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DH5 8LH

Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton le Spring

Median, last 3 years
£63,725
2 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£67,500
12 Jan 2026
Standard sales
12
since 2004 (+6 additional entries)
DH5 district median
£143,250
278 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Terraced sold for £59,950 · Semi-detached sold for £67,500

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 2014 2015: £64,000 median, 1 sale 2017 2019: £51,500 median, 1 sale 2020 2023 2025: £59,950 median, 1 sale 2026 (January to August): £67,500 median, 1 sale 2026

2012 to 2026. Every year since 2004 is in the figures below.

The paler 2026 bar covers January to August only, and its latest months are still filling in as sales are registered.

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
2026 (to August) (few sales) £67,500 1
2025 (few sales) £59,950 1
2019 (few sales) £51,500 1
2015 (few sales) £64,000 1
2010 (few sales) £80,000 1
2009 (few sales) £60,000 1
2007 (few sales) £72,500 2
2006 (few sales) £82,500 2
2004 (few sales) £70,500 2

Sale history (18 records · 7 homes sold more than once)

Address Price
9, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
12 Jan 2026 · Semi-detached · Freehold
Previously £60,000 (Jun 2023)
£67,500
3, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
25 Apr 2025 · Terraced · Freehold
£59,950
9, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
9 Jun 2023 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£60,000
13, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
27 Jul 2022 · Other · Freehold
Previously £74,000 (Jun 2004)
£55,000
8, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
9 Jul 2021 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £60,000 (Nov 2009)
£55,000
12, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
26 Jan 2021 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £52,500 (Mar 2015)
£40,000
1, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
21 Aug 2019 · Terraced · Freehold
£51,500
6, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
20 Dec 2016 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £78,000 (Nov 2006)
£40,000
4, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
5 Jun 2015 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £67,000 (Jul 2004) · −4%
£64,000
12, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST Cat B
20 Mar 2015 · Terraced · Freehold
£52,500
11, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
26 Feb 2010 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £85,000 (Sep 2007) · −6%
£80,000
8, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
2 Nov 2009 · Terraced · Freehold
£60,000
11, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
24 Sep 2007 · Terraced · Freehold
Previously £60,000 (Mar 2007) · +42%
£85,000
11, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
19 Mar 2007 · Terraced · Freehold
£60,000
6, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
1 Nov 2006 · Terraced · Freehold
£78,000
6, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
1 Nov 2006 · Terraced · Freehold
£87,000
4, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
9 Jul 2004 · Terraced · Freehold
£67,000
13, WORDSWORTH AVENUE EAST
4 Jun 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold
£74,000

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.