That is the middle of 3,753 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 4.2 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.
3,753 homes sold in three years: 311 detached houses, 1,405 semi-detached houses, 1,133 terraced houses and 904 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£295K
median sale · 311 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£249K–£359K
Last 12 months
£295K88 sold
New build
£335K
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 1,405 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£137K–£225K
Last 12 months
£171K406 sold
New build
£230K
Terraced houses£158K
median sale · 1,133 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£122K–£210K
Last 12 months
£160K324 sold
New build
£215K
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 904 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£78K–£130K
Last 12 months
£106K240 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses8%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes24%
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 Gateshead’s homes sold for between £116K and £215K
One sale in ten was under £85K and one in ten over £290K. 84% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £155,000, sits in the £150–200K band
3,753 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 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 £160,000 in the last 12 months (£125,200 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,058 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,988 in 2007, the busiest year, and 954 in 2009. Sales fell by 68% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Gateshead costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Gateshead, 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
£66K
£90K
£184K
£184K
£215K
£225K
£295K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£56K
£120K
£120K
£130K
£147K
£171K
Terraced houses
£39K
£43K
£110K
£116K
£138K
£133K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
£25K
£26K
£82K
£83K
£85K
£85K
£106K
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: 2.2% of sales in the last 12 months
5,245 new homes have been sold in Gateshead since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2005.
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 £256,496
against £150,000 for a home sold on, 71% 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.
33% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 13% sold leasehold in Gateshead. 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
Worsdell Drive is Gateshead’s busiest street, with 58 sales in three years
253 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 60 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
Worsdell Drive
NE8
58
£170,000
Mostly flats
2
Swan Close
NE31
56
£242,370
Mixed · new builds
3
Dryden Road
NE9
49
£95,000
Mostly flats
4
South Pastures
NE10
37
£239,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Durham Road (NE9)
NE9
31
£222,000
Mixed
6
North Side
NE8
28
£167,750
Mixed
7
Sanderson Villas
NE8
24
£94,000
Mostly flats
8
Dryburgh
NE11
23
£464,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Sunderland Road (NE8)
NE8
22
£130,000
Mostly flats
10
Mill Road
NE8
20
£159,000
Mostly flats
11
Colombo Square
NE8
19
£140,000
Mostly flats
12
Fern Dene Road
NE8
19
£122,000
Mixed
13
Rectory Road (NE8)
NE8
18
£114,000
Mostly flats
14
William Wailes Walk
NE9
17
£160,000
Mixed
15
Knightside Gardens
NE11
17
£140,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Lyndhurst Grove: £612,500
Gateshead median£155K
Lyndhurst Grove£613K
Valley Drive (NE9)£488K
Dryburgh£465K
Cleasby Gardens£440K
Rockcliffe Way£415K
Cheapest streets
Slaley Close: £52,625
Gateshead median£155K
Slaley Close£53K
Howe Street£55K
Elliott Drive£66K
Sandringham Court£69K
Shipcote Terrace£79K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.6 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
Gateshead is the 22nd most expensive of 34 towns in Tyne and Wear
Gateshead is in the middle of Tyne and Wear’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 Gateshead
What is the average house price in Gateshead?
The median home in Gateshead sold for £155,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,753 standard sales (£160,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £295,000, semi-detached houses £170,000, terraced houses £158,000 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Gateshead?
The median was £159,950 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£153,000), and £160,000 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 Gateshead each year?
1,058 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,402 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Gateshead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lyndhurst Grove (NE9, £612,500), Valley Drive (NE9, £487,500) and Dryburgh (NE11, £464,995).
How much does a new build cost in Gateshead?
New homes sold for a median £256,496 over three years, against £150,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.4% of sales.
Is Gateshead expensive for Tyne and Wear?
Gateshead is the 22nd 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.