That is the middle of 268 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 3.6 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.
A third of Sedgefield’s sales are semi-detached houses
268 homes sold in three years: 62 detached houses, 100 semi-detached houses, 68 terraced houses and 38 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£388K
Last 12 months
£348K24 sold
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£235K
Last 12 months
£195K29 sold
Terraced houses£168K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£131K–£210K
Last 12 months
£175K22 sold
Flats and maisonettes£75K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£65K–£90K
Last 12 months
£75K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Sedgefield’s homes sold for between £135K and £265K
One sale in ten was under £83K and one in ten over £355K. 68% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £190,000, sits in the £150–200K band
268 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,712 in 1995 to £203,050 in the last 12 months (£242,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
84 sales in the last 12 months, against 191 in 2002, the busiest year, and 53 in 2012. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sedgefield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sedgefield, 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
£71K
£117K
£250K
£245K
£262K
£310K
£348K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£63K
£155K
£157K
£146K
£180K
£195K
Terraced houses
£55K
£57K
£120K
£125K
£139K
£165K
£175K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£30K
£106K
£85K
£76K
£71K
£75K
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
542 new homes have been sold in Sedgefield since 1995; the share peaked at 42% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.5% sold leasehold in Sedgefield. 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
Front Street is Sedgefield’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Front Street
TS21
18
£69,975
Mostly flats
2
Winterton Avenue
TS21
15
£230,000
Mixed
3
The Gables
TS21
13
£121,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Lorimer Close
TS21
11
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Mitford Court
TS21
9
£199,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Saddler Drive
TS21
8
£342,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Beaumont Court
TS21
8
£185,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
Cunningham Court
TS21
8
£70,250
Mostly flats
9
Hornby Avenue
TS21
7
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
West End
TS21
7
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
The Meadows
TS21
6
£277,475
Mixed
12
St Edmunds Green
TS21
5
£335,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Spring Lane
TS21
5
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Wellgarth Mews
TS21
5
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Rectory Row
TS21
5
£222,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Lorimer Close: £345,000
Sedgefield median£190K
Lorimer Close£345K
Saddler Drive£343K
St Edmunds Green£335K
Spring Lane£285K
The Meadows£277K
Cheapest streets
Front Street: £69,975
Sedgefield median£190K
Front Street£70K
Cunningham Court£70K
The Gables£121K
West End£180K
Beaumont Court£186K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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
Sedgefield is the 7th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield
What is the average house price in Sedgefield?
The median home in Sedgefield sold for £190,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 268 standard sales (£203,050 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £167,500 and flats and maisonettes £74,950.
Are house prices going up in Sedgefield?
The median was £185,750 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£192,500), and £203,050 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 Sedgefield each year?
84 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 107 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sedgefield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lorimer Close (TS21, £345,000), Saddler Drive (TS21, £342,500) and St Edmunds Green (TS21, £335,000).
Is Sedgefield expensive for County Durham?
Sedgefield is the 7th 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.