That is the middle of 877 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 4.3 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.
877 homes sold in three years: 294 detached houses, 277 semi-detached houses, 184 terraced houses and 122 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£390K
median sale · 294 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£327K–£478K
Last 12 months
£413K64 sold
New build
£395K
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 277 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£285K
Last 12 months
£250K82 sold
New build
£240K
Terraced houses£194K
median sale · 184 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£152K–£295K
Last 12 months
£200K61 sold
Flats and maisonettes£151K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£109K–£190K
Last 12 months
£151K38 sold
New build
£605K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Morpeth’s homes sold for between £180K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £131K and one in ten over £485K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £272,000, sits in the £250–300K band
877 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,950 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£215,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
245 sales in the last 12 months, against 390 in 2001, the busiest year, and 154 in 2009. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Morpeth costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Morpeth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£87K
£128K
£249K
£265K
£297K
£345K
£413K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£71K
£179K
£180K
£180K
£194K
£250K
Terraced houses
£43K
£50K
£139K
£143K
£149K
£167K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£65K
£132K
£132K
£142K
£166K
£151K
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 34% in 2017
1,136 new homes have been sold in Morpeth since 1995; the share peaked at 34% 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
A new home sold for a median £389,995
against £260,000 for a home sold on, 50% 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.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.4% sold leasehold in Morpeth. 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
Dacre Street is Morpeth’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
64 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Dacre Street
NE61
28
£137,000
Mostly flats
2
Bowyer Way
NE61
26
£264,873
Mixed
3
Palmerston Avenue
NE61
21
£334,995
Mostly detached houses
4
Loansdean Wood
NE61
21
£182,000
Mixed
5
Tailor Way
NE61
20
£276,122
Mixed · new builds
6
Green Lane
NE61
17
£198,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Elsdon Place
NE61
16
£334,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Tanners Road
NE61
15
£309,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Sparrow Lea
NE61
14
£607,002
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Wansdyke
NE61
12
£384,750
Mostly detached houses
11
Abbey Meadows
NE61
12
£275,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Cordwainers
NE61
12
£154,700
Mixed
13
Grange Road
NE61
10
£244,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Mathesons Gardens
NE61
10
£182,500
Mostly flats
15
The Pastures
NE61
9
£270,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Sparrow Lea: £607,002
Morpeth median£272K
Sparrow Lea£607K
Redwing Close£606K
Manor Place£605K
Whinchat Way£533K
Rectory Park£453K
Cheapest streets
Cheviot Court: £72,500
Morpeth median£272K
Cheviot Court£73K
Turner Square£108K
Willow Close£110K
Dawson Place£115K
Second Avenue£120K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.4 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
Morpeth is the 3rd most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Morpeth is one of Northumberland’s dearest 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 Morpeth
What is the average house price in Morpeth?
The median home in Morpeth sold for £272,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 877 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £390,000, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £193,500 and flats and maisonettes £150,500.
Are house prices going up in Morpeth?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£271,750), and £260,000 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 Morpeth each year?
245 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 311 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Morpeth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sparrow Lea (NE61, £607,002), Redwing Close (NE61, £605,950) and Manor Place (NE61, £605,000).
How much does a new build cost in Morpeth?
New homes sold for a median £389,995 over three years, against £260,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Morpeth expensive for Northumberland?
Morpeth is the 3rd 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.