Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring house prices are built from 97 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2008 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £165,000. Across the 13 years from 2012 to 2025 the median moved -8.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -37.6%.
Median price paid
£165,000
Change in cash, 2012–2025
-8.8%
Change in real terms
-37.6%
Median per m²
£1,853
HM Land Registry97 sales42 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2008 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £205,000 | £373,450 |
| 2010s | 4 | £119,495 | £168,488 |
| 2020s | 5 | £109,000 | £111,370 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring is £244,995 in 2008; the lowest is £99,500 in 2021. Across the full 18-year record the cash median has moved from £244,995 to £109,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £411,242, so the real change over the whole record is -72.9% — about -7.40% 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: -8.8% in cash against -37.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £96,000 | £96,000 |
| 20 | 5 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £112,391 |
| 58 | 1 Aug 2025 | Detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 17 | 16 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £110,348 |
| 35 | 15 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £107,500 | £109,837 |
| 19 | 21 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £97,065 |
| 47 | 14 Feb 2025 | Detached | £230,000 | £235,000 |
| 10 | 20 Sep 2024 | Detached | £318,000 | £334,612 |
| 30 | 29 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £107,854 |
| 12 | 28 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 23 | 28 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £107,500 | £113,116 |
| 57 | 27 Mar 2024 | Detached | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 55 | 9 Feb 2024 | Detached | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 35 | 22 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £99,000 | £106,966 |
| 31 | 23 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £102,644 |
| 20 | 10 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £108,046 |
| 12 | 3 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £167,500 | £180,977 |
| 9 | 30 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £228,000 | £246,345 |
| 43 | 15 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £194,950 | £225,866 |
| 24 | 23 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £110,066 |
| 29 | 9 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 33 | 22 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £89,000 | £103,114 |
| 37 | 19 May 2022 | Terraced | £205,000 | £237,510 |
| 47 | 29 Apr 2022 | Detached | £202,500 | £234,614 |
| 46 | 29 Oct 2021 | 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 Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Bridle Way | £118,995 (2012) | £96,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -4.3% |
| 20 Bridle Way | £118,995 (2012) | £110,000 (2025) | -0.6% | -3.5% |
| 17 Bridle Way | £115,995 (2012) | £108,000 (2025) | -0.5% | -3.4% |
| 35 Bridle Way | £114,995 (2011) | £107,500 (2025) | -0.5% | -3.3% |
| 19 Bridle Way | £118,995 (2012) | £95,000 (2025) | -1.7% | -4.5% |
| 47 Bridle Way | £224,995 (2010) | £230,000 (2025) | +0.1% | -2.8% |
| 30 Bridle Way | £118,950 (2012) | £102,500 (2024) | -1.2% | -4.1% |
| 23 Bridle Way | £119,995 (2012) | £107,500 (2024) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| 12 Bridle Way | £167,500 (2023) | £220,000 (2024) | +31.3% | +27.9% |
| 57 Bridle Way | £229,620 (2008) | £250,000 (2024) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
| 55 Bridle Way | £249,995 (2008) | £285,000 (2024) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| 31 Bridle Way | £114,995 (2011) | £95,000 (2023) | -1.6% | -4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 45 | 46.4% | £108,000 | £74,000 – £119,995 |
| Detached | 25 | 25.8% | £245,000 | £182,000 – £318,000 |
| Terraced | 20 | 20.6% | £205,000 | £140,000 – £249,995 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 7.2% | £205,000 | £162,750 – £229,995 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring
45 of the sales on record are leasehold and 52 freehold — 46.4% 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 £108,000 and the median freehold sale £217,498 — a gap of +101.4%. 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 | 45 | 46.4% | £108,000 |
| Freehold | 52 | 53.6% | £217,498 |
| New build | 45 | 46.4% | £199,995 |
| Existing home | 52 | 53.6% | £116,975 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +71.0%. 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 5 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 Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring
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 £165,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.66% 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 DH5, 78 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 28 violent, 6 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 17 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.1 times quieter.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, that is 0.15 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 Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring
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.
11 state and independent schools have a DH5 postcode: 8 primary, 2 nursery, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hetton Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 681 |
| Hetton Lyons Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 431 |
| Bernard Gilpin Primary School | Primary | Community school | 417 |
| Easington Lane Primary School | Primary | Community school | 281 |
| Eppleton Academy Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 208 |
| Hetton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 206 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton | Primary | Academy converter | 193 |
| Houghton Le Spring Nursery School | Nursery | Local authority nursery school | 142 |
| Gillas Lane Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 134 |
| Hetton Lyons Nursery School | Nursery | Local authority nursery school | 110 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Seaham Rail Station | Rail | 7.2 km |
| Chester-le-Street Rail Station | Rail | 8.6 km |
| South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 9.0 km |
| Durham Rail Station | Rail | 9.5 km |
Section 09
How Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring sits above that national figure — +4.8%.
Within Houghton le Spring the street ranks 181 of 867 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £98,000 (+68.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,853 per square metre, across 42 of the 97 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 £74,000 to £318,000. 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.
Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring 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
- Houghton Road£80,000 median
- Henry Street£94,995 median
- Coptleigh£135,000 median
- Longlands Drive£98,248 median
- Kingfisher Drive£141,250 median
- Elemore Lane£37,500 median
- Lambton Drive£115,000 median
- Lawnswood£87,000 median
- The Avenue£59,950 median
- Lilywhite Terrace£64,000 median
- Leeholme£96,000 median
- Whitethroat Close£135,000 median
- Caroline Street£38,000 median
- Cresta View£249,950 median
- Elmfield£165,000 median
- High Street£45,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 20 Bridle Way4 sales
- 35 Bridle Way4 sales
- 23 Bridle Way4 sales
- 55 Bridle Way4 sales
- 22 Bridle Way3 sales
- 17 Bridle Way3 sales
- 47 Bridle Way3 sales
- 30 Bridle Way3 sales
- 57 Bridle Way3 sales
- 29 Bridle Way3 sales
- 19 Bridle Way2 sales
- 12 Bridle Way2 sales
- 31 Bridle Way2 sales
- 9 Bridle Way2 sales
- 43 Bridle Way2 sales
- 33 Bridle Way2 sales
- 37 Bridle Way2 sales
- 46 Bridle Way2 sales
- 26 Bridle Way2 sales
- 25 Bridle Way2 sales
- 39 Bridle Way2 sales
- 53 Bridle Way2 sales
- 2 Bridle Way2 sales
- 11 Bridle Way2 sales
Back to Houghton le Spring house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring?
The median price paid in Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring across every sale on the register is £165,000. 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 Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring?
97 sales are on record for Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -8.8% between 2012 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -37.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £244,995, set in 2008. 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 Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring?
£1,853 per square metre, from the 42 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 30 Apr 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, “Bridle Way, Houghton le Spring 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.