Kells Lane, Gateshead house prices are built from 314 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 2 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £115,000. Across the 10 years from 2014 to 2024 the median moved +19.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -12.2%.
Median price paid
£115,000
Change in cash, 2014–2024
+19.6%
Change in real terms
-12.2%
Median per m²
£1,507
HM Land Registry314 sales75 with floor areaLatest sale 2 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Kells Lane, Gateshead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Kells Lane, Gateshead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £41,950 | £93,149 |
| 2000s | 10 | £117,000 | £213,140 |
| 2010s | 9 | £119,500 | £168,495 |
| 2020s | 5 | £221,250 | £226,060 |
The highest yearly median on record for Kells Lane, Gateshead is £303,750 in 2023; the lowest is £40,000 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £56,250 to £192,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £124,902, so the real change over the whole record is +61.8% — about +1.67% 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: +19.6% in cash against -12.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 2 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 145 | 6 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £343,000 | £343,000 |
| 102 | 25 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| 24 | 18 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £142,000 | £149,418 |
| 49 | 18 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £147,313 |
| 119 | 30 Sep 2024 | Detached | £330,000 | £347,239 |
| 188 | 11 Jul 2024 | Detached | £395,000 | £415,634 |
| 213 | 4 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £427,500 | £449,832 |
| 31 | 2 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £140,750 | £148,103 |
| 269 | 22 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £192,000 | £202,030 |
| 173 | 14 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £262,250 | £275,950 |
| 75 | 2 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £117,000 | £123,112 |
| 58 | 14 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £432,000 | £466,759 |
| 237 | 8 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £232,299 |
| 147 | 25 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £329,540 |
| 139 | 27 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £302,500 | £326,839 |
| 111 | 7 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £397,000 | £428,943 |
| 70 | 11 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £430,000 | £464,598 |
| 157 | 10 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| 28 | 2 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £150,100 | £162,177 |
| 113 | 5 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £375,000 | £434,470 |
| 257 | 13 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £225,000 | £260,682 |
| 48 | 12 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £335,000 | £388,127 |
| 177 | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £325,125 | £376,685 |
| 39 | 26 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £121,652 |
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 Kells Lane, Gateshead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 Kells Lane | £135,000 (2020) | £343,000 (2026) | +16.8% | +11.9% |
| 102 Kells Lane | £197,500 (2007) | £225,000 (2025) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| 49 Kells Lane | £41,950 (1998) | £140,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 119 Kells Lane | £185,000 (2004) | £330,000 (2024) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 188 Kells Lane | £350,000 (2007) | £395,000 (2024) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| 213 Kells Lane | £63,000 (1996) | £427,500 (2024) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 31 Kells Lane | £43,500 (1999) | £140,750 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 269 Kells Lane | £148,000 (2018) | £192,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +0.4% |
| 173 Kells Lane | £68,000 (1999) | £262,250 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 75 Kells Lane | £34,000 (1997) | £117,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 147 Kells Lane | £125,000 (2006) | £305,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.3% |
| 139 Kells Lane | £64,000 (1997) | £302,500 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Kells Lane, 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 | 121 | 38.5% | £129,950 | £12,000 – £555,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 116 | 36.9% | £92,500 | £17,000 – £185,000 |
| Semi-detached | 53 | 16.9% | £135,000 | £20,000 – £465,000 |
| Detached | 24 | 7.6% | £220,000 | £54,800 – £415,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Kells Lane, Gateshead
107 of the sales on record are leasehold and 207 freehold — 34.1% 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 £92,500 and the median freehold sale £132,500 — a gap of +43.2%. 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 | 107 | 34.1% | £92,500 |
| Freehold | 207 | 65.9% | £132,500 |
| New build | 1 | 0.3% | £40,000 |
| Existing home | 313 | 99.7% | £115,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -65.2%. 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 17 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 Kells Lane, Gateshead
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Gateshead, 45.8% of 97,763 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.2% |
| B | 7,489 | 7.7% |
| C | 37,122 | 38.0% |
| D | 40,200 | 41.1% |
| E | 10,603 | 10.8% |
| F | 1,774 | 1.8% |
| G | 381 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Gateshead at £793 a month as of Jun 2026 — £583 for a one-bedroom home and £832 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £115,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.27% 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 NE9, 409 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 85 violent, 32 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 75 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.4 times busier.
Against the 196,151 residents the 2021 census counted in Gateshead, that is 2.09 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 Kells Lane, Gateshead
The 2021 census counted 196,151 residents in Gateshead across 88,999 households. 58.4% of those households own their home and 41.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a NE9 postcode: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,505 |
| Grace College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,125 |
| Kells Lane Primary School | Primary | Community school | 453 |
| Glynwood Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 423 |
| Harlow Green Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 375 |
| Carr Hill Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 308 |
| Fell Dyke Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 286 |
| Oakfield Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 215 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell | Primary | Academy converter | 213 |
| Springwell Village Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 207 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Felling (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 2.6 km |
| Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 2.9 km |
| Heworth Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Gateshead Stadium (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 2.9 km |
Section 09
How Kells Lane, Gateshead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Kells Lane, Gateshead sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within Gateshead the street ranks 478 of 1289 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £95,000 (+21.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,507 per square metre, across 75 of the 314 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 £12,000 to £555,000. 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.
Kells Lane, Gateshead sits in Gateshead, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Gateshead at 4.9 times median local earnings of £33,670 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
- Durham Road£135,000 median
- Dryden Road£105,000 median
- Old Durham Road£80,000 median
- Church Road£159,950 median
- Bluebell Close£99,998 median
- Meadow Rise£125,950 median
- Beverley Road£107,000 median
- Forster Court£84,950 median
- Coleridge Avenue£171,000 median
- Baden Powell Street£72,750 median
- Joicey Road£215,000 median
- Saltwell Road South£84,500 median
- Carr Hill Road£70,000 median
- Southend Road£103,500 median
- Wynbury Road£138,750 median
- Beaconsfield Road£100,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 49 Kells Lane6 sales
- 139 Kells Lane6 sales
- 259 Kells Lane6 sales
- 87 Kells Lane6 sales
- 213 Kells Lane5 sales
- 31 Kells Lane5 sales
- 173 Kells Lane5 sales
- 75 Kells Lane5 sales
- 177 Kells Lane5 sales
- 202 Kells Lane5 sales
- 79 Kells Lane5 sales
- 151 Kells Lane5 sales
- 147 Kells Lane4 sales
- 28 Kells Lane4 sales
- 33 Kells Lane4 sales
- 137 Kells Lane4 sales
- 29 Kells Lane4 sales
- 22 Kells Lane4 sales
- 26 Kells Lane4 sales
- 37 Kells Lane4 sales
- 169 Kells Lane4 sales
- 30 Kells Lane4 sales
- 207 Kells Lane4 sales
- 175 Kells Lane4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Kells Lane, Gateshead?
The median price paid in Kells Lane, Gateshead across every sale on the register is £115,000. 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 Kells Lane, Gateshead?
314 sales are on record for Kells Lane, Gateshead, the most recent completing on 2 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Kells Lane, Gateshead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +19.6% between 2014 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -12.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Kells Lane, Gateshead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £303,750, set in 2023. 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 Kells Lane, Gateshead?
£1,507 per square metre, from the 75 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 2 Mar 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, “Kells Lane, 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.