Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring house prices are built from 156 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 17 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £135,000. Across the 12 years from 2010 to 2022 the median moved +14.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -17.0%.
Median price paid
£135,000
Change in cash, 2010–2022
+14.5%
Change in real terms
-17.0%
Median per m²
£1,758
HM Land Registry156 sales41 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring prices moved
The chart tracks the median Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 3 | £59,950 | £133,117 |
| 2000s | 8 | £131,500 | £239,554 |
| 2010s | 4 | £148,250 | £209,033 |
| 2020s | 1 | £186,000 | £190,043 |
The highest yearly median on record for Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring is £194,000 in 2019; the lowest is £59,900 in 1998. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £63,000 to £186,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £136,662, so the real change over the whole record is +57.7% — about +1.77% 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: +14.5% in cash against -17.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 17 Dec 2025 | Detached | £272,500 | £278,424 |
| 32 | 23 Oct 2025 | Detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 54 | 27 Jun 2025 | Detached | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| 68 | 26 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| 48 | 17 Oct 2024 | Detached | £330,000 | £347,239 |
| 69 | 6 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £180,000 | £189,403 |
| 18 | 15 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £156,667 |
| 22 | 20 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 9 | 7 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £221,494 |
| 48 | 12 Jun 2023 | Detached | £312,000 | £337,103 |
| 16 | 26 Aug 2022 | Detached | £186,000 | £215,497 |
| 31 | 8 Aug 2022 | Detached | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 3 | 31 May 2022 | Detached | £137,000 | £158,726 |
| 19 | 27 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| 74 | 16 Mar 2022 | Detached | £170,000 | £196,960 |
| 68 | 2 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 20 | 3 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £202,000 | £234,035 |
| 33a | 2 Dec 2021 | Detached | £168,000 | £212,258 |
| 20 | 23 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £163,500 | £206,573 |
| 32 | 6 Jan 2021 | Detached | £280,000 | £353,763 |
| 36 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £261,000 | £337,934 |
| 31 | 27 Aug 2020 | Detached | £230,000 | £297,796 |
| 21 | 31 Jan 2020 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 8 | 20 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £143,800 | £188,087 |
| 17 | 9 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £163,000 | £213,200 |
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 Coptleigh, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Coptleigh | £230,000 (2005) | £330,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| 54 Coptleigh | £175,000 (2002) | £335,000 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 68 Coptleigh | £65,000 (1996) | £215,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 48 Coptleigh | £312,000 (2023) | £330,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 69 Coptleigh | £63,000 (1996) | £180,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +1.2% |
| 18 Coptleigh | £53,500 (1998) | £145,000 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 22 Coptleigh | £52,000 (1996) | £155,000 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.5% |
| 16 Coptleigh | £59,950 (1996) | £186,000 (2022) | +4.5% | +2.0% |
| 31 Coptleigh | £230,000 (2020) | £340,000 (2022) | +21.6% | +15.0% |
| 3 Coptleigh | £30,000 (1998) | £137,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +4.0% |
| 19 Coptleigh | £59,000 (1999) | £210,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.1% |
| 20 Coptleigh | £53,000 (1996) | £202,000 (2022) | +5.3% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Coptleigh, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 86 | 55.1% | £149,500 | £30,000 – £340,000 |
| Semi-detached | 62 | 39.7% | £125,000 | £46,000 – £215,000 |
| Terraced | 8 | 5.1% | £83,020 | £57,000 – £180,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 156 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 | 156 | 100.0% | £135,000 |
Section 07
Living in Coptleigh, 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 £135,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.70% 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 Coptleigh, 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 Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring sits below that national figure — -14.3%.
Within Houghton le Spring the street ranks 267 of 867 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £98,000 (+37.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,758 per square metre, across 41 of the 156 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 £30,000 to £340,000. 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.
Coptleigh, 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
- 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
- Bridle Way£165,000 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
- 22 Coptleigh7 sales
- 1 Coptleigh6 sales
- 68 Coptleigh5 sales
- 18 Coptleigh5 sales
- 19 Coptleigh5 sales
- 20 Coptleigh5 sales
- 33A Coptleigh5 sales
- 21 Coptleigh5 sales
- 26 Coptleigh5 sales
- 7 Coptleigh5 sales
- 32 Coptleigh4 sales
- 54 Coptleigh4 sales
- 3 Coptleigh4 sales
- 36 Coptleigh4 sales
- 11 Coptleigh4 sales
- 56 Coptleigh4 sales
- 14 Coptleigh4 sales
- 69 Coptleigh3 sales
- 16 Coptleigh3 sales
- 5 Coptleigh3 sales
- 35 Coptleigh3 sales
- 45 Coptleigh3 sales
- 28A Coptleigh3 sales
- 39 Coptleigh3 sales
Back to Houghton le Spring house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring?
The median price paid in Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring across every sale on the register is £135,000. 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 Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring?
156 sales are on record for Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring, the most recent completing on 17 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +14.5% between 2010 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -17.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £194,000, set in 2019. 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 Coptleigh, Houghton le Spring?
£1,758 per square metre, from the 41 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 17 Dec 2025. 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, “Coptleigh, 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.