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Chilton market report DL17, Ferryhill
The standing DL17 (Chilton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 10,014 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in DL17 (Ferryhill) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in DL17 (Ferryhill) sold for £105,000 in 2026, the median of 84 registered sales, up 17% on five years earlier. The mean was £118,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,280 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 10,014 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
The postcode district DL17 covering Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth sits in Ferryhill. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where DL17 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.
DL17 sold prices: where the market stands
The 2026 median for DL17 is £105,000, taken from 84 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £118,200, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in DL17
A square metre of DL17 home has cost about £1,280 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts DL17 63% below the country at large.
The price of a typical DL17 home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £105,000 | £105,000 | 84 |
| 2025 | £105,500 | £108,023 | 294 |
| 2024 | £90,000 | £95,688 | 286 |
| 2023 | £84,000 | £92,295 | 231 |
| 2022 | £90,000 | £105,535 | 295 |
| 2021 | £90,000 | £113,952 | 354 |
| 2020 | £67,000 | £86,934 | 275 |
| 2019 | £78,000 | £102,239 | 275 |
| 2018 | £81,000 | £107,975 | 350 |
| 2017 | £64,800 | £88,381 | 281 |
| 2016 | £66,500 | £93,034 | 272 |
| 2015 | £70,200 | £99,193 | 244 |
| 2014 | £66,500 | £94,342 | 262 |
| 2013 | £68,900 | £99,140 | 212 |
| 2012 | £65,000 | £95,672 | 147 |
| 2011 | £70,000 | £105,673 | 193 |
| 2010 | £75,000 | £117,619 | 149 |
| 2009 | £72,000 | £115,741 | 153 |
| 2008 | £68,200 | £111,794 | 272 |
| 2007 | £75,000 | £127,221 | 581 |
| 2006 | £60,000 | £104,152 | 532 |
| 2005 | £53,000 | £94,319 | 473 |
| 2004 | £40,200 | £73,011 | 618 |
| 2003 | £34,000 | £62,636 | 687 |
| 2002 | £29,300 | £55,128 | 572 |
| 2001 | £27,000 | £51,906 | 387 |
| 2000 | £29,200 | £57,305 | 314 |
| 1999 | £28,200 | £56,201 | 221 |
| 1998 | £27,000 | £54,501 | 258 |
| 1997 | £28,200 | £57,833 | 236 |
| 1996 | £25,000 | £52,724 | 249 |
| 1995 | £27,000 | £58,694 | 257 |
In cash terms the typical DL17 home went from £27,000 in 1995 to £105,000 in 2026, roughly 3.9 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 79%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2007; the current median sits about 17% below that. Someone who bought at the 2007 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the DL17 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 2021 (+34.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2020 (−14.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 58% of the typed total. In 2018, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £173,000 against £150,000 for a flat, a 15% premium.
Median by property type, DL17
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £217,000 | 13 | 1,557 |
| Semi-detached | £110,000 | 39 | 2,636 |
| Terraced | £69,500 | 32 | 5,792 |
| Flats | £150,000 (2018) | – | 13 |
What DL17 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −0.5% | −2.8% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.1% | −1.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.7% | +1.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
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.
How many homes change hands in DL17
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The last five years, month by month
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 199 DL17 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 521 sales a year before the financial crisis and 238 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the DL17 market
The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. In its area's price order DL17 comes 16 of 17, towards the cheaper end of the table.
Rents around DL17
For renting purposes DL17 sits in County Durham. The ONS average private rent there is £638 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £447 a month here against £982 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, County Durham
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £105,000 median sold price, £638 a month is £7,656 a year, a gross yield of 7.3%: 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.
Asked and answered: DL17 (Chilton)
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What happens to DL17 prices now?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 17% over five years in cash but down 8% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
What is for sale in DL17 right now
Everything above is what homes in DL17 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 74 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 25% above the DL17 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 29% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Birch Road, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9EW, Ferryhill
- St. Aidans Way, Chilton, Ferryhill, Ferryhill
- Nable Hill Close, Chilton, Ferryhill, County Durham
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every DL17 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Moving up a bedroom in DL: the cost
Real sold prices by size across the DL area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £205,000 | £282,250 (+38%) | £444,995 (+58%) | £625,000 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £147,250 | £147,000 (0%) | £185,000 (+26%) | £282,000 (+52%) | £380,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £104,750 | £92,999 (-11%) | £112,749 (+21%) | £180,000 (+60%) | £317,000 (+76%) |
| Flat | £85,000 | £118,000 (+39%) | £205,000 (+74%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
DL17 ranks 2 of 17 in the DL area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, DL area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside DL17, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DL17 0 | £115,000 | 33 |
| DL17 8 | £95,000 | 39 |
| DL17 9 | £103,500 | 12 |
How DL17 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the DL area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| DL11 | £342,500 | +9% |
| DL8 | £290,000 | +3% |
| DL10 | £260,000 | +16% |
| DL7 | £255,000 | +6% |
| DL2 | £251,200 | +9% |
| DL6 | £245,000 | +2% |
| DL12 | £214,000 | -3% |
| DL5 | £180,000 | +14% |
| DL3 | £173,000 | +5% |
| DL9 | £156,600 | +5% |
| DL13 | £147,500 | +5% |
| DL1 | £142,500 | +16% |
| DL16 | £138,000 | +0% |
| DL14 | £126,000 | +15% |
| DL15 | £118,400 | +6% |
| DL17 (this report) | £105,000 | +17% |
| DL4 | £85,000 | +37% |
Before you sell in DL17: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in DL17, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from DL17's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded DL17 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
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The live map plots every individual DL17 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on 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.