Homes in High Pittington sell for a median £172,500
That is the middle of 52 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 3.5 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.
Half of High Pittington’s sales are semi-detached houses
52 homes sold in three years: 15 detached houses, 24 semi-detached houses, 12 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£260K
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£370K
Last 12 months
£240K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£157K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£190K
Last 12 months
£175K7 sold
Terraced houses£128K
median sale · 12 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£158K
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses23%
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 High Pittington’s homes sold for between £137K and £235K
One sale in ten was under £105K and one in ten over £340K. 83% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £172,500, sits in the £150–200K band
52 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,975 in 1995 to £205,000 in the last 12 months (£107,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
16 sales in the last 12 months, against 36 in 2002, the busiest year, and 8 in 2009.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
High Pittington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: High Pittington, 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
£71K
£76K
£173K
—
£175K
—
£240K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£56K
£132K
£100K
£112K
—
£175K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
8 new homes have been sold in High Pittington since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in High Pittington. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
High Pittington’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Sherburn, Hetton-le-Hole and Easington Lane.
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 High Pittington
What is the average house price in High Pittington?
The median home in High Pittington sold for £172,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 52 standard sales (£205,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £156,750 and terraced houses £127,500.
Are house prices going up in High Pittington?
The median was £217,500 in 2025, up 38% on 2024 (£157,500), and £205,000 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 High Pittington each year?
16 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 17 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.