House prices in Sunderland
A typical home in Sunderland sold for £142,000: the count-weighted median of the 7,261 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the SR postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Sunderland property market's median sold price, across the SR postcode area, was £142,000, from 1,239 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £135,000. That is a rise of 5%, about 1.0% a year. The median peaked in 2025 at £145,000.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Sunderland median is 50% lower.
Figures on this page cover the SR postcode area, the postal geography centred on Sunderland. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on SR postcodes are counted too.
Sunderland median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £142,000 | £167,600 | 1,239 |
| 2025 | £145,000 | £171,800 | 3,011 |
| 2024 | £140,000 | £169,300 | 3,011 |
| 2023 | £137,000 | £162,300 | 2,893 |
| 2022 | £135,000 | £166,300 | 3,641 |
| 2021 | £135,000 | £163,700 | 3,945 |
| 2020 | £122,000 | £143,300 | 2,797 |
| 2019 | £120,000 | £136,700 | 3,086 |
| 2018 | £113,000 | £130,400 | 2,997 |
| 2017 | £110,000 | £126,900 | 3,058 |
| 2016 | £110,000 | £126,700 | 2,883 |
| 2015 | £110,000 | £127,900 | 2,839 |
| 2014 | £102,000 | £120,800 | 2,706 |
| 2013 | £105,000 | £118,200 | 2,346 |
| 2012 | £100,000 | £116,000 | 2,169 |
| 2011 | £100,000 | £116,100 | 2,135 |
| 2010 | £105,000 | £124,900 | 2,057 |
| 2009 | £100,000 | £118,600 | 1,966 |
| 2008 | £101,500 | £122,000 | 2,782 |
| 2007 | £109,400 | £126,700 | 5,704 |
Medians are the middle sold price of the year's recorded sales. The average (mean) can sit well above the median when a few expensive homes change hands.
The priciest parts of Sunderland
Typical price is the count-weighted median over the last three recorded years. Only districts with at least 30 sales in that window are ranked, which keeps low-volume business postcodes out of these tables.
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR3 Chapelgarth, Doxford Park | £196,600 | 1,207 | Report |
| SR6 Cleadon, Fulwell (east of Metro line) | £196,500 | 1,066 | Report |
| SR2 Ashbrooke, Ryhope | £152,000 | 1,065 | Report |
| SR4 Ayres Quay, Barnes | £136,500 | 1,095 | Report |
| SR7 Cold Hesledon, Dalton-le-Dale | £130,000 | 1,002 | Report |
Best value in Sunderland
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR1 Sunderland City Centre, East End | £57,000 | 74 | Report |
| SR8 Easington, Easington Colliery | £86,800 | 1,178 | Report |
| SR5 Carley Hill, Castletown | £123,000 | 574 | Report |
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