That is the middle of 597 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.
597 homes sold in three years: 81 detached houses, 218 semi-detached houses, 263 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£266K
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£318K
Last 12 months
£318K19 sold
New build
£250K
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 218 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£200K
Last 12 months
£163K57 sold
Terraced houses£135K
median sale · 263 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£114K–£160K
Last 12 months
£145K72 sold
New build
£171K
Flats and maisonettes£80K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£52K–£94K
Last 12 months
£90K9 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 44% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses44%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Blaydon’s homes sold for between £120K and £205K
One sale in ten was under £95K and one in ten over £263K. 87% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £150,000, sits in the £150–200K band
597 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 £38,000 in 1995 to £155,000 in the last 12 months (£128,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
157 sales in the last 12 months, against 425 in 2007, the busiest year, and 150 in 2012. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Blaydon costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Blaydon, 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
£73K
£85K
£188K
£196K
£194K
£216K
£318K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£60K
£120K
£138K
£132K
£150K
£163K
Terraced houses
£34K
£36K
£88K
£114K
£102K
£120K
£145K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£32K
£84K
£76K
£65K
£75K
£90K
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
791 new homes have been sold in Blaydon since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2010.
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 £229,995
against £147,500 for a home sold on, 56% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.2% sold leasehold in Blaydon. 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
Birch Road is Blaydon’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Birch Road
NE21
19
£227,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Sycamore Road
NE21
14
£229,995
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
3
Hanover Drive
NE21
13
£155,000
Mixed
4
Mary Street
NE21
12
£114,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Betsey Place
NE21
10
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Pickering Drive
NE21
9
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Dunns Way
NE21
9
£145,000
Mixed
8
Shibdon Road
NE21
8
£254,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Maple Road
NE21
8
£182,500
Mixed
10
Morven Lea
NE21
8
£136,750
Mostly terraced houses
11
Beaumont Court
NE21
7
£173,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
The Copse
NE21
7
£145,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Theresa Street
NE21
7
£135,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Long Gair
NE21
7
£85,000
Mostly flats
15
Elm Road
NE21
6
£239,247
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Axwell Park Road: £445,000
Blaydon median£150K
Axwell Park Road£445K
Shibdon Road£255K
Burn Road£243K
Elm Road£239K
Sycamore Road£230K
Cheapest streets
Helen Street: £82,750
Blaydon median£150K
Helen Street£83K
Long Gair£85K
River View£95K
Parkside Avenue£110K
Harriet Street£112K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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 Tyne and Wear
Blaydon is the 28th most expensive of 34 towns in Tyne and Wear
Blaydon is one of Tyne and Wear’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 Blaydon
What is the average house price in Blaydon?
The median home in Blaydon sold for £150,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 597 standard sales (£155,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £266,000, semi-detached houses £170,462, terraced houses £135,000 and flats and maisonettes £80,000.
Are house prices going up in Blaydon?
The median was £155,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£146,750), and £155,000 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 Blaydon each year?
157 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 214 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Blaydon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Axwell Park Road (NE21, £445,000), Shibdon Road (NE21, £254,750) and Burn Road (NE21, £243,000).
How much does a new build cost in Blaydon?
New homes sold for a median £229,995 over three years, against £147,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.7% of sales.
Is Blaydon expensive for Tyne and Wear?
Blaydon is the 27th most expensive of 34 towns of 2,500 or more in Tyne and Wear 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.