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Heighington market report DL5, Newton Aycliffe
The DL5 (Heighington) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 13,703 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in DL5 (Newton Aycliffe) 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 2026 median for DL5 (Newton Aycliffe) is £180,000, from 123 registered sales, up 14% on five years earlier; the mean is £195,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,830 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 13,703 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
DL5 is a postcode district covering Newton Aycliffe, Heighington in Newton Aycliffe. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where DL5 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.
What DL5 homes really sell for
Take the 123 registered 2026 sales in DL5 and the middle price, the median, is £180,000. The mean lands at £195,700, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
Price per square metre in DL5
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in DL5 costs about £1,830 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.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, DL5 runs 37% below it.
The price of a typical DL5 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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £180,000 | £180,000 | 123 |
| 2025 | £160,000 | £163,826 | 400 |
| 2024 | £155,000 | £164,797 | 375 |
| 2023 | £155,000 | £170,307 | 369 |
| 2022 | £147,500 | £172,961 | 452 |
| 2021 | £157,500 | £199,415 | 529 |
| 2020 | £157,000 | £203,711 | 377 |
| 2019 | £154,000 | £201,857 | 445 |
| 2018 | £132,000 | £175,958 | 430 |
| 2017 | £122,800 | £167,487 | 424 |
| 2016 | £120,000 | £167,881 | 386 |
| 2015 | £124,000 | £175,212 | 373 |
| 2014 | £117,900 | £167,262 | 316 |
| 2013 | £112,500 | £161,876 | 269 |
| 2012 | £107,000 | £157,491 | 251 |
| 2011 | £112,000 | £169,077 | 235 |
| 2010 | £116,400 | £182,545 | 231 |
| 2009 | £117,000 | £188,078 | 241 |
| 2008 | £103,100 | £169,003 | 286 |
| 2007 | £112,000 | £189,983 | 626 |
| 2006 | £112,000 | £194,418 | 610 |
| 2005 | £97,000 | £172,621 | 457 |
| 2004 | £95,000 | £172,539 | 605 |
| 2003 | £82,000 | £151,064 | 831 |
| 2002 | £60,000 | £112,889 | 683 |
| 2001 | £56,000 | £107,657 | 629 |
| 2000 | £57,500 | £112,844 | 494 |
| 1999 | £55,500 | £110,609 | 496 |
| 1998 | £52,000 | £104,966 | 488 |
| 1997 | £54,000 | £110,743 | 481 |
| 1996 | £46,500 | £98,066 | 413 |
| 1995 | £47,000 | £102,171 | 378 |
In cash terms the typical DL5 home went from £47,000 in 1995 to £180,000 in 2026, roughly 3.8 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 76%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2020. The market now sits about 12% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the DL5 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 2003 (+36.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−7.9%). 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 detached houses dominate the record here, 37% of the typed total. In 2023, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £245,000 against £78,000 for a flat, 3.1 times the price.
Median by property type, DL5
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 | £275,000 | 50 | 5,106 |
| Semi-detached | £157,600 | 32 | 3,964 |
| Terraced | £115,000 | 40 | 4,446 |
| Flats | £78,000 (2023) | – | 146 |
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +12.5% | +9.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.7% | −2.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.1% | +0.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.4% | −0.4% |
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
The year-by-year sales count
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 monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
DL5 recorded 275 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 617 sales a year before the financial crisis and 344 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.
What homes rent for around DL5
For renting purposes DL5 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.
£638 a month is £7,656 a year, which against the £180,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.3%. 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.
What people ask about DL5 (Heighington)
Are property prices falling in DL5 (Heighington)?
Is DL5 (Heighington) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in DL5 (Heighington)?
Where do DL5 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 14% over five years in cash but down 10% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in DL5 right now
Everything above is what homes in DL5 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 114 homes currently on the market from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 4% above the DL5 median sold price.
36% 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.
- Washington Crescent, Newton Aycliffe, Newton Aycliffe
- Heatherburn Court, Woodham, Woodham
- South View, Heighington Village, Newton Aycliffe, Heighington Village
"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 DL5 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Bedroom by bedroom: DL prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the DL area, straight from the Land Registry record. 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 | — | £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%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
DL5 ranks 6 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.
DL area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside DL5, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DL5 4 | £200,000 | 46 |
| DL5 5 | £115,000 | 19 |
| DL5 6 | £277,500 | 25 |
| DL5 7 | £155,100 | 33 |
How DL5 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 (this report) | £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 | £105,000 | +17% |
| DL4 | £85,000 | +37% |
Thinking of selling in DL5? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in DL5, open the average prices map and zoom from the DL5 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded DL5 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim DL5.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with DL5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual DL5 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.