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Longbenton market report NE12 6, Newcastle Upon Tyne
The standing NE12 6 (Longbenton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 4,718 registered sales in NE12 6 (Newcastle Upon Tyne) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing 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 middle 2026 sale in NE12 6 (Newcastle Upon Tyne) came in at £180,000, out of 48 registered, up 15% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £198,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,220 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,718 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
NE12 6 is one sector of NE12 (Newcastle Upon Tyne): 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.
Where NE12 6 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 buyers actually paid in NE12 6
The 2026 median for NE12 6 is £180,000, taken from 48 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £198,300, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in NE12 6
Measured by floor area, the last five years of NE12 6 sales average about £2,220 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.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts NE12 6 37% below the country at large.
NE12 6's median sold price, 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 | £180,000 | £180,000 | 48 |
| 2025 | £191,500 | £196,079 | 124 |
| 2024 | £164,000 | £174,366 | 104 |
| 2023 | £150,000 | £164,813 | 117 |
| 2022 | £162,500 | £190,550 | 101 |
| 2021 | £156,000 | £197,516 | 150 |
| 2020 | £142,000 | £184,248 | 97 |
| 2019 | £140,000 | £183,506 | 117 |
| 2018 | £148,700 | £198,220 | 204 |
| 2017 | £155,000 | £211,404 | 170 |
| 2016 | £151,800 | £212,370 | 146 |
| 2015 | £144,000 | £203,472 | 147 |
| 2014 | £128,000 | £181,590 | 159 |
| 2013 | £140,000 | £201,446 | 107 |
| 2012 | £125,000 | £183,984 | 125 |
| 2011 | £129,000 | £194,740 | 110 |
| 2010 | £133,000 | £208,578 | 89 |
| 2009 | £128,000 | £205,761 | 93 |
| 2008 | £114,000 | £186,870 | 81 |
| 2007 | £125,000 | £212,035 | 164 |
| 2006 | £118,000 | £204,833 | 173 |
| 2005 | £120,000 | £213,552 | 189 |
| 2004 | £94,500 | £171,630 | 165 |
| 2003 | £80,000 | £147,379 | 185 |
| 2002 | £68,000 | £127,941 | 216 |
| 2001 | £50,000 | £96,122 | 193 |
| 2000 | £52,000 | £102,050 | 187 |
| 1999 | £50,000 | £99,647 | 202 |
| 1998 | £48,500 | £97,901 | 173 |
| 1997 | £51,500 | £105,616 | 217 |
| 1996 | £49,500 | £104,393 | 209 |
| 1995 | £47,700 | £103,692 | 156 |
In cash terms the typical NE12 6 home went from £47,700 in 1995 to £180,000 in 2026, roughly 3.8 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 74%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2005. The market now sits about 16% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the NE12 6 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 2002 (+36.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−8.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −6.0% | −8.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.9% | −1.8% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.7% | −1.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.1% | −0.6% |
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 NE12 6
How many homes change hands
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
NE12 6 recorded 48 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 184 sales a year before the financial crisis and 99 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.
The shape of the NE12 6 market
This is a thin market: 48 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. Within NE12, this sector trades 10% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
What tenants pay around NE12 6
For renting purposes NE12 6 sits in North Tyneside. The ONS average private rent there is £838 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £577 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,197, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, North Tyneside
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £180,000 median purchase price, a rent of £838 a month (£10,056 a year) works out at a 5.6% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Asked and answered: NE12 6 (Longbenton)
How much did a house sell for in NE12 6 (Longbenton)?
Are property prices falling in NE12 6 (Longbenton)?
Is NE12 6 (Longbenton) a good place to buy a house?
Are NE12 6 prices heading up or down?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 15% over five years in cash but down 9% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in NE12 today
The live side of the market holds 46 homes at the moment, listed by 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole NE12 district, not just NE12 6: live asking prices are collected per district.
2% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
"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 NE12 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 NE: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the NE 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £239,250 | £322,500 (+35%) | £498,100 (+54%) | £700,000 (+41%) |
| Semi-detached | £157,000 | £168,000 (+7%) | £216,000 (+29%) | £335,000 (+55%) | £521,000 (+56%) |
| Terraced | £127,500 | £136,000 (+7%) | £170,000 (+25%) | £282,250 (+66%) | £393,500 (+39%) |
| Flat | £95,000 | £127,980 (+35%) | £190,000 (+48%) | £340,000 (+79%) | — |
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 NE area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
NE area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in NE12
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of NE12, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| NE12 5 | £155,000 | 17 |
| NE12 7 | £240,000 | 46 |
| NE12 8 | £180,000 | 48 |
| NE12 9 | £250,000 | 58 |
Zoom out to the full NE12 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how NE12 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in NE12 6? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in NE12 6, open the average prices map and zoom from the NE12 6 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded NE12 6 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 NE12 6.
Dig further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about NE12 6. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every NE12 6 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.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.