That is the middle of 535 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 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.
535 homes sold in three years: 140 detached houses, 127 semi-detached houses, 161 terraced houses and 107 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 140 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£535K
Last 12 months
£435K50 sold
Semi-detached houses£243K
median sale · 127 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£189K–£344K
Last 12 months
£268K29 sold
Terraced houses£235K
median sale · 161 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£320K
Last 12 months
£244K42 sold
Flats and maisonettes£139K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£175K
Last 12 months
£156K25 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Hexham’s homes sold for between £170K and £395K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £500K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £265,000, sits in the £250–300K band
535 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £73,000 in 1995 to £289,500 in the last 12 months (£210,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
146 sales in the last 12 months, against 317 in 1999, the busiest year, and 134 in 2012. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hexham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Hexham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£115K
£140K
£290K
£315K
£300K
£360K
£435K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£75K
£172K
£150K
£162K
£188K
£268K
Terraced houses
£54K
£77K
£152K
£175K
£173K
£161K
£244K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£43K
£123K
£119K
£113K
£140K
£156K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 19% in 2017
414 new homes have been sold in Hexham since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.1% sold leasehold in Hexham. 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
Hackwood Park is Hexham’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
25 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Hackwood Park
NE46
9
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Kings Mews
NE46
9
£165,000
Mostly flats
3
Battle Hill
NE46
9
£143,000
Mostly flats
4
Pudding Mews
NE46
9
£95,000
Mostly flats
5
Shaws Park
NE46
8
£465,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Wydon Park
NE46
8
£212,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Bowman Drive
NE46
8
£163,300
Mostly flats
8
Collingwood Drive
NE46
7
£425,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Leazes Park
NE46
7
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Leazes Crescent
NE46
7
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Edgewood
NE46
7
£293,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Hewson Court
NE46
7
£285,000
Mostly flats
13
Eastwood Grange Road
NE46
7
£265,000
Mixed
14
Windsor Terrace
NE46
7
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Bywell Avenue
NE46
7
£240,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Leazes Lane: £697,500
Hexham median£265K
Leazes Lane£698K
Elvaston Road£620K
Shaws Park£465K
Hackwood Park£435K
Collingwood Drive£425K
Cheapest streets
Pudding Mews: £95,000
Hexham median£265K
Pudding Mews£95K
Battle Hill£143K
Eilansgate Terrace£160K
Bowman Drive£163K
Kings Mews£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.3 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
Hexham is the 5th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Hexham is in the middle of Northumberland’s 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 Hexham
What is the average house price in Hexham?
The median home in Hexham sold for £265,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 535 standard sales (£289,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £242,861, terraced houses £235,000 and flats and maisonettes £139,000.
Are house prices going up in Hexham?
The median was £271,000 in 2025, up 15% on 2024 (£235,000), and £289,500 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 Hexham each year?
146 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 203 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hexham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Leazes Lane (NE46, £697,500), Elvaston Road (NE46, £620,000) and Shaws Park (NE46, £465,000).
Is Hexham expensive for Northumberland?
Hexham is the 4th 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.