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Blackhill market report DH8 5, Consett
The standing DH8 5 (Blackhill) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,504 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in DH8 5 (Consett) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in DH8 5 (Consett) sold for £133,000 in 2026, the median of 48 registered sales, down 2% on five years earlier. The mean was £171,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,690 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 4,504 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
DH8 5 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside DH8 (Consett). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where DH8 5 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
DH8 5 sold prices: where the market stands
Take the 48 registered 2026 sales in DH8 5 and the middle price, the median, is £133,000. The mean lands at £171,200, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
Price per square metre in DH8 5
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in DH8 5 costs about £1,690 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving DH8 5 53% below the national figure.
A typical DH8 5 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £133,000 | £133,000 | 48 |
| 2025 | £148,000 | £151,539 | 152 |
| 2024 | £181,000 | £192,440 | 154 |
| 2023 | £150,000 | £164,813 | 136 |
| 2022 | £130,000 | £152,440 | 141 |
| 2021 | £136,000 | £172,194 | 202 |
| 2020 | £136,400 | £176,982 | 144 |
| 2019 | £160,000 | £209,722 | 173 |
| 2018 | £136,400 | £181,824 | 189 |
| 2017 | £130,000 | £177,307 | 189 |
| 2016 | £127,000 | £177,674 | 157 |
| 2015 | £125,000 | £176,625 | 105 |
| 2014 | £121,500 | £172,369 | 92 |
| 2013 | £99,200 | £142,739 | 90 |
| 2012 | £112,500 | £165,586 | 101 |
| 2011 | £92,800 | £140,092 | 60 |
| 2010 | £100,000 | £156,826 | 74 |
| 2009 | £91,200 | £146,605 | 78 |
| 2008 | £103,000 | £168,839 | 108 |
| 2007 | £119,000 | £201,857 | 264 |
| 2006 | £123,000 | £213,512 | 269 |
| 2005 | £119,000 | £211,772 | 183 |
| 2004 | £96,000 | £174,355 | 169 |
| 2003 | £60,000 | £110,535 | 153 |
| 2002 | £49,000 | £92,193 | 187 |
| 2001 | £40,000 | £76,898 | 127 |
| 2000 | £41,000 | £80,463 | 147 |
| 1999 | £35,000 | £69,753 | 123 |
| 1998 | £40,800 | £82,358 | 125 |
| 1997 | £50,100 | £102,745 | 170 |
| 1996 | £36,500 | £76,977 | 112 |
| 1995 | £29,200 | £63,476 | 82 |
In cash terms the typical DH8 5 home went from £29,200 in 1995 to £133,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 110%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2006. The market now sits about 38% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the DH8 5 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+60.0% on the year before); the weakest, 1998 (−18.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −10.1% | −12.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.4% | −5.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.5% | −2.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +0.4% | −2.3% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Sales activity in DH8 5
Sales per year, counted
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The register shows 48 DH8 5 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 187 sales a year before the financial crisis and 126 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
Rents around DH8 5
DH8 5 falls under County Durham, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £638 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £447 a month for a typical one-bed to £982 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, County Durham
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £133,000 median sold price, £638 a month is £7,656 a year, a gross yield of 5.8%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Reading the DH8 5 market
Only 48 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes DH8 5 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
Asked and answered: DH8 5 (Blackhill)
Is DH8 5 (Blackhill) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in DH8 5 (Blackhill)?
Are property prices falling in DH8 5 (Blackhill)?
Where do DH8 5 prices go next?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 23% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
DH8's current homes for sale
Turning to what is actually available: 58 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole DH8 district, not just DH8 5: live asking prices are collected per district.
22% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Rolling Mill, Consett, Consett
- Bells Wood Court, Consett, Consett
- Cleadon Street, Consett, Consett, DH8, Consett
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every DH8 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Bedroom by bedroom: DH prices by size
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the DH area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £194,950 | £270,000 (+38%) | £415,000 (+54%) | £550,000 (+33%) |
| Semi-detached | £133,250 | £140,000 (+5%) | £174,000 (+24%) | £262,000 (+51%) | £430,000 (+64%) |
| Terraced | £90,000 | £94,000 (+4%) | £111,000 (+18%) | £166,130 (+50%) | £322,500 (+94%) |
| Flat | £79,950 | £120,300 (+50%) | £205,153 (+71%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the DH area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the DH area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in DH8
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of DH8, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DH8 0 | £220,000 | 30 |
| DH8 6 | £135,000 | 43 |
| DH8 7 | £124,200 | 54 |
| DH8 8 | £132,500 | 32 |
| DH8 9 | £227,200 | 14 |
Zoom out to the full DH8 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how DH8 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in DH8 5? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at DH8 5's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working DH8 5: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim DH8 5.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with DH8 5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every DH8 5 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.