That is the middle of 1,521 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 4.4 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.
1,521 homes sold in three years: 374 detached houses, 681 semi-detached houses, 280 terraced houses and 186 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£360K
median sale · 374 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£475K
Last 12 months
£370K101 sold
New build
£344K
Semi-detached houses£203K
median sale · 681 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£257K
Last 12 months
£215K172 sold
New build
£220K
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 280 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£139K–£290K
Last 12 months
£207K82 sold
New build
£147K
Flats and maisonettes£119K
median sale · 186 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£175K
Last 12 months
£114K56 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 45% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses45%
Terraced houses18%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Durham’s homes sold for between £162K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £117K and one in ten over £450K. 59% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,521 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,500 in 1995 to £230,000 in the last 12 months (£187,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
411 sales in the last 12 months, against 925 in 2006, the busiest year, and 439 in 2011. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Durham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Durham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£126K
£99K
£243K
£251K
£295K
£342K
£370K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£58K
£145K
£141K
£148K
£168K
£215K
Terraced houses
£48K
£59K
£155K
£180K
£167K
£167K
£207K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£60K
£162K
£118K
£125K
£146K
£114K
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
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,824 new homes have been sold in Durham since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2006.
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 £302,100
against £212,500 for a home sold on, 42% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.9% sold leasehold in Durham. 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
Woodward Way is Durham’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
105 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 30 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
Woodward Way
DH1
26
£342,450
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Boltslaw Place
DH1
24
£250,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Sergeant Close
DH1
23
£324,950
Mixed · new builds
4
Kilmond Way
DH1
20
£246,522
Mixed · new builds
5
Islington Drive
DH1
15
£309,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Canterbury Road
DH1
15
£220,000
Mixed
7
York Crescent
DH1
15
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
High Street
DH1
15
£123,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Durham Moor
DH1
15
£115,000
Mostly flats
10
Harvey Avenue
DH1
13
£250,000
Mixed
11
Moor Crescent
DH1
13
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Grinstead Way
DH1
13
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Illingworth Grove
DH1
12
£373,000
Mixed
14
Kirkwood Drive
DH1
12
£287,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Old Dryburn Way
DH1
12
£228,750
Mixed
Dearest streets
Symeon Court: £1,044,695
Durham median£220K
Symeon Court£1M
Richardby Crescent£780K
Albert Street£550K
Fowler Wynd£546K
Rosemount£513K
Cheapest streets
Minster Court: £82,500
Durham median£220K
Minster Court£83K
Grange Court£88K
Farrier Close£90K
Claypath Court£105K
Newcastle Terrace£110K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.7 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
Durham is the 6th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Durham is one of County Durham’s dearest 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 Durham
What is the average house price in Durham?
The median home in Durham sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,521 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £359,997, semi-detached houses £202,500, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £118,500.
Are house prices going up in Durham?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£220,000), and £230,000 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 Durham each year?
411 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 595 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Durham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Symeon Court (DH1, £1,044,695), Richardby Crescent (DH1, £780,000) and Albert Street (DH1, £550,000).
How much does a new build cost in Durham?
New homes sold for a median £302,100 over three years, against £212,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Durham expensive for County Durham?
Durham is the 6th 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.