About DH4
West Rainton · North East
Also covers Houghton-le-Spring, Burnside, Grasswell, Leamside, Sunniside and Mount Pleasant.
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Matched sales276 of 368 sales
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House prices per square metre in DH4
£1,760median per m²Medium confidence
95% CI £1,650–£1,880 per m² · n = 276 matched sales
The median sold price in DH4 (West Rainton, Houghton le Spring) is £1,760 per square metre (£164 per ft²), based on 276 matched sales in the 12 months to July 2026, at a median sale price of £147,975. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +4.5% a year in cash terms, or +1.0% a year after inflation.
Map of 368 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 = 276 matched sales
Median sale price
£147,975
n = 368 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 £1,650 to £1,880 and a middle 60% running £1,180 to £2,310. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,180
- p80 £2,310
- 95% CI £1,650–£1,880
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 | £2,340/m² | n = 50 |
| Semi-detached | £1,860/m² | n = 100 |
| Terraced | £1,350/m² | n = 121 |
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Tenure
£148,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £99,100–£194,000
84 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 276 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 10/07/26 | 19 Chilton Gardens, Houghton le Spring | £119,950 | Semi | Freehold | £1,670 | |
| 10/07/26 | 34A Station Avenue South, Houghton le Spring | £60,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,250 | |
| 08/07/26 | 9 Church Street, Houghton le Spring | £65,000 | Terraced | Freehold | n/a | |
| 03/07/26 | 23 Fairbairn Drive, Houghton le Spring | £138,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,750 | |
| 03/07/26 | 34 Ellesmere Close, Houghton le Spring | £70,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £1,230 | |
| 30/06/26 | 10 Gladstone Terrace, Houghton le Spring | £104,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,680 | |
| 29/06/26 | 7 Railway Terrace North, Houghton le Spring | £38,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £585 | |
| 26/06/26 | 18 Ellesmere, Houghton le Spring | £305,000 | Detached | Freehold | £1,740 | |
| 26/06/26 | 62 Allenson View, Houghton le Spring | £255,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,770 | |
| 26/06/26 | 9 Montanna Close, Houghton le Spring | £250,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,450 | |
| 26/06/26 | 41 Richmond Drive, Houghton le Spring | £250,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 26/06/26 | 20 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton le Spring | £210,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,810 | |
| 26/06/26 | 22 St Godrics Drive, Houghton le Spring | £171,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 26/06/26 | 38 Railway Terrace, Houghton le Spring | £86,000 | Terraced | Freehold | n/a | |
| 26/06/26 | 9 Lanton Street, Houghton le Spring | £82,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £901 | |
| 26/06/26 | 15 Gertrude Street, Houghton le Spring | £76,500 | Terraced | Freehold | £890 | |
| 24/06/26 | 51 St Barnabas, Houghton le Spring | £100,000 | Semi | Leasehold | n/a |
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Compare DH4 with a neighbouring district · league tables
Ranked here: 24th of 81 in best value postcode districts in North East · 10th 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£1,830/m² median
- NE38 · High Rickleton£2,160/m² median
- DH3 · Birtley£1,980/m² median
- SR3 · New Silksworth£1,910/m² median
- SR4 · South Hylton£1,730/m² median
- NE37 · Sulgrave£1,590/m² median
- DH2 · Ouston£2,070/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 markets93% 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 4.5% 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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