Osborne Avenue, South Shields house prices are built from 185 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £79,500. Across the 17 years from 2008 to 2025 the median moved +10.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -32.8%.
Median price paid
£79,500
Change in cash, 2008–2025
+10.5%
Change in real terms
-32.8%
Median per m²
£881
HM Land Registry185 sales62 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Osborne Avenue, South Shields prices moved
The chart tracks the median Osborne Avenue, South Shields house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £34,250 | £76,051 |
| 2000s | 9 | £86,000 | £156,667 |
| 2010s | 3 | £148,575 | £209,491 |
| 2020s | 4 | £84,000 | £85,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for Osborne Avenue, South Shields is £175,000 in 2022; the lowest is £26,750 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £43,400 to £95,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £96,369, so the real change over the whole record is +0.7% — about +0.02% 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: +10.5% in cash against -32.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 16 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 103 | 26 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 13 | 31 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £198,000 | £202,304 |
| 93 | 12 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £84,000 | £85,826 |
| 87 | 8 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £87,500 | £89,402 |
| 52 | 21 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £97,065 |
| 27 | 7 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £237,000 | £242,152 |
| 111 | 25 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £107,500 | £113,116 |
| 187 | 26 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £59,000 | £62,082 |
| 63 | 7 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £84,179 |
| 67 | 10 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £75,632 |
| 195 | 27 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £70,000 | £75,632 |
| 63 | 25 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £89,950 | £97,187 |
| 191 | 10 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £75,632 |
| 5 | 4 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 91 | 13 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £114,000 | £123,172 |
| 58 | 17 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 45 | 22 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 181 | 15 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £162,500 | £188,270 |
| 31 | 1 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £278,061 |
| 1 | 22 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 12 | 11 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £98,950 | £114,642 |
| 44 | 7 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £158,000 | £183,057 |
| 19a | 8 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £120,027 |
| 43 | 25 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £242,500 | £306,384 |
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 Osborne Avenue, South Shields values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Osborne Avenue | £52,950 (1996) | £255,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 13 Osborne Avenue | £50,000 (1995) | £198,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 93 Osborne Avenue | £25,500 (1996) | £84,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 87 Osborne Avenue | £59,430 (2003) | £87,500 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 52 Osborne Avenue | £95,000 (2013) | £95,000 (2025) | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 27 Osborne Avenue | £145,000 (2004) | £237,000 (2025) | +2.4% | -0.5% |
| 111 Osborne Avenue | £28,043 (1995) | £107,500 (2024) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 187 Osborne Avenue | £25,950 (1997) | £59,000 (2024) | +3.1% | +0.4% |
| 63 Osborne Avenue | £30,500 (1997) | £80,000 (2024) | +3.6% | +1.0% |
| 67 Osborne Avenue | £24,500 (1995) | £70,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +1.2% |
| 195 Osborne Avenue | £29,000 (1997) | £70,000 (2023) | +3.4% | +0.8% |
| 191 Osborne Avenue | £28,000 (1998) | £70,000 (2023) | +3.7% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Osborne Avenue, South Shields 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 | 101 | 54.6% | £85,950 | £9,000 – £250,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 69 | 37.3% | £61,000 | £5,000 – £167,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 8.1% | £145,000 | £45,000 – £255,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Osborne Avenue, South Shields
80 of the sales on record are leasehold and 105 freehold — 43.2% 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 £65,881 and the median freehold sale £91,500 — a gap of +38.9%. 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 | 80 | 43.2% | £65,881 |
| Freehold | 105 | 56.8% | £91,500 |
| New build | 1 | 0.5% | £65,000 |
| Existing home | 184 | 99.5% | £79,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -18.5%. 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 25 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 Osborne Avenue, South Shields compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Osborne Avenue, South Shields sits below that national figure — -49.5%.
Within South Shields the street ranks 435 of 721 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £89,950 (-11.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £881 per square metre, across 62 of the 185 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 £255,000. 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
- St Vincent Street£69,950 median
- Stanhope Road£68,000 median
- Mowbray Road£89,725 median
- Sea Winnings Way£123,995 median
- Mortimer Road£91,500 median
- Birchington Avenue£71,500 median
- Coleridge Avenue£69,975 median
- Dean Road£52,000 median
- Brass Thill Way£120,000 median
- North Main Court£132,000 median
- Westoe Road£86,000 median
- Beach Road£127,000 median
- Eglesfield Road£47,950 median
- Leighton Street£59,000 median
- Waverdale Way£57,975 median
- Greenside Drift£134,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 111 Osborne Avenue8 sales
- 5 Osborne Avenue5 sales
- 93 Osborne Avenue5 sales
- 58 Osborne Avenue5 sales
- 17 Osborne Avenue5 sales
- 13 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 52 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 63 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 67 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 195 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 45 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 181 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 19A Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 147 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 177 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 48 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 47 Osborne Avenue4 sales
- 87 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 27 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 12 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 44 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 43 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 51 Osborne Avenue3 sales
- 84 Osborne Avenue3 sales
Back to South Shields house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Osborne Avenue, South Shields?
The median price paid in Osborne Avenue, South Shields across every sale on the register is £79,500. 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 Osborne Avenue, South Shields?
185 sales are on record for Osborne Avenue, South Shields, the most recent completing on 16 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Osborne Avenue, South Shields house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +10.5% between 2008 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -32.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Osborne Avenue, South Shields house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £175,000, set in 2022. 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 Osborne Avenue, South Shields?
£881 per square metre, from the 62 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 16 Feb 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, “Osborne Avenue, South Shields 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.