses
6
Halliday Grove
DH7
7
£342,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Browney Lane
DH7
6
£141,500
Mixed
8
Grove Road
DH7
6
£122,500
Mixed
9
Station Avenue
DH7
6
£122,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Cherry Park
DH7
6
£96,250
Mostly terraced houses
11
Alder Park
DH7
6
£91,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Meadow Rise
DH7
6
£67,750
Mostly flats
13
Northwood Drive
DH7
5
£268,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Brookes Rise
DH7
5
£243,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
St Cuthberts Walk
DH7
5
£141,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Halliday Grove: £342,000
Brandon median£137K
Halliday Grove£342K
Northwood Drive£268K
Brookes Rise£243K
Brancepeth View£243K
Winchester Drive£230K
Cheapest streets
Meadow Rise: £67,750
Brandon median£137K
Meadow Rise£68K
Harle Street£85K
Alder Park£92K
Red Courts£95K
Cherry Park£96K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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
Brandon is the 28th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Brandon 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 Brandon
What is the average house price in Brandon?
The median home in Brandon sold for £137,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 305 standard sales (£136,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £252,500, semi-detached houses £135,000, terraced houses £110,000 and flats and maisonettes £72,750.
Are house prices going up in Brandon?
The median was £135,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£145,000), and £136,000 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 Brandon each year?
93 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 123 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Brandon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Halliday Grove (DH7, £342,000), Northwood Drive (DH7, £268,000) and Brookes Rise (DH7, £243,000).
Is Brandon expensive for County Durham?
Brandon is the 28th 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.