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Heighington market report DL5 4, Newton Aycliffe

The standing DL5 4 (Heighington) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 5,222 sales registered with HM Land Registry in DL5 4 (Newton Aycliffe) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the 2026 median for DL5 4 (Newton Aycliffe) is £200,000, from 46 registered sales, up 48% on five years earlier; the mean is £220,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,910 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 5,222 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

DL5 4 is one sector of DL5 (Newton Aycliffe): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

What DL5 4 homes really sell for

In the DL5 4 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £200,000, from 46 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £220,300, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

House prices per square metre in DL5 4

The last five years of sales put DL5 4 at roughly £1,910 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.

The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts DL5 4 30% below the country at large.

In cash terms the typical DL5 4 home went from £47,800 in 1995 to £200,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 92%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2007. The market now sits about 11% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

The strongest year on record here is 1997 (+24.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2021 (−11.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

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.

The turnover behind the prices

Over the last twelve months of data, 46 sales completed in DL5 4. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 226 sales a year before the financial crisis and 124 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 DL5 4

DL5 4 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.

£638 a month is £7,656 a year, which against the £200,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.8%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.

How DL5 4 trades

Only 46 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes DL5 4 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. Against the DL5 district median, DL5 4 sits 11% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

DL5 4 (Heighington): the questions that come up

Are DL5 4 prices heading up or down?

The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 48% over five years in cash and up 17% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.

What you could buy in DL5 now

The price of an extra bedroom in DL

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 DL5

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of DL5, one report each:

Zoom out to the full DL5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how DL5 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in DL5 4: what the record supports

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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.