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Birtley · North East
Also covers Chester-le-Street, Canada, Portobello, Barley Mow and North Side.
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Matched sales236 of 313 sales
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House prices per square metre in DH3
£1,980median per m²Medium confidence
95% CI £1,880–£2,090 per m² · n = 236 matched sales
The median sold price in DH3 (Birtley, Chester le Street) is £1,980 per square metre (£184 per ft²), based on 236 matched sales in the 12 months to July 2026, at a median sale price of £175,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +3.5% a year in cash terms, or +0.1% a year after inflation.
Map of 313 sales in DH3 in the last 12 months; median £1,980 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in DH3
Tenure
Median price per m²
£1,980
n = 236 matched sales
Median sale price
£175,000
n = 313 sales
How prices are spread in DH3
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in DH3 over the last 12 months. The median is £1,980/m² with a 95% CI of £1,880 to £2,090 and a middle 60% running £1,400 to £2,540. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,400
- p80 £2,540
- 95% CI £1,880–£2,090
The individual sales appear here once DH3's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,700/m² | n = 43 |
| Semi-detached | £2,340/m² | n = 78 |
| Terraced | £1,530/m² | n = 83 |
| Flat | £1,530/m² | n = 32 |
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Tenure
£174,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £123,000–£224,000
88 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 236 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/07/26 | 77 Station Lane, Chester le Street | £140,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,770 | |
| 23/07/26 | 13 Elm Street, Chester le Street | £90,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £918 | |
| 16/07/26 | 1 Birtley Lane, Chester le Street | £209,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,570 | |
| 16/07/26 | 15 Broadwood View, Chester le Street | £128,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,270 | |
| 13/07/26 | 8 Orchard Gardens, Chester le Street | £250,000 | Semi | Freehold | £3,520 | |
| 13/07/26 | 33 Crathie, Chester le Street | £212,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 13/07/26 | 26 Cuthbert Park, Chester le Street | £190,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,680 | |
| 08/07/26 | 17 Mount Road, Chester le Street | £158,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,930 | |
| 07/07/26 | 72 Grosmont, Chester le Street | £235,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 07/07/26 | 46 Crathie, Chester le Street | £135,000 | Terraced | Freehold | n/a | |
| 03/07/26 | 8 Red Rose Terrace, Chester le Street | £410,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,430 | |
| 03/07/26 | 37 Wanstead Crescent, Chester le Street | £235,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,820 | |
| 30/06/26 | 25 Primrose Terrace, Chester le Street | £115,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,490 | |
| 29/06/26 | 38 Nenthead Close, Chester le Street | £187,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 26/06/26 | 8 Bede Way, Chester le Street | £220,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 26/06/26 | 33A Angel Way, Chester le Street | £175,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,330 | |
| 26/06/26 | 19 Bede Court, Chester le Street | £175,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,300 | |
| 24/06/26 | 35 Oliver Crescent, Chester le Street | £105,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,300 | |
| 19/06/26 | 24 Danelaw, Chester le Street | £150,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 19/06/26 | 21 Robertson Court, Chester le Street | £90,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £1,290 |
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Compare DH3 with a neighbouring district · league tables
Ranked here: 39th of 81 in most expensive postcode districts in North East · 41st of 81 in best value postcode districts in North East · 39th of 81 in where price per square metre rose most in North East
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- DH2 · Ouston£2,070/m² median
- NE38 · High Rickleton£2,160/m² median
- NE37 · Sulgrave£1,590/m² median
- DH4 · West Rainton£1,760/m² median
- NE9 · Low Fell£2,140/m² median
- NE10 · Felling£1,830/m² median
- DH5 · Hetton le Hole£1,830/m² median
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Further reading
- Freehold and leasehold are different markets83% of matched sales here are freehold
- Thirty years of house prices, measured the hard wayRepeat sales here grew 2.5% a year over the decade against 3.5% for the mix-adjusted median
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to July 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated July 2026 · how these figures are made
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