That is the middle of 701 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 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.
701 homes sold in three years: 305 detached houses, 277 semi-detached houses, 79 terraced houses and 40 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£320K
median sale · 305 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£365K
Last 12 months
£320K41 sold
New build
£330K
Semi-detached houses£210K
median sale · 277 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£245K
Last 12 months
£210K55 sold
New build
£215K
Terraced houses£174K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£299K
Last 12 months
£150K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£116K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£155K
Last 12 months
£150K11 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 44% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses44%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses11%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Egglescliffe’s homes sold for between £190K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £147K and one in ten over £418K. 51% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £245,000, sits in the £200–250K band
701 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 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 £211,500 in the last 12 months (£200,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
130 sales in the last 12 months, against 364 in 2002, the busiest year, and 152 in 2011. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Egglescliffe costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Egglescliffe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£90K
£190K
£198K
£240K
£211K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£59K
£135K
£150K
£150K
£167K
£210K
Terraced houses
£43K
£49K
£120K
£115K
£171K
£141K
£150K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£36K
£100K
£150K
£138K
£134K
£150K
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
13% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
890 new homes have been sold in Egglescliffe since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 2024.
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 £310,000
against £215,000 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.4% sold leasehold in Egglescliffe. 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
Crossthwaite Drive is Egglescliffe’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
40 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Crossthwaite Drive
TS16
31
£320,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Yarm Road
TS16
29
£565,000
Mixed
3
Horsely Way
TS16
27
£422,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Merrygill Drive
TS16
23
£270,746
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Glades Road
TS16
20
£365,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Thorngate Way
TS16
19
£294,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Thringarth Close
TS16
14
£289,995
Mixed · new builds
8
Hudeshope Way
TS16
14
£275,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Meadowfield Drive
TS16
14
£221,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Rowantree Road
TS16
13
£377,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
The Avenue
TS16
13
£105,000
Mostly flats
12
Scoberry Road
TS16
12
£302,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Beechwood Road
TS16
12
£157,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Holmwath Drive
TS16
11
£320,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Emsworth Drive
TS16
10
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Yarm Road: £565,000
Egglescliffe median£245K
Yarm Road£565K
Horsely Way£423K
Rowantree Road£378K
Glades Road£365K
Langdon Way£325K
Cheapest streets
The Avenue: £105,000
Egglescliffe median£245K
The Avenue£105K
Formby Walk£105K
Myrtle Road£142K
Leven Close£150K
Beechwood Road£157K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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
Egglescliffe is the 4th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Egglescliffe 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 Egglescliffe
What is the average house price in Egglescliffe?
The median home in Egglescliffe sold for £245,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 701 standard sales (£211,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £210,000, terraced houses £174,000 and flats and maisonettes £115,975.
Are house prices going up in Egglescliffe?
The median was £239,106 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£255,000), and £211,500 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 Egglescliffe each year?
130 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 199 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Egglescliffe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Yarm Road (TS16, £565,000), Horsely Way (TS16, £422,750) and Rowantree Road (TS16, £377,995).
How much does a new build cost in Egglescliffe?
New homes sold for a median £310,000 over three years, against £215,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 30% of sales.
Is Egglescliffe expensive for County Durham?
Egglescliffe is the 4th 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.