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DH5 8BA

Balfour Street, Houghton le Spring

Median, last 3 years
£57,475
6 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£59,950
23 May 2025
Standard sales
41
since 1997 (+7 additional entries)
DH5 district median
£143,250
278 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Terraced median £55,000 (5 sales) · Semi-detached sold for £65,000

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

£17k £34k £51k £68k 2013: £42,000 median, 1 sale 2013 2015: £47,500 median, 1 sale 2016: £68,000 median, 1 sale 2016 2017: £32,000 median, 1 sale 2019 2020: £35,000 median, 1 sale 2022: £56,000 median, 1 sale 2022 2024: £55,000 median, 5 sales 2025: £59,950 median, 1 sale 2025

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1997 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
Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year Median Sales
2025 (few sales) £59,950 1
2024 £55,000 5
2022 (few sales) £56,000 1
2020 (few sales) £35,000 1
2017 (few sales) £32,000 1
2016 (few sales) £68,000 1
2015 (few sales) £47,500 1
2013 (few sales) £42,000 1
2010 (few sales) £63,875 1
2008 (few sales) £79,500 1
2007 (few sales) £92,000 1
2006 £69,500 3
2005 (few sales) £67,000 1
2004 £64,500 3
2003 £38,005 4
2002 £29,700 9
2001 £22,000 3
2000 (few sales) £21,750 2
1997 (few sales) £25,000 1

Sale history (48 records · 16 homes sold more than once)

Address Price
15, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
26 Aug 2025 · Terraced · Freehold
£30,000
7, BALFOUR STREET
23 May 2025 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £53,000 (Oct 2020)
£59,950
16, BALFOUR STREET
18 Dec 2024 · Semi-detached · Freehold
Previously £66,950 (Jun 2004) · −3%
£65,000
5, BALFOUR STREET
16 Dec 2024 · Terraced · Freehold
£55,000
11, BALFOUR STREET
4 Nov 2024 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £30,000 (Aug 2024)
£34,000
23, BALFOUR STREET
24 Oct 2024 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £67,000 (Jan 2005) · −46%
£36,000
11, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
28 Aug 2024 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £69,500 (Sep 2006)
£30,000
12, BALFOUR STREET
5 Apr 2024 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £79,500 (Jan 2008) · −21%
£62,500
19, BALFOUR STREET
3 May 2022 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £64,500 (May 2004) · −13%
£56,000
4, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
16 Jul 2021 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £61,000 (Oct 2006)
£55,000
18, BALFOUR STREET
28 Dec 2020 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £24,350 (Mar 2002) · +44%
£35,000
7, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
16 Oct 2020 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £52,500 (Sep 2019)
£53,000
6, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
11 May 2020 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £25,000 (May 2019)
£54,000
7, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
18 Sep 2019 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £92,000 (May 2007)
£52,500
6, BALFOUR STREET Cat B
1 May 2019 · Other · Freehold
£25,000
13, BALFOUR STREET
22 Sep 2017 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £42,000 (Jun 2013) · −24%
£32,000
20, BALFOUR STREET
4 Mar 2016 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £41,060 (Aug 2003) · +66%
£68,000
14, BALFOUR STREET
4 Nov 2015 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £59,950 (May 2004) · −21%
£47,500
13, BALFOUR STREET
10 Jun 2013 · Terraced · Freehold
£42,000
10, BALFOUR STREET
22 Jul 2010 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £33,500 (Oct 2002) · +91%
£63,875
12, BALFOUR STREET
25 Jan 2008 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £17,500 (Mar 2000) · +354%
£79,500
7, BALFOUR STREET
11 May 2007 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £12,500 (Sep 2002) · +636%
£92,000
1, BALFOUR STREET
6 Nov 2006 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £32,500 (May 2001) · +171%
£88,000
4, BALFOUR STREET
6 Oct 2006 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £22,000 (Nov 2001) · +177%
£61,000
11, BALFOUR STREET
29 Sep 2006 · Terraced · Freehold
£69,500
23, BALFOUR STREET
14 Jan 2005 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £22,500 (Mar 2002) · +198%
£67,000
16, BALFOUR STREET
18 Jun 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold
Previously £29,500 (Sep 2002) · +127%
£66,950
14, BALFOUR STREET
26 May 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£59,950
19, BALFOUR STREET
12 May 2004 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £31,950 (Dec 2002) · +102%
£64,500
17, BALFOUR STREET
28 Nov 2003 · Terraced · Freehold
£34,950
21, BALFOUR STREET
26 Sep 2003 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £30,000 (May 2002) · +83%
£54,950
20, BALFOUR STREET
20 Aug 2003 · Flat / maisonette · Freehold
£41,060
9, BALFOUR STREET
17 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Freehold
£30,000
19, BALFOUR STREET
17 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£31,950
2, BALFOUR STREET
13 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £19,000 (May 2001) · +56%
£29,700
10, BALFOUR STREET
11 Oct 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£33,500
7, BALFOUR STREET
20 Sep 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£12,500
16, BALFOUR STREET
12 Sep 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold
Previously £26,000 (Jun 2000) · +13%
£29,500
8, BALFOUR STREET
15 Jul 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£32,500
21, BALFOUR STREET
10 May 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£30,000
23, BALFOUR STREET
27 Mar 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£22,500
18, BALFOUR STREET
26 Mar 2002 · Terraced · Freehold
£24,350
4, BALFOUR STREET
2 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Freehold
£22,000
2, BALFOUR STREET
18 May 2001 · Terraced · Freehold
£19,000
1, BALFOUR STREET
16 May 2001 · Terraced · Freehold
£32,500
16, BALFOUR STREET
9 Jun 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold
Previously £25,000 (Mar 1997) · +4%
£26,000
12, BALFOUR STREET
3 Mar 2000 · Terraced · Freehold
£17,500
16, BALFOUR STREET
27 Mar 1997 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£25,000

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.