Homes in Startforth sell for a median £249,975
That is the middle of 86 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 3.8 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.
55% of Startforth’s sales are detached houses
86 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 30 semi-detached houses, 8 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £250K–£338K
- Last 12 months
- £297K12 sold
- New build
- £323K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £171K–£235K
- Last 12 months
- £225K9 sold
- New build
- £210K
Terraced houses: 8 sold, median £182K
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 55% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Startforth’s homes sold for between £204K and £322K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £363K. 50% sold for under £250K.
The median, £249,975, sits in the £200–250K band
86 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £250,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
25 sales in the last 12 months, against 39 in 2022, the busiest year, and 6 in 2010.
Startforth costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Startforth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £75K | £75K | — | — | £186K | £250K | £297K |
| Semi-detached houses | £48K | £62K | — | — | £170K | £170K | £225K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 70% in 2017
185 new homes have been sold in Startforth since 1995; the share peaked at 70% in 2017.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £306,846
against £249,950 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Startforth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Grassholme Way is Startforth’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | Grassholme Way | DL12 | 21 | £312,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Grangefields | DL12 | 10 | £207,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Selset Close | DL12 | 8 | £209,620 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Startforth Park | DL12 | 7 | £203,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Burnhope Way | DL12 | 5 | £230,000 | Mostly detached houses |
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.
Startforth’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: West Auckland.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startforth | — | £250K | 25 | +39% |
| Barnard Castle | 0.7 | £240K | 72 | +33% |
| Staindrop | 5.8 | £214K | 14 | +70% |
| Cockfield | 7 | £95K | 15 | +94% |
| Gainford | 7.9 | £230K | 17 | +8% |
| Evenwood | 8.9 | £89K | 12 | +48% |
| West Auckland | 10 | £114K | 25 | +5% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 11 | £127K | 27 | +49% |
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 Startforth
What is the average house price in Startforth?
The median home in Startforth sold for £249,975 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 86 standard sales (£250,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £308,745, semi-detached houses £214,995 and terraced houses £182,000.
Are house prices going up in Startforth?
The median was £285,000 in 2025, up 24% on 2024 (£229,997), and £250,000 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 Startforth each year?
25 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 32 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Startforth?
New homes sold for a median £306,846 over three years, against £249,950 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
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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