Homes in Whitehill sell for a median £210,000
That is the middle of 115 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 7.5 times as much as in 1997. 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.
43% of Whitehill’s sales are detached houses
115 homes sold in three years: 49 detached houses, 41 semi-detached houses, 21 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £269K–£329K
- Last 12 months
- £329K11 sold
- New build
- £307K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £146K–£224K
- Last 12 months
- £202K10 sold
- New build
- £226K
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £100K–£146K
- Last 12 months
- £110K9 sold
- New build
- £146K
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 43% 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 Whitehill’s homes sold for between £145K and £288K
One sale in ten was under £94K and one in ten over £330K. 65% sold for under £250K.
The median, £210,000, sits in the £200–250K band
115 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 7.5 times as much as in 1997, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £30,000 in 1997 to £223,995 in the last 12 months (£109,250 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
31 sales in the last 12 months, against 63 in 2022, the busiest year, and 12 in 2016. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Whitehill costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitehill, 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
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | — | — | £144K | £160K | £157K | £329K |
| Semi-detached houses | — | £82K | £138K | £126K | £106K | £202K |
| Terraced houses | £34K | £76K | £115K | £100K | £103K | £110K |
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.
42% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
305 new homes have been sold in Whitehill since 1995; the share peaked at 75% in 2009.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £274,995
against £147,500 for a home sold on, 86% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Whitehill. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Plantation Close is Whitehill’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Plantation Close | DH2 | 29 | £289,495 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Waggon Close | DH2 | 21 | £239,995 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Burnlands Way | DH2 | 13 | £294,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Gardiner Crescent | DH2 | 5 | £100,000 | Mostly terraced 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.
Whitehill’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Chester-le-Street, Pelton and Ouston and Sacriston.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill | — | £210K | 31 | +61% |
| Newfield | 0.7 | £158K | 20 | −4% |
| Chester-le-Street | 1.1 | £168K | 286 | +29% |
| Pelton and Ouston | 1.4 | £182K | 87 | +55% |
| Urpeth | 2.1 | £150K | 21 | +43% |
| Sacriston | 2.7 | £127K | 50 | +32% |
| Great Lumley | 3 | £187K | 35 | +36% |
| Birtley | 3.1 | £175K | 144 | +32% |
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 Whitehill
What is the average house price in Whitehill?
The median home in Whitehill sold for £210,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 115 standard sales (£223,995 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £299,995, semi-detached houses £169,950 and terraced houses £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitehill?
The median was £185,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£200,000), and £223,995 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 Whitehill each year?
31 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 36 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Whitehill?
New homes sold for a median £274,995 over three years, against £147,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 51% 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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