That is the middle of 368 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 3.4 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.
Half of Stakeford’s sales are semi-detached houses
368 homes sold in three years: 59 detached houses, 194 semi-detached houses, 90 terraced houses and 25 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 6.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£222K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£255K
Last 12 months
£235K15 sold
Semi-detached houses£150K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£180K
Last 12 months
£151K60 sold
Terraced houses£115K
median sale · 90 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£88K–£138K
Last 12 months
£120K29 sold
Flats and maisonettes£35K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£23K–£73K
Last 12 months
£45K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 53% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses53%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Stakeford’s homes sold for between £107K and £183K
One sale in ten was under £77K and one in ten over £221K. 95% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £142,500, sits in the £100–150K band
368 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £145,000 in the last 12 months (£111,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
109 sales in the last 12 months, against 234 in 2007, the busiest year, and 79 in 2010. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 20%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Stakeford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Stakeford, 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
£69K
£81K
£190K
£168K
£165K
£193K
£235K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£49K
£124K
£105K
£105K
£116K
£151K
Terraced houses
£26K
£29K
£90K
£82K
£95K
£89K
£120K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£20K
£45K
£32K
£22K
£30K
£45K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
295 new homes have been sold in Stakeford since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 15% sold leasehold in Stakeford. 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
Ashington Drive is Stakeford’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
24 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
Ashington Drive
NE62
19
£145,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Woodhorn Drive
NE62
16
£76,000
Mixed
3
Stakeford Crescent
NE62
11
£128,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Ringway
NE62
9
£190,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Fairway
NE62
8
£145,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Sheepwash Bank
NE62
8
£105,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
East Terrace
NE62
8
£91,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Coleridge Drive
NE62
7
£182,500
Mixed
9
Simonside Avenue
NE62
7
£177,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Beverley Drive
NE62
7
£155,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Osier Court
NE62
7
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Willowbrook Close
NE22
6
£187,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Leander Avenue
NE62
6
£185,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Lesbury Avenue
NE62
6
£98,750
Mixed
15
Church Avenue
NE62
6
£89,725
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Carlow Drive: £255,000
Stakeford median£143K
Carlow Drive£255K
Glendale Gardens£215K
Ringway£190K
Riversdale Avenue£190K
Willowbrook Close£188K
Cheapest streets
Woodhorn Drive: £76,000
Stakeford median£143K
Woodhorn Drive£76K
Front Street£85K
Church Avenue£90K
East Terrace£91K
Lesbury Avenue£99K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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
Stakeford is the 17th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Stakeford 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 Stakeford
What is the average house price in Stakeford?
The median home in Stakeford sold for £142,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 368 standard sales (£145,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £222,000, semi-detached houses £150,000, terraced houses £115,000 and flats and maisonettes £35,000.
Are house prices going up in Stakeford?
The median was £139,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£145,500), and £145,000 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 Stakeford each year?
109 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 122 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Stakeford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Carlow Drive (NE62, £255,000), Glendale Gardens (NE62, £215,000) and Ringway (NE62, £190,000).
Is Stakeford expensive for Northumberland?
Stakeford is the 17th 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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