Photo: Donald Brydon · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Spennymoor sell for a median £145,000
That is the middle of 904 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.
A third of Spennymoor’s sales are semi-detached houses
904 homes sold in three years: 247 detached houses, 331 semi-detached houses, 312 terraced houses and 14 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
median sale · 247 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £192K–£278K
- Last 12 months
- £240K77 sold
- New build
- £195K
median sale · 331 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £115K–£170K
- Last 12 months
- £145K99 sold
- New build
- £165K
median sale · 312 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £77K–£132K
- Last 12 months
- £105K101 sold
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £60K–£95K
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
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.
Half of Spennymoor’s homes sold for between £100K and £190K
One sale in ten was under £75K and one in ten over £255K. 90% sold for under £250K.
The median, £145,000, sits in the £100–150K band
904 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
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 £36,500 in 1995 to £145,500 in the last 12 months (£127,747 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
280 sales in the last 12 months, against 547 in 2021, the busiest year, and 167 in 2009. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 58% more sales than 2020.
Spennymoor costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Spennymoor, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £70K | £80K | £170K | £202K | £175K | £193K | £240K |
| Semi-detached houses | £44K | £51K | £112K | £110K | £102K | £117K | £145K |
| Terraced houses | £29K | £31K | £72K | £69K | £70K | £74K | £105K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 2.9% of sales in the last 12 months
2,319 new homes have been sold in Spennymoor since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £179,995
against £140,000 for a home sold on, 29% 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.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Spennymoor. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Bewick Way is Spennymoor’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years
62 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 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 | Bewick Way | DL16 | 41 | £175,500 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Maxey Drive | DL16 | 27 | £165,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Watson Park | DL16 | 26 | £156,475 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Willis Road | DL16 | 23 | £191,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Rokeby Way | DL16 | 19 | £133,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Parkside | DL16 | 14 | £175,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Durham Road | DL16 | 14 | £105,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Tudhoe Moor | DL16 | 13 | £92,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Weardale Street | DL16 | 13 | £78,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Hewick Road | DL16 | 12 | £264,250 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Mayfields | DL16 | 12 | £141,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Langmere | DL16 | 12 | £135,050 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Abbey Green | DL16 | 11 | £220,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | St Davids Close | DL16 | 11 | £108,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 15 | Front Street | DL16 | 11 | £95,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Sledmore Drive: £321,000
Craddock Street: £46,499
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.9 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.
Spennymoor is the 21st most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Spennymoor is in the middle of County Durham’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Spennymoor’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Ferryhill, Coundon and Leeholme and Chilton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spennymoor | — | £145K | 280 | +16% |
| Ferryhill | 2.3 | £86K | 90 | +73% |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 3 | £85K | 26 | +9% |
| Chilton | 3.3 | £124K | 67 | +24% |
| Brandon | 3.4 | £137K | 93 | +7% |
| Cornforth | 3.5 | £95K | 22 | +46% |
| Willington | 3.5 | £140K | 81 | −3% |
| Coxhoe | 3.9 | £170K | 64 | +30% |
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 Spennymoor
What is the average house price in Spennymoor?
The median home in Spennymoor sold for £145,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 904 standard sales (£145,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £221,995, semi-detached houses £145,000, terraced houses £97,500 and flats and maisonettes £64,750.
Are house prices going up in Spennymoor?
The median was £145,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£147,000), and £145,500 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 Spennymoor each year?
280 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 366 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Spennymoor?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sledmore Drive (DL16, £321,000), Hewick Road (DL16, £264,250) and South Court (DL16, £235,000).
How much does a new build cost in Spennymoor?
New homes sold for a median £179,995 over three years, against £140,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.3% of sales.
Is Spennymoor expensive for County Durham?
Spennymoor is the 20th 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.
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