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NE49 local market report Haltwhistle

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,027 sales registered with HM Land Registry in NE49 (Haltwhistle) 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 data to March 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

NE49 is the postcode district covering Haltwhistle in Haltwhistle. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where NE49 sits

Click the map to open NE49 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

CA8CA9NE48NE47NE19NE46CA4CA6DH8NE49
£217,500median sold price, 2026
+67%five-year change (cash)
78sales in the last 12 months
3.7%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in NE49 sells for

The 2026 median in NE49 is £217,500, from 12 registered sales; the mean, £223,900, sits almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so NE49 trades 21% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical NE49 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £38,500 at the time · £81,738 in today's money · 58 sales1996: £40,000 at the time · £82,388 in today's money · 73 sales1997: £40,000 at the time · £80,116 in today's money · 63 sales1998: £47,000 at the time · £92,657 in today's money · 70 sales1999: £44,100 at the time · £85,836 in today's money · 76 sales2000: £44,200 at the time · £84,717 in today's money · 66 sales2001: £48,500 at the time · £91,061 in today's money · 83 sales2002: £50,000 at the time · £91,877 in today's money · 87 sales2003: £85,400 at the time · £153,653 in today's money · 88 sales2004: £105,000 at the time · £186,247 in today's money · 87 sales2005: £100,000 at the time · £173,804 in today's money · 71 sales2006: £134,500 at the time · £228,022 in today's money · 118 sales2007: £140,000 at the time · £231,933 in today's money · 93 sales2008: £110,000 at the time · £176,102 in today's money · 40 sales2009: £105,000 at the time · £164,846 in today's money · 35 sales2010: £181,000 at the time · £277,225 in today's money · 34 sales2011: £117,000 at the time · £172,500 in today's money · 34 sales2012: £119,000 at the time · £171,063 in today's money · 46 sales2013: £118,000 at the time · £165,825 in today's money · 45 sales2014: £109,200 at the time · £151,301 in today's money · 54 sales2015: £120,000 at the time · £165,600 in today's money · 49 sales2016: £120,600 at the time · £164,780 in today's money · 65 sales2017: £120,500 at the time · £160,512 in today's money · 62 sales2018: £93,200 at the time · £121,336 in today's money · 50 sales2019: £130,500 at the time · £167,059 in today's money · 74 sales2020: £123,800 at the time · £156,882 in today's money · 54 sales2021: £130,000 at the time · £160,753 in today's money · 95 sales2022: £150,000 at the time · £171,784 in today's money · 58 sales2023: £141,000 at the time · £151,306 in today's money · 50 sales2024: £145,000 at the time · £150,564 in today's money · 70 sales2025: £160,000 at the time · £160,000 in today's money · 67 sales2026: £217,500 at the time · £217,500 in today's money · 12 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£217,500£217,50012
2025£160,000£160,00067
2024£145,000£150,56470
2023£141,000£151,30650
2022£150,000£171,78458
2021£130,000£160,75395
2020£123,800£156,88254
2019£130,500£167,05974
2018£93,200£121,33650
2017£120,500£160,51262
2016£120,600£164,78065
2015£120,000£165,60049
2014£109,200£151,30154
2013£118,000£165,82545
2012£119,000£171,06346
2011£117,000£172,50034
2010£181,000£277,22534
2009£105,000£164,84635
2008£110,000£176,10240
2007£140,000£231,93393
2006£134,500£228,022118
2005£100,000£173,80471
2004£105,000£186,24787
2003£85,400£153,65388
2002£50,000£91,87787
2001£48,500£91,06183
2000£44,200£84,71766
1999£44,100£85,83676
1998£47,000£92,65770
1997£40,000£80,11663
1996£40,000£82,38873
1995£38,500£81,73858

In cash terms the typical NE49 home went from £38,500 in 1995 to £217,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 166%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2010; the current median sits about 22% below that. Someone who bought at the 2010 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the NE49 median

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

+100% -100% 0% 1996 · +3.9% on the year before1997 · +0.0% on the year before1998 · +17.5% on the year before1999 · −6.2% on the year before2000 · +0.2% on the year before2001 · +9.7% on the year before2002 · +3.1% on the year before2003 · +70.8% on the year before2004 · +23.0% on the year before2005 · −4.8% on the year before2006 · +34.5% on the year before2007 · +4.1% on the year before2008 · −21.4% on the year before2009 · −4.5% on the year before2010 · +72.4% on the year before2011 · −35.4% on the year before2012 · +1.7% on the year before2013 · −0.8% on the year before2014 · −7.5% on the year before2015 · +9.9% on the year before2016 · +0.5% on the year before2017 · −0.1% on the year before2018 · −22.7% on the year before2019 · +40.0% on the year before2020 · −5.1% on the year before2021 · +5.0% on the year before2022 · +15.4% on the year before2023 · −6.0% on the year before2024 · +2.8% on the year before2025 · +10.3% on the year before2026 · +35.9% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2010 (+72.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−35.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+35.9%+35.9%
5 years (since 2021)+10.8%+6.2%
10 years (since 2016)+6.1%+2.8%
20 years (since 2006)+2.4%−0.2%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

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.

100200 1995: 58 sales1996: 73 sales1997: 63 sales1998: 70 sales1999: 76 sales2000: 66 sales2001: 83 sales2002: 87 sales2003: 88 sales2004: 87 sales2005: 71 sales2006: 118 sales2007: 93 sales2008: 40 sales2009: 35 sales2010: 34 sales2011: 34 sales2012: 46 sales2013: 45 sales2014: 54 sales2015: 49 sales2016: 65 sales2017: 62 sales2018: 50 sales2019: 74 sales2020: 54 sales2021: 95 sales2022: 58 sales2023: 50 sales2024: 70 sales2025: 67 sales2026: 12 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

1020 September 2020 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2020 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2020 · 6 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 11 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 12 sales registeredApril 2021 · 8 sales registeredMay 2021 · 8 sales registeredJune 2021 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 10 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 6 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 8 sales registeredApril 2022 · 8 sales registeredMay 2022 · 4 sales registeredJune 2022 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 4 sales registeredApril 2023 · 6 sales registeredMay 2023 · 4 sales registeredJune 2023 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 7 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 9 sales registeredApril 2024 · 4 sales registeredMay 2024 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 10 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 12 sales registeredMay 2025 · 5 sales registeredJune 2025 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 3 sales registered

NE49 recorded 78 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 87 sales a year before the financial crisis and 51 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 NE49

NE49 falls under Northumberland, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £679 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £483 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,107, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Northumberland

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £483 a month£4831 bed2 bed: £614 a month£6142 bed3 bed: £748 a month£7483 bed4+ bed: £1,107 a month£1,1074+ bed

Set against the £217,500 median sold price, £679 a month is £8,148 a year, a gross yield of 3.7%: 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.

Will NE49 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 67% over five years in cash and up 35% 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.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

NE49 ranks 3 of 59 in the NE 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, NE area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

NE44NE44 · +81% over five years · median £650,000+81%NE43NE43 · +77% over five years · median £515,000+77%NE49NE49 · +67% over five years · median £217,500+67%NE64NE64 · +45% over five years · median £140,000+45%NE45NE45 · +43% over five years · median £557,500+43%NE16NE16 · −10% over five years · median £165,000−10%NE20NE20 · −14% over five years · median £380,000−14%NE4NE4 · −16% over five years · median £130,000−16%NE39NE39 · −16% over five years · median £147,000−16%NE19NE19 · −29% over five years · median £170,000−29%

Inside NE49, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
NE49 0£217,5006
NE49 9£200,8006

How NE49 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the NE area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
NE44£650,000+81%
NE45£557,500+43%
NE69£530,800+36%
NE43£515,000+77%
NE18£455,000-1%
NE20£380,000-14%
NE67£343,800+21%
NE47£307,000+15%
NE26£295,000+7%
NE46£294,800+8%
NE3£275,000+31%
NE2£250,000+2%
NE36£250,000+17%
NE41£250,000-9%
NE66£250,000+2%
NE30£248,000+8%
NE25£245,000+15%
NE65£243,000+10%
NE61£242,500+21%
NE13£240,000+0%
NE68£240,000-3%
NE7£235,000+7%
NE27£230,000+22%
NE70£230,000-4%

Dig further

See every individual NE49 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference NE49 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale 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.