About DH4
West Rainton · North East
Also covers Houghton-le-Spring, Burnside, Grasswell, Leamside, Sunniside and Mount Pleasant.
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Matched sales273 of 369 sales
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House prices per square metre in DH4
£1,760median per m²Medium confidence
95% CI £1,670–£1,910 per m² · n = 273 matched sales
The median sold price in DH4 (West Rainton, Houghton le Spring) is £1,760 per square metre (£164 per ft²), based on 273 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £148,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +4.3% a year in cash terms, or +0.8% a year after inflation.
Map of 369 sales in DH4 in the last 12 months; median £1,760 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in DH4
Tenure
Median price per m²
£1,760
n = 273 matched sales
Median sale price
£148,000
n = 369 sales
How prices are spread in DH4
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in DH4 over the last 12 months. The median is £1,760/m² with a 95% CI of £1,670 to £1,910 and a middle 60% running £1,180 to £2,340. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,180
- p80 £2,340
- 95% CI £1,670–£1,910
The individual sales appear here once DH4's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,380/m² | n = 52 |
| Semi-detached | £1,960/m² | n = 97 |
| Terraced | £1,340/m² | n = 119 |
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Tenure
£148,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £99,100–£197,000
84 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 273 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/08/26 | 10 South Street, Houghton le Spring | £485,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 03/08/26 | 7 Montanna Close, Houghton le Spring | £166,500 | Semi | Freehold | £1,960 | |
| 31/07/26 | 5 Connaught Close, Houghton le Spring | £285,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 54 Monarch Road, Houghton le Spring | £250,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,980 | |
| 31/07/26 | 7 Fairbairn Drive, Houghton le Spring | £228,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,450 | |
| 31/07/26 | 49 Ross Lea, Houghton le Spring | £150,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,900 | |
| 31/07/26 | 22 Gilpin Street, Houghton le Spring | £84,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,140 | |
| 30/07/26 | 70 Blind Lane, Houghton le Spring | £100,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,020 | |
| 30/07/26 | 14 Castle View, Houghton le Spring | £90,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,050 | |
| 29/07/26 | 25 Barnwell View, Houghton le Spring | £177,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 29/07/26 | 113 Fair View, Houghton le Spring | £95,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 29/07/26 | 44 Eden Terrace, Houghton le Spring | £90,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £857 | |
| 24/07/26 | 5 Fenton Terrace, Houghton le Spring | £90,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,230 | |
| 17/07/26 | 68 Monarch Road, Houghton le Spring | £265,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,600 | |
| 15/07/26 | 22 Langley Street, Houghton le Spring | £130,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,630 | |
| 14/07/26 | 68 Aberford Drive, Houghton le Spring | £245,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,380 | |
| 14/07/26 | 12 Railway Terrace, Houghton le Spring | £110,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,820 | |
| 13/07/26 | 8 Coxgreen Road, Houghton le Spring | £160,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,160 | |
| 10/07/26 | 19 Chilton Gardens, Houghton le Spring | £119,950 | Semi | Freehold | £1,670 | |
| 10/07/26 | 61 St Michaels, Houghton le Spring | £117,500 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,450 |
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Compare DH4 with a neighbouring district · league tables
Ranked here: 23rd of 81 in best value postcode districts in North East · 15th of 81 in where price per square metre rose most in North East
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- DH5 · Hetton le Hole£1,920/m² median
- NE38 · High Rickleton£2,150/m² median
- DH3 · Birtley£1,980/m² median
- SR3 · New Silksworth£1,870/m² median
- SR4 · South Hylton£1,720/m² median
- NE37 · Sulgrave£1,630/m² median
- DH2 · Ouston£2,060/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 markets94% of matched sales here are freehold
- Thirty years of house prices, measured the hard wayRepeat sales here grew 2.4% a year over the decade against 4.3% for the mix-adjusted median
- Price per square metre by property typeDetached homes here sell at 78% above terraced houses per square metre
- 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 August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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