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Faverdale market report DL3 8, Darlington

The standing DL3 8 (Faverdale) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,312 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in DL3 8 (Darlington) 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 2026 median for DL3 8 (Darlington) is £290,000, from 47 registered sales, up 0% on five years earlier; the mean is £329,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,590 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 4,312 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

A postcode sector like DL3 8 is a single group of streets within DL3 (Darlington), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where DL3 8 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.

£290,000typical sale, 2026
£2,590/m²per square metre, 5-year average
+0%change over five years, cash
47sales in the last 12 months
2.8%gross yield, estimated

What buyers actually paid in DL3 8

Across 47 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) DL3 8 home went for £290,000. The mean is £329,300, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

Price per square metre in DL3 8

Measured by floor area, the last five years of DL3 8 sales average about £2,590 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.

Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, DL3 8 runs 2% above it.

A typical DL3 8 home, priced year by year (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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £101,500 at the time · £220,645 in today's money · 142 sales1996: £84,000 at the time · £177,152 in today's money · 193 sales1997: £97,500 at the time · £199,953 in today's money · 223 sales1998: £92,000 at the time · £185,709 in today's money · 167 sales1999: £96,000 at the time · £191,323 in today's money · 155 sales2000: £105,000 at the time · £206,063 in today's money · 157 sales2001: £115,000 at the time · £221,082 in today's money · 176 sales2002: £147,500 at the time · £277,520 in today's money · 151 sales2003: £175,000 at the time · £322,392 in today's money · 139 sales2004: £200,000 at the time · £363,239 in today's money · 103 sales2005: £226,000 at the time · £402,189 in today's money · 103 sales2006: £218,500 at the time · £379,288 in today's money · 184 sales2007: £231,000 at the time · £391,840 in today's money · 169 sales2008: £218,800 at the time · £358,659 in today's money · 92 sales2009: £200,000 at the time · £321,502 in today's money · 99 sales2010: £242,500 at the time · £380,302 in today's money · 78 sales2011: £200,000 at the time · £301,923 in today's money · 100 sales2012: £201,900 at the time · £297,172 in today's money · 100 sales2013: £212,000 at the time · £305,047 in today's money · 101 sales2014: £230,500 at the time · £327,005 in today's money · 112 sales2015: £242,500 at the time · £342,653 in today's money · 129 sales2016: £230,000 at the time · £321,772 in today's money · 137 sales2017: £235,500 at the time · £321,198 in today's money · 170 sales2018: £269,500 at the time · £359,249 in today's money · 131 sales2019: £259,500 at the time · £340,142 in today's money · 142 sales2020: £268,000 at the time · £347,736 in today's money · 139 sales2021: £290,000 at the time · £367,177 in today's money · 192 sales2022: £316,000 at the time · £370,546 in today's money · 150 sales2023: £285,000 at the time · £313,145 in today's money · 115 sales2024: £287,500 at the time · £305,672 in today's money · 98 sales2025: £316,200 at the time · £323,761 in today's money · 118 sales2026: £290,000 at the time · £290,000 in today's money · 47 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£290,000£290,00047
2025£316,200£323,761118
2024£287,500£305,67298
2023£285,000£313,145115
2022£316,000£370,546150
2021£290,000£367,177192
2020£268,000£347,736139
2019£259,500£340,142142
2018£269,500£359,249131
2017£235,500£321,198170
2016£230,000£321,772137
2015£242,500£342,653129
2014£230,500£327,005112
2013£212,000£305,047101
2012£201,900£297,172100
2011£200,000£301,923100
2010£242,500£380,30278
2009£200,000£321,50299
2008£218,800£358,65992
2007£231,000£391,840169
2006£218,500£379,288184
2005£226,000£402,189103
2004£200,000£363,239103
2003£175,000£322,392139
2002£147,500£277,520151
2001£115,000£221,082176
2000£105,000£206,063157
1999£96,000£191,323155
1998£92,000£185,709167
1997£97,500£199,953223
1996£84,000£177,152193
1995£101,500£220,645142

In cash terms the typical DL3 8 home went from £101,500 in 1995 to £290,000 in 2026, roughly 2.9 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 31%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2005; the current median sits about 28% below that. Someone who bought at the 2005 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the DL3 8 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · −17.2% on the year before1997 · +16.1% on the year before1998 · −5.6% on the year before1999 · +4.3% on the year before2000 · +9.4% on the year before2001 · +9.5% on the year before2002 · +28.3% on the year before2003 · +18.6% on the year before2004 · +14.3% on the year before2005 · +13.0% on the year before2006 · −3.3% on the year before2007 · +5.7% on the year before2008 · −5.3% on the year before2009 · −8.6% on the year before2010 · +21.3% on the year before2011 · −17.5% on the year before2012 · +0.9% on the year before2013 · +5.0% on the year before2014 · +8.7% on the year before2015 · +5.2% on the year before2016 · −5.2% on the year before2017 · +2.4% on the year before2018 · +14.4% on the year before2019 · −3.7% on the year before2020 · +3.3% on the year before2021 · +8.2% on the year before2022 · +9.0% on the year before2023 · −9.8% on the year before2024 · +0.9% on the year before2025 · +10.0% on the year before2026 · −8.3% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+28.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−17.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

The long view: annualised growth

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−8.3%−10.4%
5 years (since 2021)0.0%−4.6%
10 years (since 2016)+2.3%−1.0%
20 years (since 2006)+1.4%−1.3%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

Sales activity in DL3 8

How many homes change hands

Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.

63125188250 1995: 142 sales1996: 193 sales1997: 223 sales1998: 167 sales1999: 155 sales2000: 157 sales2001: 176 sales2002: 151 sales2003: 139 sales2004: 103 sales2005: 103 sales2006: 184 sales2007: 169 sales2008: 92 sales2009: 99 sales2010: 78 sales2011: 100 sales2012: 100 sales2013: 101 sales2014: 112 sales2015: 129 sales2016: 137 sales2017: 170 sales2018: 131 sales2019: 142 sales2020: 139 sales2021: 192 sales2022: 150 sales2023: 115 sales2024: 98 sales2025: 118 sales2026: 47 sales1995200020052010201520202026

DL3 8 recorded 47 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 148 sales a year before the financial crisis and 106 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.

What tenants pay around DL3 8

For renting purposes DL3 8 sits in Darlington. The ONS average private rent there is £676 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £487 a month here against £1,074 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Darlington

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £487 a month£4871 bed2 bed: £617 a month£6172 bed3 bed: £751 a month£7513 bed4+ bed: £1,074 a month£1,0744+ bed

Set against the £290,000 median sold price, £676 a month is £8,112 a year, a gross yield of 2.8%: 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.

How DL3 8 trades

This is a thin market: 47 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Against the DL3 district median, DL3 8 sits 68% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

Asked and answered: DL3 8 (Faverdale)

Is DL3 8 (Faverdale) a good place to buy a house?
DL3 8 (Faverdale) sold prices are up 0% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in DL3 8 (Faverdale)?
Land Registry recorded 47 sales in DL3 8 (Faverdale) in 2026, with a median sold price of £290,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in DL3 8 (Faverdale)?
In DL3 8 (Faverdale) the median moved down 8% year on year; over five years it is up 0%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.

Are DL3 8 prices heading up or down?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 21% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

What is for sale in DL3 right now

The live side of the market holds 124 homes at the moment, listed by 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole DL3 district, not just DL3 8: live asking prices are collected per district.

£227,500Typical asking price now (DL3 district)
23 below what sold nearby55 in line with nearby sales31 above nearby sales11 well above nearby sales

19% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

"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 DL3 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.

What another bedroom costs in DL

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the DL area. 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 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

The spread across the DL area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in DL3

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of DL3, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
DL3 0£165,00079
DL3 6£104,50048
DL3 7£165,00025
DL3 9£185,00052

Zoom out to the full DL3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how DL3 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in DL3 8: what the record supports

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in DL3 8, open the average prices map and zoom from the DL3 8 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded DL3 8 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim DL3 8.

Keep digging

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to DL3 8. Free after a one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual DL3 8 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.

Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.