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DH4 6BZ

Orchid Square, Houghton le Spring

Median, last 3 years
£272,500
4 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£282,000
25 Jul 2025
Standard sales
22
since 2013 (+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

£88k £175k £263k £350k 2013: £244,995 median, 11 sales 2013 2016 2019: £230,000 median, 1 sale 2019 2020: £245,000 median, 3 sales 2021: £246,000 median, 3 sales 2022 2023: £263,000 median, 1 sale 2024: £350,000 median, 1 sale 2025: £262,500 median, 2 sales 2025

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) £262,500 2
2024 (few sales) £350,000 1
2023 (few sales) £263,000 1
2021 £246,000 3
2020 £245,000 3
2019 (few sales) £230,000 1
2013 £244,995 11

Sale history (24 records · 8 homes sold more than once)

Address Price
7, ORCHID SQUARE
25 Jul 2025 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £263,000 (Sep 2023) · +7%
£282,000
2, ORCHID SQUARE
23 May 2025 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £199,995 (Aug 2013) · +22%
£243,000
9, ORCHID SQUARE
24 Oct 2024 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £300,000 (Dec 2020) · +17%
£350,000
7, ORCHID SQUARE
22 Sep 2023 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £235,000 (Feb 2020) · +12%
£263,000
5, ORCHID SQUARE
12 Nov 2021 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £244,995 (Jun 2013) · 0%
£246,000
10, ORCHID SQUARE
30 Apr 2021 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £284,995 (Oct 2013) · −1%
£282,000
1, ORCHID SQUARE
9 Apr 2021 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £225,000 (Aug 2013) · +9%
£245,000
9, ORCHID SQUARE
7 Dec 2020 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £299,995 (Jun 2013) · 0%
£300,000
7, ORCHID SQUARE
17 Feb 2020 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £240,000 (Feb 2020)
£235,000
7, ORCHID SQUARE Cat B
14 Feb 2020 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £239,995 (Sep 2013)
£240,000
6, ORCHID SQUARE
13 Feb 2020 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £244,995 (Jun 2013) · 0%
£245,000
11, ORCHID SQUARE
11 Jan 2019 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £279,000 (Jun 2018)
£230,000
11, ORCHID SQUARE Cat B
15 Jun 2018 · Detached · Freehold
Previously £279,995 (Jun 2013)
£279,000
10, ORCHID SQUARE
31 Oct 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£284,995
4, ORCHID SQUARE
27 Sep 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£239,995
7, ORCHID SQUARE
20 Sep 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£239,995
3, ORCHID SQUARE
30 Aug 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£249,995
1, ORCHID SQUARE
30 Aug 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£225,000
2, ORCHID SQUARE
30 Aug 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£199,995
6, ORCHID SQUARE
28 Jun 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£244,995
11, ORCHID SQUARE
28 Jun 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£279,995
5, ORCHID SQUARE
28 Jun 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£244,995
8, ORCHID SQUARE
28 Jun 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£249,995
9, ORCHID SQUARE
27 Jun 2013 · Detached · Freehold · New build
£299,995

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.