Homes in Urpeth sell for a median £150,000
That is the middle of 72 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 3.7 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.
38% of Urpeth’s sales are semi-detached houses
72 homes sold in three years: 13 detached houses, 27 semi-detached houses, 23 terraced houses and 9 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 13 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £235K–£320K
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £148K–£205K
- Last 12 months
- £159K9 sold
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £120K–£149K
Flats and maisonettes: 9 sold, median £70K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% 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 Urpeth’s homes sold for between £125K and £220K
One sale in ten was under £75K and one in ten over £255K. 89% sold for under £250K.
The median, £150,000, sits in the £150–200K band
72 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,950 in 1995 to £148,000 in the last 12 months (£110,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
21 sales in the last 12 months, against 80 in 2001, the busiest year, and 9 in 2012. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Urpeth costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Urpeth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £45K | £47K | £155K | £168K | £142K | £148K | £159K |
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 47% in 2017
42 new homes have been sold in Urpeth since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2017.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
60% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 54% sold leasehold in Urpeth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Carlton Close is Urpeth’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Carlton Close | DH2 | 10 | £154,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Middleham Close | DH2 | 9 | £205,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Melbeck Drive | DH2 | 8 | £200,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Bradley Close | DH2 | 8 | £121,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Bellerby Drive | DH2 | 6 | £299,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Leyburn Close | DH2 | 6 | £144,950 | Mixed |
| 7 | Walden Close | DH2 | 5 | £148,950 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Abbotside Close | DH2 | 5 | £130,000 | Mostly semi-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.
Urpeth’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urpeth | — | £150K | 21 | +43% |
| Pelton and Ouston | 0.8 | £182K | 87 | +55% |
| Kibblesworth | 1.2 | £144K | 15 | — |
| Newfield | 1.5 | £158K | 20 | −4% |
| Birtley | 1.7 | £175K | 144 | +32% |
| Whitehill | 2.1 | £210K | 31 | +61% |
| Chester-le-Street | 2.5 | £168K | 286 | +29% |
| Springwell | 3.2 | £183K | 22 | +59% |
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 Urpeth
What is the average house price in Urpeth?
The median home in Urpeth sold for £150,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 72 standard sales (£148,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £255,000, semi-detached houses £165,000, terraced houses £135,000 and flats and maisonettes £70,000.
Are house prices going up in Urpeth?
The median was £154,500 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£150,000), and £148,000 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 Urpeth each year?
21 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 33 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Urpeth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bellerby Drive (DH2, £299,000), Middleham Close (DH2, £205,000) and Melbeck Drive (DH2, £200,000).
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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