DH4 4SG
Melrose Gardens, Houghton le Spring
Median, last 3 years
£286,000
1 sale, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£286,000
27 Mar 2025
Standard sales
34
since 1995
(+3 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
2011 to 2025. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.
Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.
Show the figures
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (few sales) | £286,000 | 1 |
| 2023 (few sales) | £188,500 | 1 |
| 2022 (few sales) | £130,000 | 1 |
| 2021 | £174,000 | 3 |
| 2020 (few sales) | £165,000 | 2 |
| 2019 (few sales) | £123,000 | 1 |
| 2018 (few sales) | £136,975 | 2 |
| 2017 | £101,000 | 5 |
| 2016 (few sales) | £120,000 | 2 |
| 2015 (few sales) | £110,000 | 1 |
| 2014 | £125,000 | 5 |
| 2010 (few sales) | £130,000 | 1 |
| 2007 (few sales) | £149,950 | 1 |
| 2005 (few sales) | £135,000 | 1 |
| 2004 (few sales) | £135,000 | 1 |
| 2003 (few sales) | £77,475 | 2 |
| 2002 (few sales) | £79,000 | 1 |
| 1998 (few sales) | £55,908 | 2 |
| 1995 (few sales) | £59,000 | 1 |
Sale history (37 records · 10 homes sold more than once)
| Address | Date | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
|
6, MELROSE GARDENS
27 Mar 2025 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £140,000 (Sep 2016) · +104%
|
27 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £286,000 |
|
23, MELROSE GARDENS
15 Feb 2023 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £130,000 (Jan 2022) · +45%
|
15 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £188,500 |
|
23, MELROSE GARDENS
31 Jan 2022 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
31 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £130,000 |
|
26, MELROSE GARDENS
24 Nov 2021 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
Previously £155,000 (Aug 2014) · +23%
|
24 Nov 2021 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £189,950 |
|
25, MELROSE GARDENS
7 Sep 2021 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
7 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £140,000 |
|
18, MELROSE GARDENS
25 Mar 2021 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £125,000 (May 2014) · +39%
|
25 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £174,000 |
|
7, MELROSE GARDENS
11 Nov 2020 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
11 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £165,000 |
|
7, MELROSE GARDENS
11 Nov 2020 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
Previously £110,000 (Sep 2015) · +50%
|
11 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £165,000 |
|
15, MELROSE GARDENS
8 Mar 2019 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
Previously £52,000 (Jul 1998) · +137%
|
8 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £123,000 |
|
20, MELROSE GARDENS
29 Aug 2018 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
Previously £130,000 (Jun 2018)
|
29 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £134,950 |
|
17, MELROSE GARDENS
9 Jul 2018 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £105,000 (Sep 2017) · +32%
|
9 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £139,000 |
|
20, MELROSE GARDENS
Cat B
29 Jun 2018 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
29 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £130,000 |
|
20, MELROSE GARDENS
Cat B
29 Jun 2018 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
29 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £130,000 |
|
27, MELROSE GARDENS
19 Oct 2017 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £135,000 (Apr 2005) · +13%
|
19 Oct 2017 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £153,000 |
|
17, MELROSE GARDENS
29 Sep 2017 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £35,000 (Mar 2003) · +200%
|
29 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £105,000 |
|
8, MELROSE GARDENS
4 Aug 2017 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
4 Aug 2017 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £101,000 |
|
13, MELROSE GARDENS
5 Jun 2017 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
5 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £95,000 |
|
19, MELROSE GARDENS
31 Mar 2017 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
31 Mar 2017 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £72,000 |
|
6, MELROSE GARDENS
30 Sep 2016 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £95,500 (Dec 2014) · +47%
|
30 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £140,000 |
|
11, MELROSE GARDENS
1 Jun 2016 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
1 Jun 2016 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £100,000 |
|
7, MELROSE GARDENS
11 Sep 2015 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
11 Sep 2015 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £110,000 |
|
6, MELROSE GARDENS
19 Dec 2014 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
19 Dec 2014 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £95,500 |
|
26, MELROSE GARDENS
18 Aug 2014 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
18 Aug 2014 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £155,000 |
|
26, MELROSE GARDENS
18 Aug 2014 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
18 Aug 2014 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £155,000 |
|
18, MELROSE GARDENS
16 May 2014 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
16 May 2014 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £125,000 |
|
10, MELROSE GARDENS
17 Apr 2014 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
17 Apr 2014 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £118,000 |
|
10, MELROSE GARDENS
Cat B
17 Apr 2014 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £79,000 (Oct 2002)
|
17 Apr 2014 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £122,000 |
|
1, MELROSE GARDENS
26 Jul 2010 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
26 Jul 2010 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £130,000 |
|
5, MELROSE GARDENS
22 Jun 2007 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
22 Jun 2007 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £149,950 |
|
27, MELROSE GARDENS
22 Apr 2005 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
22 Apr 2005 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £135,000 |
|
3, MELROSE GARDENS
30 Sep 2004 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
30 Sep 2004 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £135,000 |
|
9, MELROSE GARDENS
5 Sep 2003 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
5 Sep 2003 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £119,950 |
|
17, MELROSE GARDENS
6 Mar 2003 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
6 Mar 2003 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £35,000 |
|
10, MELROSE GARDENS
16 Oct 2002 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
16 Oct 2002 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £79,000 |
|
15, MELROSE GARDENS
10 Jul 1998 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
10 Jul 1998 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £52,000 |
|
24, MELROSE GARDENS
2 Apr 1998 · Terraced
· Leasehold
|
2 Apr 1998 | Terraced · Leasehold | £59,815 |
|
14, MELROSE GARDENS
25 Aug 1995 · Semi-detached
· Leasehold
|
25 Aug 1995 | Semi-detached · Leasehold | £59,000 |
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.