Front Street, Darlington house prices are built from 170 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 27 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £172,750. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +19.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -13.6%.
Median price paid
£172,750
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+19.2%
Change in real terms
-13.6%
Median per m²
£2,778
HM Land Registry170 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Front Street, Darlington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Front Street, Darlington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £65,500 | £145,441 |
| 2000s | 6 | £110,000 | £200,388 |
| 2010s | 4 | £195,000 | £274,950 |
| 2020s | 4 | £232,500 | £237,554 |
The highest yearly median on record for Front Street, Darlington is £327,000 in 2020; the lowest is £65,500 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £65,500 to £232,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £138,880, so the real change over the whole record is +71.1% — about +1.94% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +19.2% in cash against -13.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakacres | 27 Feb 2026 | Detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 6 | 13 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| Boxwood | 12 Nov 2025 | Detached | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| Dale Cottage | 5 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| Rayson House | 8 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| Manor Cottage | 31 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £230,000 | £235,000 |
| 15a | 14 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 40 | 24 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| Barnard Cottage | 18 Dec 2023 | Detached | £145,000 | £156,667 |
| 33 | 17 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £190,000 | £205,287 |
| Whitethorn | 26 May 2023 | Detached | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| Berkeley House | 19 Jan 2023 | Detached | £580,000 | £626,667 |
| 36 | 16 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £276,900 | £320,813 |
| 49 | 7 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £191,167 |
| Newholme | 16 Aug 2022 | Detached | £235,000 | £272,268 |
| 22 | 5 Aug 2022 | Detached | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 6 | 28 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £155,000 | £179,581 |
| Manor Cottage | 18 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £179,950 | £208,488 |
| Whitehaven | 3 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| South View Cottage | 4 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| Chesnut House | 26 Oct 2021 | Detached | £615,000 | £777,016 |
| Ingle Cottage | 8 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £205,000 | £259,005 |
| The Mount | 20 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £276,500 | £349,341 |
| Raysholme | 28 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £239,000 | £301,962 |
| Birbeck | 28 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £309,543 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Front Street, Darlington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Front Street | £30,095 (1999) | £180,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| RAYSON HOUSE Front Street | £315,000 (2016) | £500,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +1.7% |
| MANOR COTTAGE Front Street | £84,300 (2001) | £230,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 15A Front Street | £121,500 (1997) | £235,000 (2025) | +2.4% | -0.3% |
| 40 Front Street | £140,000 (2015) | £185,000 (2024) | +3.1% | -0.2% |
| BARNARD COTTAGE Front Street | £54,000 (1998) | £145,000 (2023) | +4.0% | +1.4% |
| 33 Front Street | £25,000 (1997) | £190,000 (2023) | +8.1% | +5.3% |
| WHITETHORN Front Street | £97,000 (1997) | £370,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| BERKELEY HOUSE Front Street | £370,000 (2017) | £580,000 (2023) | +7.8% | +3.7% |
| 22 Front Street | £67,000 (2001) | £245,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| WHITEHAVEN Front Street | £68,000 (2002) | £245,000 (2021) | +7.0% | +4.6% |
| SOUTH VIEW COTTAGE Front Street | £86,500 (2016) | £150,000 (2021) | +11.6% | +9.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Front Street, Darlington is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 94 | 55.3% | £160,000 | £25,000 – £500,000 |
| Detached | 52 | 30.6% | £207,000 | £40,000 – £810,000 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | 13.5% | £172,500 | £42,950 – £370,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 0.6% | £165,000 | £165,000 – £165,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Front Street, Darlington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 170 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 170 | 100.0% | £172,750 |
| New build | 2 | 1.2% | £124,500 |
| Existing home | 168 | 98.8% | £172,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -27.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 10 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Front Street, Darlington
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across County Durham, 45.4% of 308,749 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,955 | 0.6% |
| B | 26,324 | 8.5% |
| C | 111,773 | 36.2% |
| D | 123,575 | 40.0% |
| E | 34,304 | 11.1% |
| F | 8,153 | 2.6% |
| G | 2,665 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in County Durham at £641 a month as of Jun 2026 — £450 for a one-bedroom home and £683 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £172,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.45% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of DL2, 130 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 31 violent, 2 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 52 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.3 times quieter.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, that is 0.25 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Front Street, Darlington
The 2021 census counted 522,068 residents in County Durham across 234,764 households. 62.8% of those households own their home and 37.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a DL2 postcode: 8 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurworth School | Secondary | Academy converter | 621 |
| Staindrop Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 504 |
| West Park Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 464 |
| St. George's Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 408 |
| Hurworth Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 218 |
| Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 179 |
| Croft Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 117 |
| High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 96 |
| Ingleton CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 48 |
| Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool | Primary | Academy converter | 42 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| North Road Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Darlington Rail Station | Rail | 3.2 km |
| Heighington Rail Station | Rail | 7.6 km |
| Dinsdale Rail Station | Rail | 8.4 km |
Section 09
How Front Street, Darlington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Front Street, Darlington sits above that national figure — +9.7%.
Within Darlington the street ranks 368 of 1380 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £101,500 (+70.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,778 per square metre, across 1 of the 170 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £25,000 to £810,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Front Street, Darlington sits in County Durham, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in County Durham at 4.3 times median local earnings of £32,945 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Woodlands Green£139,995 median
- Heathfield Park£95,500 median
- St Georges Gate£205,000 median
- Collingsway£185,000 median
- High Stell£110,725 median
- Woolsington Drive£128,000 median
- Manor Road£150,000 median
- Hurworth Road£123,000 median
- Woodlands Way£157,500 median
- Winston Road£123,000 median
- Goosepool Way£280,950 median
- Darlington Road£143,000 median
- Chapel Street£97,750 median
- Teesway£222,500 median
- Friars Pardon£225,000 median
- George Stephenson Drive£199,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 33 Front Street6 sales
- MANOR COTTAGE Front Street5 sales
- WEST END COTTAGE Front Street5 sales
- 7 Front Street5 sales
- INGLENOOK COTTAGE Front Street5 sales
- 6 Front Street4 sales
- 15A Front Street4 sales
- BARNARD COTTAGE Front Street3 sales
- WHITETHORN Front Street3 sales
- 22 Front Street3 sales
- RAYSHOLME Front Street3 sales
- WEST HOUSE Front Street3 sales
- 15 Front Street3 sales
- 47 Front Street3 sales
- MANOR HOUSE Front Street3 sales
- RAINBOW COTTAGE Front Street3 sales
- ROSE COTTAGE Front Street3 sales
- 31 Front Street3 sales
- 1 Front Street3 sales
- RAYSON HOUSE Front Street2 sales
- 40 Front Street2 sales
- BERKELEY HOUSE Front Street2 sales
- WHITEHAVEN Front Street2 sales
- SOUTH VIEW COTTAGE Front Street2 sales
Back to Darlington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Front Street, Darlington?
The median price paid in Front Street, Darlington across every sale on the register is £172,750. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Front Street, Darlington?
170 sales are on record for Front Street, Darlington, the most recent completing on 27 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Front Street, Darlington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +19.2% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -13.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Front Street, Darlington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £327,000, set in 2020. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Front Street, Darlington?
£2,778 per square metre, from the 1 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 27 Feb 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Front Street, Darlington house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.