DL17 8NJ

Bessemer Street, Ferryhill

Median, last 3 years

£56,500

6 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£61,919

25 Jun 2026

Standard sales

131

since 1996 (+38 additional entries)

DL17 district median

£106,500

245 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

2012 to 2026. Every year since 1996 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.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2026 (to August) (few sales)	£61,919	1
2024	£45,000	3
2023	£56,500	4
2022	£46,625	4
2021	£42,500	4
2020	£30,000	9
2019	£26,000	6
2018 (few sales)	£23,500	2
2017	£30,500	6
2016	£23,865	4
2015	£37,000	4
2014	£27,000	4
2013	£19,500	5
2012 (few sales)	£21,750	1
2011 (few sales)	£20,000	1
2010	£25,500	4
2009 (few sales)	£25,000	1
2008	£51,000	4
2007	£53,000	6
2006	£52,000	5
2005	£41,000	9
2004	£41,750	8
2003	£21,000	11
2002	£17,500	6
2001 (few sales)	£17,875	2
2000 (few sales)	£12,000	2
1999	£11,750	4
1998	£15,350	4
1997	£14,500	4
1996	£13,500	3

Sale history (169 records · 39 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
22, BESSEMER STREET 28 Aug 2009 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £41,000 (Oct 2005) · −39%	28 Aug 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£25,000
50, BESSEMER STREET 1 Feb 2008 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £52,000 (Jan 2006) · +1%	1 Feb 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£52,500
39, BESSEMER STREET 16 Jan 2008 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £44,500 (Feb 2006) · +12%	16 Jan 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
7, BESSEMER STREET 16 Jan 2008 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £43,000 (May 2005) · +16%	16 Jan 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
6, BESSEMER STREET 16 Jan 2008 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £40,000 (May 2005) · +30%	16 Jan 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
10, BESSEMER STREET 12 Jul 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £25,000 (Jul 2003) · +56%	12 Jul 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£39,000
43, BESSEMER STREET 24 Apr 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,000 (Jul 2005) · +22%	24 Apr 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£56,000
26, BESSEMER STREET 24 Apr 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £45,000 (May 2005) · +24%	24 Apr 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£56,000
42, BESSEMER STREET 24 Apr 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,000 (Jul 2005) · +22%	24 Apr 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£56,000
37, BESSEMER STREET 5 Mar 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	5 Mar 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£47,000
19, BESSEMER STREET 13 Feb 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Feb 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
33, BESSEMER STREET 29 Sep 2006 · Terraced · Freehold	29 Sep 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
65, BESSEMER STREET 15 Aug 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £33,000 (Jun 2005) · +58%	15 Aug 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
17, BESSEMER STREET 21 Jul 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £21,000 (Jan 2003) · +102%	21 Jul 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£42,500
39, BESSEMER STREET 10 Feb 2006 · Terraced · Freehold	10 Feb 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£44,500
50, BESSEMER STREET 30 Jan 2006 · Terraced · Freehold	30 Jan 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
22, BESSEMER STREET 21 Oct 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £17,000 (Nov 2001) · +141%	21 Oct 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£41,000
43, BESSEMER STREET 29 Jul 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £25,000 (Dec 2003) · +84%	29 Jul 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£46,000
42, BESSEMER STREET 14 Jul 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £24,950 (Jul 2003) · +84%	14 Jul 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£46,000
65, BESSEMER STREET 17 Jun 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £24,000 (Apr 2003) · +38%	17 Jun 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£33,000
7, BESSEMER STREET 13 May 2005 · Terraced · Freehold	13 May 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£43,000
6, BESSEMER STREET 13 May 2005 · Terraced · Freehold	13 May 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£40,000
26, BESSEMER STREET 11 May 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £25,000 (Feb 2004) · +80%	11 May 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£45,000
12, BESSEMER STREET 21 Apr 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £18,300 (Jun 2003) · +113%	21 Apr 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£39,000
3, BESSEMER STREET 11 Feb 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £14,000 (Apr 2000) · +154%	11 Feb 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£35,500
28, BESSEMER STREET 29 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	29 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£46,000
11, BESSEMER STREET 15 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	15 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£41,000
11, BESSEMER STREET 15 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £12,000 (Jul 1999) · +342%	15 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£53,000
48, BESSEMER STREET 20 Aug 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	20 Aug 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£38,000
66, BESSEMER STREET 6 Aug 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	6 Aug 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£47,000
29, BESSEMER STREET 4 Jun 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £23,750 (Apr 2004) · +79%	4 Jun 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£42,500
29, BESSEMER STREET 1 Apr 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £11,500 (Aug 1999) · +107%	1 Apr 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£23,750
26, BESSEMER STREET 27 Feb 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	27 Feb 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£25,000
43, BESSEMER STREET 22 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£25,000
15, BESSEMER STREET 19 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £12,000 (Mar 2002) · +21%	19 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£14,500
10, BESSEMER STREET 25 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	25 Jul 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£25,000
42, BESSEMER STREET 11 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £18,000 (Oct 1997) · +39%	11 Jul 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£24,950
12, BESSEMER STREET 27 Jun 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £10,000 (Dec 1999) · +83%	27 Jun 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£18,300
16, BESSEMER STREET 25 Jun 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £8,750 (Oct 1998) · +140%	25 Jun 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£21,000
55, BESSEMER STREET 8 May 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £26,500 (Jul 1999) · −32%	8 May 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£18,000
32, BESSEMER STREET 23 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £17,000 (Nov 2002) · +40%	23 Apr 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£23,750
57, BESSEMER STREET 17 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £13,500 (Sep 1996) · 0%	17 Apr 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£13,500
65, BESSEMER STREET 9 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £18,000 (Dec 2002) · +33%	9 Apr 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£24,000
17, BESSEMER STREET 17 Jan 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	17 Jan 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£21,000
4, BESSEMER STREET 11 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £14,000 (Aug 2002) · +63%	11 Dec 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£22,750
65, BESSEMER STREET 9 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Dec 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£18,000
32, BESSEMER STREET 22 Nov 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Nov 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£17,000
23, BESSEMER STREET 18 Sep 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £28,000 (May 1998) · −36%	18 Sep 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£18,000
4, BESSEMER STREET 22 Aug 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £11,000 (Sep 1997) · +27%	22 Aug 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£14,000
15, BESSEMER STREET 8 Mar 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	8 Mar 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£12,000

Area

Postcode district: DL17
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 1 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01020807
Introduced: Jan 1980

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

County Durham, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £140,447
Change since July 2025: +4.7%
First-time buyers: £125,124

Average by property type

Detached: £239,098
Semi-detached: £141,233
Terraced: £116,586
Flat / maisonette: £78,510

The official index for County Durham as a whole, not DL17 8NJ alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

DL17 8NN £42,000 · 2 sales
DL17 8NS £79,500 · 4 sales
DL17 8PG £39,999 · 3 sales
DL17 8TJ £222,500 · 2 sales
DL17 8NQ £39,999 · 5 sales
DL17 8PX £156,000 · 6 sales
DL17 8NT £166,000 · last sale 2018
DL17 8PF £35,000 · 1 sale
DL17 8PE £78,999 · 5 sales
DL17 8PD £49,500 · 2 sales
DL17 8PZ £188,500 · 4 sales
DL17 8PB £23,000 · last sale 2019