That is the middle of 1,231 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 4.1 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.
1,231 homes sold in three years: 347 detached houses, 264 semi-detached houses, 556 terraced houses and 64 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£250K
median sale · 347 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£289K
Last 12 months
£250K74 sold
New build
£261K
Semi-detached houses£161K
median sale · 264 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£180K
Last 12 months
£165K62 sold
New build
£172K
Terraced houses£101K
median sale · 556 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£69K–£130K
Last 12 months
£105K145 sold
New build
£161K
Flats and maisonettes£64K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£42K–£82K
Last 12 months
£70K17 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 45% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses45%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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.
Price range
Half of Ashington’s homes sold for between £90K and £210K
One sale in ten was under £58K and one in ten over £275K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £140,000, sits in the £100–150K band
1,231 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £34,000 in 1995 to £138,475 in the last 12 months (£110,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
298 sales in the last 12 months, against 793 in 2007, the busiest year, and 265 in 2009. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ashington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ashington, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£66K
£79K
£175K
£168K
£180K
£210K
£250K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£53K
£120K
£118K
£120K
£130K
£165K
Terraced houses
£25K
£26K
£70K
£72K
£65K
£78K
£105K
Flats and maisonettes
£20K
£19K
£65K
£50K
£56K
£55K
£70K
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
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 33% in 2020
2,038 new homes have been sold in Ashington since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2020.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £229,950
against £126,000 for a home sold on, 83% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.3% sold leasehold in Ashington. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Hankley Way is Ashington’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
79 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 30 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
Hankley Way
NE63
37
£174,950
Mixed · new builds
2
Tralee Court
NE63
29
£284,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Sycamore Street
NE63
28
£48,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Kingdown Place
NE63
25
£284,953
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Formby Crescent
NE63
24
£284,951
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Milburn Road
NE63
23
£92,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Temple Close
NE63
22
£174,975
Mixed · new builds
8
Sawgrass Walk
NE63
20
£224,975
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Rothbury Drive
NE63
19
£172,500
Mixed
10
Shrigley Avenue
NE63
18
£172,951
Mixed · new builds
11
Barnston
NE63
18
£148,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
North Seaton Road
NE63
18
£102,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Burnside
NE63
16
£126,342
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Rosalind Street
NE63
16
£55,750
Mostly terraced houses
15
Chestnut Street
NE63
15
£52,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Karlsson Way: £345,000
Ashington median£140K
Karlsson Way£345K
Waterville Grove£300K
The Demesne£298K
Kingdown Place£285K
Formby Crescent£285K
Cheapest streets
Sycamore Street: £48,000
Ashington median£140K
Sycamore Street£48K
Katherine Street£48K
Chestnut Street£53K
Hawthorn Road£55K
Beatrice Street£55K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.2 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.
Across Northumberland
Ashington is the 18th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Ashington is one of Northumberland’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Ashington
What is the average house price in Ashington?
The median home in Ashington sold for £140,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,231 standard sales (£138,475 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £249,999, semi-detached houses £161,476, terraced houses £101,250 and flats and maisonettes £64,000.
Are house prices going up in Ashington?
The median was £145,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£135,000), and £138,475 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 Ashington each year?
298 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 440 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ashington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Karlsson Way (NE63, £345,000), Waterville Grove (NE63, £300,000) and The Demesne (NE63, £297,500).
How much does a new build cost in Ashington?
New homes sold for a median £229,950 over three years, against £126,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Ashington expensive for Northumberland?
Ashington is the 18th most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in Northumberland 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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