Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Witton-le-Wear sells for £275,000
That is the middle of 25 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 2001, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 2001 to £282,500 in the last 12 months (£255,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 19 in 2002, the busiest year, and 5 in 2023.
Witton-le-Wear costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Witton-le-Wear, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
28 new homes have been sold in Witton-le-Wear since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2010.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Witton-le-Wear. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Witton-le-Wear’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Crook, West Auckland and Bishop Auckland.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witton-le-Wear | — | £275K | 10 | +15% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 2.2 | £127K | 27 | +49% |
| Crook | 2.6 | £115K | 88 | +26% |
| West Auckland | 3.9 | £114K | 25 | +5% |
| Evenwood | 3.9 | £89K | 12 | +48% |
| Bishop Auckland | 4.2 | £144K | 272 | +44% |
| Billy Row | 4.2 | £98K | 17 | +38% |
| Willington | 4.2 | £140K | 81 | −3% |
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 Witton-le-Wear
What is the average house price in Witton-le-Wear?
The median home in Witton-le-Wear sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 25 standard sales (£282,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £265,000 and terraced houses £173,000.
How many homes sell in Witton-le-Wear each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 9 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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