Bittern Close, Gateshead house prices are built from 213 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 5 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £120,000. Across the 17 years from 2007 to 2024 the median moved +22.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -25.7%.
Median price paid
£120,000
Change in cash, 2007–2024
+22.8%
Change in real terms
-25.7%
Median per m²
£2,018
HM Land Registry213 sales59 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Bittern Close, Gateshead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bittern Close, Gateshead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2003 to 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £123,000 | £224,070 |
| 2010s | 4 | £101,475 | £143,080 |
| 2020s | 4 | £124,000 | £126,696 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bittern Close, Gateshead is £151,000 in 2024; the lowest is £85,000 in 2017. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £95,000 to £151,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £179,558, so the real change over the whole record is -11.5% — about -0.58% 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: +22.8% in cash against -25.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 73 | 8 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £82,000 | £83,783 |
| 101 | 22 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | £128,739 |
| 135 | 3 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £128,000 | £130,783 |
| 18 | 27 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £160,000 | £168,358 |
| 35 | 25 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| 83 | 31 May 2024 | Terraced | £152,000 | £159,940 |
| 4 | 26 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £102,000 | £107,328 |
| 49 | 15 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £96,000 | £101,015 |
| 38 | 27 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £157,500 | £165,728 |
| 123 | 1 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £210,000 | £226,897 |
| 19 | 31 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £102,644 |
| 33 | 27 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £180,000 | £194,483 |
| 133 | 17 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £124,000 | £133,977 |
| 93 | 9 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £113,448 |
| 7 | 8 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £94,000 | £108,907 |
| 42 | 9 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 65 | 18 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £92,687 |
| 53 | 15 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 3 | 31 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £145,000 | £167,995 |
| 63 | 14 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £76,000 | £88,053 |
| 5 | 7 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £152,500 | £176,684 |
| 123 | 9 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £177,000 | £223,629 |
| 49 | 10 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £82,000 | £103,602 |
| 131 | 26 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £107,000 | £135,188 |
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 Bittern Close, Gateshead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 Bittern Close | £65,000 (2018) | £80,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -1.0% |
| 101 Bittern Close | £145,000 (2005) | £126,000 (2025) | -0.7% | -3.5% |
| 135 Bittern Close | £155,000 (2005) | £128,000 (2025) | -1.0% | -3.8% |
| 18 Bittern Close | £110,000 (2003) | £160,000 (2024) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 35 Bittern Close | £115,000 (2004) | £150,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| 83 Bittern Close | £97,500 (2004) | £152,000 (2024) | +2.2% | -0.6% |
| 4 Bittern Close | £97,500 (2004) | £102,000 (2024) | +0.2% | -2.6% |
| 49 Bittern Close | £125,000 (2005) | £96,000 (2024) | -1.4% | -4.2% |
| 38 Bittern Close | £105,000 (2003) | £157,500 (2024) | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 123 Bittern Close | £189,000 (2005) | £210,000 (2023) | +0.6% | -2.3% |
| 19 Bittern Close | £130,000 (2005) | £95,000 (2023) | -1.7% | -4.5% |
| 33 Bittern Close | £165,000 (2004) | £180,000 (2023) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bittern Close, Gateshead 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 | 107 | 50.2% | £122,500 | £58,000 – £720,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 84 | 39.4% | £106,000 | £70,000 – £157,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 9.9% | £169,000 | £112,500 – £230,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.5% | £199,000 | £199,000 – £199,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bittern Close, Gateshead
98 of the sales on record are leasehold and 115 freehold — 46.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £101,500 and the median freehold sale £129,000 — a gap of +27.1%. 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 | 98 | 46.0% | £101,500 |
| Freehold | 115 | 54.0% | £129,000 |
| New build | 86 | 40.4% | £115,000 |
| Existing home | 127 | 59.6% | £123,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -6.5%. 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 7 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 09
How Bittern Close, Gateshead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bittern Close, Gateshead sits below that national figure — -23.8%.
Within Gateshead the street ranks 436 of 1289 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £95,000 (+26.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,018 per square metre, across 59 of the 213 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 £58,000 to £720,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Rothbury Gardens£86,000 median
- Knightside Gardens£97,000 median
- Lobley Hill Road£83,975 median
- Grebe Close£115,000 median
- Market Lane£82,250 median
- Ravensworth Road£86,250 median
- Wellington Road£60,000 median
- Cormorant Drive£99,950 median
- Thornhill Close£125,000 median
- Dunston Road£73,500 median
- Glanville Close£93,225 median
- Mountside Gardens£129,950 median
- Oakfield Road£131,250 median
- Woodside Gardens£105,000 median
- Spoor Street£64,000 median
- Palatine Place£109,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 6 Bittern Close6 sales
- 7 Bittern Close5 sales
- 3 Bittern Close5 sales
- 5 Bittern Close5 sales
- 50 Bittern Close5 sales
- 49 Bittern Close4 sales
- 65 Bittern Close4 sales
- 26 Bittern Close4 sales
- 58 Bittern Close4 sales
- 55 Bittern Close4 sales
- 18 Bittern Close3 sales
- 35 Bittern Close3 sales
- 4 Bittern Close3 sales
- 38 Bittern Close3 sales
- 123 Bittern Close3 sales
- 19 Bittern Close3 sales
- 133 Bittern Close3 sales
- 42 Bittern Close3 sales
- 63 Bittern Close3 sales
- 27 Bittern Close3 sales
- 75 Bittern Close3 sales
- 113 Bittern Close3 sales
- 8 Bittern Close3 sales
- 68 Bittern Close3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bittern Close, Gateshead?
The median price paid in Bittern Close, Gateshead across every sale on the register is £120,000. 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 Bittern Close, Gateshead?
213 sales are on record for Bittern Close, Gateshead, the most recent completing on 5 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bittern Close, Gateshead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +22.8% between 2007 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -25.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bittern Close, Gateshead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £151,000, set in 2024. 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 Bittern Close, Gateshead?
£2,018 per square metre, from the 59 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 5 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, “Bittern Close, Gateshead 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.