DL15 house prices are built from 11,303 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 23 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £81,995. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +20.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -14.0%.
Median price paid
£81,995
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+20.0%
Change in real terms
-14.0%
Median per m²
£945
HM Land Registry11,303 sales1,243 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Jun 2026
Section 01
How DL15 prices moved
The chart tracks the median DL15 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £34,950 | £77,606 |
| 2000s | 10 | £88,000 | £160,310 |
| 2010s | 10 | £97,500 | £137,475 |
| 2020s | 7 | £112,000 | £114,435 |
The highest yearly median on record for DL15 is £123,000 in 2025; the lowest is £30,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £30,000 to £120,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £66,614, so the real change over the whole record is +80.1% — about +1.92% 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: +20.0% in cash against -14.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 South End Villas | 23 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 50 Kipling Way | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 27 Greenways | 18 Jun 2026 | Detached | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 1 Fir Tree Drive | 17 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 26 Rudkin Drive | 17 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £118,000 | £118,000 |
| 6 Hawes Crescent | 10 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £98,000 | £98,000 |
| 51 Plantation View | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £71,500 | £71,500 |
| 134 Hall Lane Estate | 4 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 109 Beechburn Park | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 12 Cooperative Terrace | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 18 Russell Place | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 12 Abbey Gardens | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £217,500 | £217,500 |
| 32 Greenways | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £152,500 | £152,500 |
| 16 Dickens Way | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £103,000 | £103,000 |
| 32 Milburn Way | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 11 Jobson Meadows | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 1 Dover Court | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £207,000 | £207,000 |
| 15 Hawthorn Drive | 18 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £177,500 | £177,500 |
| 38 Tennyson Terrace | 18 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £121,000 | £121,000 |
| 17 Vicarage Gardens | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £234,000 | £234,000 |
| 4 Trevelyan Place | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £212,500 | £212,500 |
| 12 Clement Way | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 21 Front Street | 14 May 2026 | Terraced | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| 10 Coleridge Close | 14 May 2026 | Terraced | £87,999 | £87,999 |
| 46A Armstrong Drive | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
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 DL15 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 South End Villas | £72,500 (2017) | £105,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +0.7% |
| 27 Greenways | £128,500 (2014) | £225,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +1.7% |
| 26 Rudkin Drive | £105,000 (2006) | £118,000 (2026) | +0.6% | -2.3% |
| 1 Fir Tree Drive | £117,000 (2021) | £165,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +2.2% |
| 6 Hawes Crescent | £85,000 (2023) | £98,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 51 Plantation View | £42,500 (2024) | £71,500 (2026) | +29.7% | +26.4% |
| 109 Beechburn Park | £68,000 (1996) | £205,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +1.1% |
| 18 Russell Place | £15,000 (1997) | £120,000 (2026) | +7.4% | +4.7% |
| 12 Cooperative Terrace | £116,000 (2020) | £135,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -1.8% |
| 32 Milburn Way | £47,500 (2001) | £80,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.6% |
| 32 Greenways | £97,000 (2003) | £152,500 (2026) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| 16 Dickens Way | £92,995 (2005) | £103,000 (2026) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. DL15 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 | 5,587 | 49.4% | £60,000 | £5,000 – £535,000 |
| Detached | 3,316 | 29.3% | £154,000 | £10,000 – £815,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2,281 | 20.2% | £88,000 | £7,500 – £660,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 119 | 1.1% | £45,000 | £14,000 – £465,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in DL15
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,049 certificates cover DL15, and their median floor area is 75 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — -1.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 75 m² | about 807 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 62 m² | about 667 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 89 m² | about 958 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 22.1% | 894 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 3.6% | 145 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in DL15
245 of the sales on record are leasehold and 11,058 freehold — 2.2% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £59,500 and the median freehold sale £82,000 — a gap of +37.8%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 245 | 2.2% | £59,500 |
| Freehold | 11,058 | 97.8% | £82,000 |
| New build | 1,582 | 14.0% | £127,848 |
| Existing home | 9,721 | 86.0% | £76,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +68.2%. 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 972 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 DL15
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 £81,995 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.38% 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 DL15, 96 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 33 violent, 4 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 28 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.7 times quieter.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, that is 0.18 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 DL15
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.
12 state and independent schools have a DL15 postcode: 11 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 833 |
| Crook Primary School | Primary | Community school | 342 |
| Hartside Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 241 |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 213 |
| Howden-le-Wear Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 179 |
| Willington Primary School | Primary | Community school | 156 |
| Stanley (Crook) Primary School | Primary | Community school | 128 |
| Peases West Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 126 |
| Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington | Primary | Academy converter | 122 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook | Primary | Academy converter | 117 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland West Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
| Bishop Auckland Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
| Wolsingham Rail Station | Rail | 10.0 km |
| Shildon Rail Station | Rail | 11.2 km |
Section 09
How DL15 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. DL15 sits below that national figure — -47.9%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £945 per square metre, across 1,243 of the 11,303 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 £5,000 to £815,000. 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.
DL15 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
Sectors inside DL15
The closest districts
- DL147.1 km · £75,000
- DH79.7 km · £90,000
- DH113.2 km · £142,000
- DL514.2 km · £95,000
- DH917.6 km · £72,000
- DH617.7 km · £87,663
- DH818.0 km · £94,500
- DH218.5 km · £95,333
This district mostly covers Crook.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in DL15?
The median price paid in DL15 across every sale on the register is £81,995. 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 DL15?
11,303 sales are on record for DL15, the most recent completing on 23 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have DL15 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +20.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -14.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were DL15 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £123,000, set in 2025. 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 DL15?
£945 per square metre, from the 1,243 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 23 Jun 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, “DL15 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.