Postcode sector

Sector DH5 8 house prices

Houghton Town · Sunderland · district DH5 · 136 postcodes

Median £1,780 per m² over 155 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 12.5% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£1,780/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+12.5%
Sales, 24 months155with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£570/m² to £700/m²: 12 sales£700/m² to £840/m²: 4 sales£840/m² to £970/m²: 9 sales£970/m² to £1,110/m²: 9 sales£1,110/m² to £1,240/m²: 6 sales£1,240/m² to £1,380/m²: 9 sales£1,380/m² to £1,510/m²: 8 sales£1,510/m² to £1,650/m²: 13 sales£1,650/m² to £1,780/m²: 8 sales£1,780/m² to £1,920/m²: 13 sales£1,920/m² to £2,050/m²: 9 sales£2,050/m² to £2,190/m²: 20 sales£2,190/m² to £2,320/m²: 6 sales£2,320/m² to £2,450/m²: 15 sales£2,450/m² to £2,590/m²: 4 sales£2,590/m² to £2,720/m²: 2 sales£2,720/m² to £2,860/m²: 2 sales£2,860/m² to £2,990/m²: 4 sales£3,130/m² to £3,260/m²: 2 salesDH5 8DH5£0£1k£2k£3k£4k
DH5 8
£1,780/m² middle · £1,230–£2,160/m² middle half · 155 sales
District DH5
£1,790/m² middle · £1,170–£2,200/m² middle half · 542 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025DH5 8, 2026: 112DH5, 2026: 115Sunderland houses, 2026: 94
  • DH5 8
  • DH5
  • Sunderland houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverDH5 8District DH5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+12.5%+16.1%+4.1%+7.6%
5 years+0.9%+6.0%−3.4%+1.5%
10 years−1.1%+2.3%−1.9%+1.4%
20 years−0.7%+2.1%−0.2%+2.6%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. SR3 2Hall Farm£1,920–£2,610/m²
  3. DH4 4Newbottle & Penshaw£1,390–£2,480/m²
  4. DH5 9Hetton-le-Hole North£1,300–£2,350/m²
  5. SR3 3Lakeside & Farrington£1,660–£2,290/m²
  6. SR7 0Seaham Northlea & Westlea£1,360–£2,140/m²
  7. DH5 8Houghton Town£1,230–£2,160/m²
  8. DH4 5Houghton West£1,280–£2,070/m²
  9. DH5 0Hetton-le-Hole South£1,000–£1,940/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Bridle Way28108 m²£1,790/m²
Leeholme1769 m²£1,770/m²
Lawnswood1572 m²£1,670/m²
Cresta View14124 m²£2,190/m²
Longlands Drive1483 m²£2,090/m²
Bradley Avenue1282 m²£1,960/m²
Hetton Road10101 m²£1,840/m²
Martindale Park974 m²£1,990/m²
Nesham Place9146 m²£1,710/m²
Thurlow Way974 m²£1,410/m²
Edwin Street8110 m²£880/m²
Meadow Close873 m²£1,680/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.