The Strand, Sunderland house prices are built from 138 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £67,225. Across the 10 years from 2006 to 2016 the median moved -21.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -38.4%.
Median price paid
£67,225
Change in cash, 2006–2016
-21.5%
Change in real terms
-38.4%
Median per m²
£1,143
HM Land Registry138 sales29 with floor areaLatest sale 21 May 2026
Section 01
How The Strand, Sunderland prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Strand, Sunderland house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2016. 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 | 4 | £38,475 | £85,433 |
| 2000s | 7 | £76,000 | £138,450 |
| 2010s | 2 | £89,000 | £125,490 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Strand, Sunderland is £135,000 in 2006; the lowest is £33,600 in 1999. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £44,950 to £106,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £99,810, so the real change over the whole record is +48.3% — about +1.89% 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: -21.5% in cash against -38.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £167,000 | £167,000 |
| 24 | 12 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £62,000 | £62,000 |
| 14 | 24 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £67,500 | £68,967 |
| 49 | 10 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £131,500 | £138,369 |
| 57 | 9 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £149,418 |
| 18 | 12 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £55,000 | £59,425 |
| 54 | 15 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £199,885 |
| 61 | 2 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £114,000 | £132,079 |
| 33 | 14 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £147,500 | £170,892 |
| 42 | 18 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £124,950 | £157,867 |
| 17 | 23 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £75,806 |
| 34 | 24 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £128,500 | £162,352 |
| 51 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £179,409 |
| 24 | 28 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £66,950 | £86,685 |
| 21 | 10 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £68,000 | £88,044 |
| 54 | 29 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £222,356 |
| 57 | 25 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £136,500 | £178,539 |
| 4 | 18 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £82,000 | £107,254 |
| 60 | 17 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £65,000 | £86,626 |
| 10 | 10 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £122,000 | £162,590 |
| 44 | 8 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £193,242 |
| 8 | 9 Jun 2017 | Terraced | £79,000 | £107,519 |
| 59 | 16 Dec 2016 | Semi-detached | £106,000 | £147,980 |
| 39 | 16 Dec 2016 | Semi-detached | £95,000 | £132,624 |
| 55 | 28 Oct 2016 | Semi-detached | £199,950 | £279,138 |
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 The Strand, Sunderland values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 the Strand | £46,000 (1995) | £167,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| 24 the Strand | £30,000 (1997) | £62,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.1% |
| 14 the Strand | £78,500 (2006) | £67,500 (2025) | -0.8% | -3.6% |
| 57 the Strand | £42,000 (1997) | £142,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 18 the Strand | £33,700 (1999) | £55,000 (2023) | +2.1% | -0.6% |
| 54 the Strand | £125,000 (2006) | £185,000 (2023) | +2.3% | -0.6% |
| 61 the Strand | £42,000 (1996) | £114,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.4% |
| 33 the Strand | £39,950 (1995) | £147,500 (2022) | +5.0% | +2.5% |
| 42 the Strand | £44,950 (1995) | £124,950 (2021) | +4.0% | +1.8% |
| 17 the Strand | £32,750 (1996) | £60,000 (2021) | +2.5% | +0.3% |
| 34 the Strand | £135,000 (2004) | £128,500 (2021) | -0.3% | -2.5% |
| 51 the Strand | £40,000 (1996) | £142,000 (2021) | +5.2% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Strand, Sunderland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 71 | 51.4% | £106,000 | £38,950 – £199,950 |
| Flat or maisonette | 44 | 31.9% | £52,000 | £30,000 – £86,500 |
| Terraced | 22 | 15.9% | £79,000 | £37,500 – £122,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.7% | £47,000 | £47,000 – £47,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Strand, Sunderland
47 of the sales on record are leasehold and 91 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 £52,000 and the median freehold sale £90,000 — a gap of +73.1%. 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 | 47 | 34.1% | £52,000 |
| Freehold | 91 | 65.9% | £90,000 |
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 07
Living in The Strand, Sunderland
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Sunderland, 46.8% of 175,588 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 1.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,307 | 0.7% |
| B | 17,097 | 9.7% |
| C | 63,782 | 36.3% |
| D | 70,523 | 40.2% |
| E | 19,484 | 11.1% |
| F | 2,743 | 1.6% |
| G | 652 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Sunderland at £703 a month as of Jun 2026 — £520 for a one-bedroom home and £768 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £67,225 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.55% 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 SR3, 188 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 60 violent, 13 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 48 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 274,172 residents the 2021 census counted in Sunderland, that is 0.69 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 The Strand, Sunderland
The 2021 census counted 274,172 residents in Sunderland across 122,177 households. 58.5% 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 SR3 postcode: 10 primary, 2 secondary, 1 16 plus, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhill View Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 743 |
| Farringdon Community Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 712 |
| East Herrington Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 476 |
| Mill Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 434 |
| Farringdon Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 384 |
| Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 333 |
| Thorney Close Primary School | Primary | Community school | 289 |
| Hasting Hill Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 238 |
| New Silksworth Academy Infant | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 215 |
| St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth | Primary | Academy converter | 207 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| University (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 3.4 km |
| University (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 3.4 km |
| Millfield (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 3.6 km |
| Millfield (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 3.6 km |
Section 09
How The Strand, Sunderland compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Strand, Sunderland sits below that national figure — -57.3%.
Within Sunderland the street ranks 1776 of 2283 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £92,000 (-26.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,143 per square metre, across 29 of the 138 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 £199,950. 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.
The Strand, Sunderland sits in Sunderland, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Sunderland at 4.8 times median local earnings of £32,015 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£122,400 median
- Sunnybrow£100,000 median
- Baneberry Drive£239,950 median
- Allendale Road£70,000 median
- Leighfield Drive£395,000 median
- Broadmeadows£152,000 median
- Castlereagh Street£60,000 median
- Bishops Way£117,000 median
- Vicarage Close£132,500 median
- Nursery Road£157,475 median
- Bowlynn Close£123,500 median
- Summerhill£176,000 median
- Crosslea Avenue£189,475 median
- Park Lea£168,000 median
- Windsor Drive£164,000 median
- Castle Green£45,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 the Strand6 sales
- 51 the Strand6 sales
- 24 the Strand5 sales
- 8 the Strand5 sales
- 55 the Strand4 sales
- 57 the Strand4 sales
- 33 the Strand4 sales
- 21 the Strand4 sales
- 38 the Strand4 sales
- 36 the Strand4 sales
- 35 the Strand4 sales
- 3 the Strand4 sales
- 19 the Strand4 sales
- 41 the Strand4 sales
- 18 the Strand3 sales
- 54 the Strand3 sales
- 61 the Strand3 sales
- 42 the Strand3 sales
- 34 the Strand3 sales
- 4 the Strand3 sales
- 10 the Strand3 sales
- 48 the Strand3 sales
- 7 the Strand3 sales
- 28 the Strand3 sales
Back to Sunderland house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Strand, Sunderland?
The median price paid in The Strand, Sunderland across every sale on the register is £67,225. 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 The Strand, Sunderland?
138 sales are on record for The Strand, Sunderland, the most recent completing on 21 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Strand, Sunderland house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -21.5% between 2006 and 2016. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -38.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Strand, Sunderland house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £135,000, set in 2006. 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 The Strand, Sunderland?
£1,143 per square metre, from the 29 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 21 May 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, “The Strand, Sunderland 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.