That is the middle of 3,379 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.
3,379 homes sold in three years: 841 detached houses, 1,135 semi-detached houses, 1,248 terraced houses and 155 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£252K
median sale · 841 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£318K
Last 12 months
£250K217 sold
New build
£290K
Semi-detached houses£155K
median sale · 1,135 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£127K–£180K
Last 12 months
£155K331 sold
New build
£171K
Terraced houses£90K
median sale · 1,248 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£66K–£120K
Last 12 months
£95K312 sold
New build
£146K
Flats and maisonettes£85K
median sale · 155 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£65K–£115K
Last 12 months
£85K38 sold
New build
£125K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses37%
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 Hartlepool’s homes sold for between £92K and £205K
One sale in ten was under £65K and one in ten over £285K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £144,000, sits in the £100–150K band
3,379 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 £36,000 in 1995 to £145,000 in the last 12 months (£125,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
898 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,741 in 2004, the busiest year, and 788 in 2009. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hartlepool costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hartlepool, 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
£72K
£88K
£181K
£192K
£180K
£215K
£250K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£53K
£107K
£122K
£125K
£131K
£155K
Terraced houses
£27K
£25K
£50K
£74K
£70K
£69K
£95K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£32K
£90K
£101K
£67K
£77K
£85K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
6,088 new homes have been sold in Hartlepool since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2000.
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 £216,995
against £135,000 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, 1.1% sold leasehold in Hartlepool. 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
Littlebeck Way is Hartlepool’s busiest street, with 50 sales in three years
243 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 71 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
Littlebeck Way
TS25
50
£206,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Sapphire Way
TS24
31
£189,950
Mixed · new builds
3
Stockton Road
TS25
30
£140,000
Mixed
4
Liverton Gardens
TS25
27
£158,645
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Laycock Way
TS26
26
£305,970
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Catcote Road
TS25
24
£138,000
Mixed
7
Ashford Close
TS26
22
£319,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Wansbeck Gardens
TS26
22
£136,250
Mostly terraced houses
9
Vickers Lane
TS25
21
£155,000
Mixed
10
Park Road (TS26)
TS26
20
£237,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Elwick Road
TS26
20
£159,250
Mixed
12
Owton Manor Lane
TS25
19
£92,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Cornwall Street
TS25
19
£50,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Sheriff Street
TS26
19
£40,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Westbrooke Avenue
TS25
18
£178,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Mayfair Gardens: £509,950
Hartlepool median£144K
Mayfair Gardens£510K
The Spinney£455K
Snowdrop Road£420K
The Grove£395K
Chastleton Close£387K
Cheapest streets
Rugby Street: £32,000
Hartlepool median£144K
Rugby Street£32K
Cameron Road£33K
Devon Street£35K
Rossall Street£35K
Dent Street£35K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 15.9 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
Hartlepool is the 23rd most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Hartlepool 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 Hartlepool
What is the average house price in Hartlepool?
The median home in Hartlepool sold for £144,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,379 standard sales (£145,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £252,000, semi-detached houses £155,000, terraced houses £90,000 and flats and maisonettes £84,529.
Are house prices going up in Hartlepool?
The median was £145,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£143,750), and £145,000 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 Hartlepool each year?
898 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,233 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hartlepool?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mayfair Gardens (TS26, £509,950), The Spinney (TS26, £455,000) and Snowdrop Road (TS26, £420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Hartlepool?
New homes sold for a median £216,995 over three years, against £135,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.6% of sales.
Is Hartlepool expensive for County Durham?
Hartlepool is the 23rd 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.