That is the middle of 3,901 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 3.9 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.
43% of Darlington’s sales are semi-detached houses
3,901 homes sold in three years: 792 detached houses, 1,693 semi-detached houses, 1,121 terraced houses and 295 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£267K
median sale · 792 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£325K
Last 12 months
£265K198 sold
New build
£280K
Semi-detached houses£161K
median sale · 1,693 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£205K
Last 12 months
£165K494 sold
New build
£190K
Terraced houses£115K
median sale · 1,121 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£151K
Last 12 months
£115K331 sold
New build
£163K
Flats and maisonettes£92K
median sale · 295 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£74K–£125K
Last 12 months
£95K84 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses43%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Darlington’s homes sold for between £116K and £230K
One sale in ten was under £82K and one in ten over £308K. 79% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £158,000, sits in the £150–200K band
3,901 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,375 in 1995 to £157,500 in the last 12 months (£130,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,107 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,695 in 2003, the busiest year, and 907 in 2009. Sales fell by 65% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 51% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Darlington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Darlington, 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
£79K
£90K
£192K
£183K
£200K
£222K
£265K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£53K
£118K
£123K
£125K
£135K
£165K
Terraced houses
£29K
£30K
£79K
£80K
£76K
£90K
£115K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£60K
£115K
£125K
£84K
£88K
£95K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
6,324 new homes have been sold in Darlington since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 1997.
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 £246,995
against £150,000 for a home sold on, 65% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Darlington. 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
Mulberry Avenue is Darlington’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
287 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 80 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
Mulberry Avenue
DL1
38
£219,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Walter Scott Avenue
DL2
33
£255,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Acer Drive
DL2
33
£254,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Azalea Drive
DL2
31
£174,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Coniscliffe Road
DL3
28
£316,000
Mixed
6
North Road
DL1
27
£176,500
Mixed
7
Woodland Road
DL3
27
£99,950
Mostly flats
8
Geneva Road
DL1
26
£124,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Barmpton Lane
DL1
22
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Yarm Road
DL1
22
£148,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Glaisdale Court
DL3
21
£281,000
Mixed
12
Collingsway
DL2
21
£185,000
Mixed
13
Mansergh Road
DL2
19
£320,250
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Nickleby Lane
DL2
19
£197,500
Mixed · new builds
15
Greenbank Road
DL3
19
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Ash Lane: £515,000
Darlington median£158K
Ash Lane£515K
Black Poplar Avenue£505K
Juniper Avenue£500K
Abbey Road£418K
Cardinal Gardens£405K
Cheapest streets
Skerries Walk: £58,000
Darlington median£158K
Skerries Walk£58K
Eldon Street£60K
Cumberland Street£62K
Barningham Street£63K
Haven Gardens£68K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.9 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
Darlington is the 15th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Darlington 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 Darlington
What is the average house price in Darlington?
The median home in Darlington sold for £158,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,901 standard sales (£157,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £266,750, semi-detached houses £161,000, terraced houses £115,000 and flats and maisonettes £92,000.
Are house prices going up in Darlington?
The median was £165,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£151,000), and £157,500 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 Darlington each year?
1,107 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,454 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Darlington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ash Lane (DL2, £515,000), Black Poplar Avenue (DL2, £504,950) and Juniper Avenue (DL2, £499,950).
How much does a new build cost in Darlington?
New homes sold for a median £246,995 over three years, against £150,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Darlington expensive for County Durham?
Darlington is the 15th 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.