That is the middle of 1,404 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 4.5 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.
1,404 homes sold in three years: 379 detached houses, 461 semi-detached houses, 531 terraced houses and 33 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£265K
median sale · 379 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£315K
Last 12 months
£285K78 sold
New build
£279K
Semi-detached houses£155K
median sale · 461 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£124K–£180K
Last 12 months
£153K132 sold
New build
£173K
Terraced houses£112K
median sale · 531 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£137K
Last 12 months
£111K144 sold
Flats and maisonettes£68K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£45K–£105K
Last 12 months
£75K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes2%
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 Consett’s homes sold for between £110K and £215K
One sale in ten was under £78K and one in ten over £295K. 82% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £150,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,404 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £32,450 in 1995 to £147,000 in the last 12 months (£122,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
361 sales in the last 12 months, against 932 in 2007, the busiest year, and 320 in 2009. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 35% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Consett costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Consett, 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
£84K
£87K
£187K
£178K
£182K
£213K
£285K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£48K
£118K
£99K
£115K
£120K
£153K
Terraced houses
£30K
£31K
£83K
£87K
£78K
£91K
£111K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£25K
£75K
£108K
£72K
£95K
£75K
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
3,236 new homes have been sold in Consett since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2004.
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 £225,000
against £140,000 for a home sold on, 61% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.4% sold leasehold in Consett. 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
Victory Close is Consett’s busiest street, with 55 sales in three years
100 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Victory Close
DH8
55
£175,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Queen Elizabeth Drive
DH8
38
£261,475
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Durham Road
DH8
27
£100,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Redmire Drive
DH8
21
£187,000
Mixed
5
Fenwick Way
DH8
20
£185,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Arkless Grove
DH8
20
£130,000
Mixed
7
Benfieldside Road
DH8
19
£175,000
Mixed
8
Medomsley Road
DH8
19
£114,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Monarch Road
DH8
18
£179,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Havering Court
DH8
17
£189,950
Mixed · new builds
11
Majesty Close
DH8
14
£311,525
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Langdon Close
DH8
14
£283,250
Mixed
13
Greenways
DH8
14
£138,100
Mixed
14
Briardale
DH8
14
£90,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Stuart Court
DH8
12
£182,475
Mixed
Dearest streets
Duchy Close: £435,000
Consett median£150K
Duchy Close£435K
Queens Road£410K
Oley Meadows£352K
Jubilee Drive£315K
Majesty Close£312K
Cheapest streets
Pemberton Avenue: £65,000
Consett median£150K
Pemberton Avenue£65K
Buddle Street£65K
Temple Gardens£73K
Park Road£77K
Surrey Crescent£77K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.7 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
Consett is the 18th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Consett 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 Consett
What is the average house price in Consett?
The median home in Consett sold for £150,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,404 standard sales (£147,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £265,000, semi-detached houses £155,000, terraced houses £112,000 and flats and maisonettes £68,000.
Are house prices going up in Consett?
The median was £154,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£155,000), and £147,000 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 Consett each year?
361 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 501 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Consett?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Duchy Close (DH8, £435,000), Queens Road (DH8, £410,000) and Oley Meadows (DH8, £352,052).
How much does a new build cost in Consett?
New homes sold for a median £225,000 over three years, against £140,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Consett expensive for County Durham?
Consett is the 18th 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.