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DH4 4PT

Briar Lea, Houghton le Spring

Median, last 3 years
£148,000
3 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£148,000
25 Jul 2025
Standard sales
17
since 1998 (+2 additional entries)
DH4 district median
£169,950
507 sales, 12 months to May 2026

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

£42k £83k £125k £167k 2011: £159,950 median, 2 sales 2013 2014: £145,000 median, 1 sale 2015: £120,000 median, 1 sale 2016: £152,000 median, 2 sales 2016 2018: £132,500 median, 1 sale 2019: £147,000 median, 1 sale 2019 2021: £157,500 median, 1 sale 2022 2024: £145,000 median, 1 sale 2025: £166,500 median, 2 sales 2025

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1998 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year Median Sales
2025 (few sales) £166,500 2
2024 (few sales) £145,000 1
2021 (few sales) £157,500 1
2019 (few sales) £147,000 1
2018 (few sales) £132,500 1
2016 (few sales) £152,000 2
2015 (few sales) £120,000 1
2014 (few sales) £145,000 1
2011 (few sales) £159,950 2
2008 (few sales) £140,000 2
2004 (few sales) £136,000 1
1999 (few sales) £42,950 1
1998 (few sales) £41,000 1

Sale history (19 records · 4 homes sold more than once)

Address Price
47, BRIAR LEA
25 Jul 2025 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£148,000
51, BRIAR LEA
31 Mar 2025 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
Previously £185,000 (Mar 2025)
£185,000
51, BRIAR LEA Cat B
27 Mar 2025 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
£185,000
51, BRIAR LEA Cat B
27 Mar 2025 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£185,000
40, BRIAR LEA
4 Apr 2024 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£145,000
37, BRIAR LEA
23 Jul 2021 · Terraced · Leasehold
Previously £136,000 (Jul 2004) · +16%
£157,500
36, BRIAR LEA
12 Jul 2019 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
Previously £42,950 (Apr 1999) · +242%
£147,000
41, BRIAR LEA
16 Nov 2018 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
£132,500
43, BRIAR LEA
10 Jun 2016 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£154,000
42, BRIAR LEA
14 Mar 2016 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
Previously £159,950 (Mar 2011) · −6%
£150,000
32, BRIAR LEA
3 Mar 2015 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
£120,000
39, BRIAR LEA
23 Dec 2014 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£145,000
42, BRIAR LEA
31 Mar 2011 · Detached · Leasehold
£159,950
42, BRIAR LEA
31 Mar 2011 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £140,000 (Dec 2008) · +14%
£159,950
42, BRIAR LEA
19 Dec 2008 · Detached · Freehold
£140,000
42, BRIAR LEA
19 Dec 2008 · Detached · Leasehold
£140,000
37, BRIAR LEA
2 Jul 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold
£136,000
36, BRIAR LEA
30 Apr 1999 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
£42,950
53, BRIAR LEA
27 Nov 1998 · Semi-detached · Leasehold
£41,000

Cat B An additional Price Paid entry (category B): a repossession, a buy-to-let with an identifiable mortgage, a purchase by a company or other non-private buyer, or a sale of another kind of property. Left out of every average.