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NE70 local market report Belford

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 1,070 sales registered with HM Land Registry in NE70 (Belford) 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 April 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

NE70 is the postcode district covering Belford in Belford. 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 NE70 sits

Click the map to open NE70 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

NE67NE66NE69NE68NE71NE70
£230,000median sold price, 2026
-4%five-year change (cash)
44sales in the last 12 months
3.5%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in NE70 sells for

The 2026 median in NE70 is £230,000, from 7 registered sales; the mean, £273,300, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so NE70 trades 16% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical NE70 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: £47,000 at the time · £99,785 in today's money · 20 sales1996: £49,000 at the time · £100,925 in today's money · 21 sales1997: £65,000 at the time · £130,189 in today's money · 28 sales1998: £52,200 at the time · £102,909 in today's money · 12 sales1999: £57,500 at the time · £111,918 in today's money · 30 sales2000: £70,000 at the time · £134,167 in today's money · 23 sales2001: £73,500 at the time · £138,000 in today's money · 26 sales2002: £85,000 at the time · £156,192 in today's money · 51 sales2003: £140,000 at the time · £251,890 in today's money · 67 sales2004: £157,500 at the time · £279,370 in today's money · 37 sales2005: £158,500 at the time · £275,479 in today's money · 32 sales2006: £149,500 at the time · £253,452 in today's money · 42 sales2007: £180,000 at the time · £298,199 in today's money · 35 sales2008: £217,500 at the time · £348,202 in today's money · 26 sales2009: £165,000 at the time · £259,044 in today's money · 25 sales2010: £182,500 at the time · £279,523 in today's money · 18 sales2011: £175,000 at the time · £258,013 in today's money · 27 sales2012: £155,000 at the time · £222,813 in today's money · 19 sales2013: £120,000 at the time · £168,635 in today's money · 27 sales2014: £181,200 at the time · £251,060 in today's money · 32 sales2015: £120,000 at the time · £165,600 in today's money · 29 sales2016: £186,500 at the time · £254,822 in today's money · 48 sales2017: £165,000 at the time · £219,788 in today's money · 48 sales2018: £169,500 at the time · £220,670 in today's money · 48 sales2019: £177,600 at the time · £227,354 in today's money · 38 sales2020: £200,000 at the time · £253,444 in today's money · 55 sales2021: £239,500 at the time · £296,156 in today's money · 57 sales2022: £250,000 at the time · £286,307 in today's money · 51 sales2023: £240,000 at the time · £257,543 in today's money · 27 sales2024: £262,500 at the time · £272,573 in today's money · 32 sales2025: £242,500 at the time · £242,500 in today's money · 32 sales2026: £230,000 at the time · £230,000 in today's money · 7 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£230,000£230,0007
2025£242,500£242,50032
2024£262,500£272,57332
2023£240,000£257,54327
2022£250,000£286,30751
2021£239,500£296,15657
2020£200,000£253,44455
2019£177,600£227,35438
2018£169,500£220,67048
2017£165,000£219,78848
2016£186,500£254,82248
2015£120,000£165,60029
2014£181,200£251,06032
2013£120,000£168,63527
2012£155,000£222,81319
2011£175,000£258,01327
2010£182,500£279,52318
2009£165,000£259,04425
2008£217,500£348,20226
2007£180,000£298,19935
2006£149,500£253,45242
2005£158,500£275,47932
2004£157,500£279,37037
2003£140,000£251,89067
2002£85,000£156,19251
2001£73,500£138,00026
2000£70,000£134,16723
1999£57,500£111,91830
1998£52,200£102,90912
1997£65,000£130,18928
1996£49,000£100,92521
1995£47,000£99,78520

In cash terms the typical NE70 home went from £47,000 in 1995 to £230,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 130%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2008; the current median sits about 34% below that. Someone who bought at the 2008 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the NE70 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 · +4.3% on the year before1997 · +32.7% on the year before1998 · −19.7% on the year before1999 · +10.2% on the year before2000 · +21.7% on the year before2001 · +5.0% on the year before2002 · +15.6% on the year before2003 · +64.7% on the year before2004 · +12.5% on the year before2005 · +0.6% on the year before2006 · −5.7% on the year before2007 · +20.4% on the year before2008 · +20.8% on the year before2009 · −24.1% on the year before2010 · +10.6% on the year before2011 · −4.1% on the year before2012 · −11.4% on the year before2013 · −22.6% on the year before2014 · +51.0% on the year before2015 · −33.8% on the year before2016 · +55.4% on the year before2017 · −11.5% on the year before2018 · +2.7% on the year before2019 · +4.8% on the year before2020 · +12.6% on the year before2021 · +19.8% on the year before2022 · +4.4% on the year before2023 · −4.0% on the year before2024 · +9.4% on the year before2025 · −7.6% on the year before2026 · −5.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+64.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2015 (−33.8%). 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)−5.2%−5.2%
5 years (since 2021)−0.8%−4.9%
10 years (since 2016)+2.1%−1.0%
20 years (since 2006)+2.2%−0.5%

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.

50100 1995: 20 sales1996: 21 sales1997: 28 sales1998: 12 sales1999: 30 sales2000: 23 sales2001: 26 sales2002: 51 sales2003: 67 sales2004: 37 sales2005: 32 sales2006: 42 sales2007: 35 sales2008: 26 sales2009: 25 sales2010: 18 sales2011: 27 sales2012: 19 sales2013: 27 sales2014: 32 sales2015: 29 sales2016: 48 sales2017: 48 sales2018: 48 sales2019: 38 sales2020: 55 sales2021: 57 sales2022: 51 sales2023: 27 sales2024: 32 sales2025: 32 sales2026: 7 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 February 2018 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2018 · 4 sales registeredJune 2018 · 5 sales registeredJuly 2018 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2018 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2018 · 6 sales registeredOctober 2018 · 4 sales registeredNovember 2018 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2018 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2019 · 5 sales registeredApril 2019 · 4 sales registeredMay 2019 · 3 sales registeredJune 2019 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2019 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2019 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2019 · 7 sales registeredJanuary 2020 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2020 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2020 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2020 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2020 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2020 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2020 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 8 sales registeredApril 2021 · 5 sales registeredJune 2021 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 16 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 4 sales registeredApril 2022 · 4 sales registeredMay 2022 · 5 sales registeredJune 2022 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 3 sales registeredJune 2023 · 5 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 4 sales registeredMay 2024 · 3 sales registeredJune 2024 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 8 sales registeredJune 2025 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 3 sales registeredApril 2026 · 3 sales registered

NE70 recorded 44 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 39 sales a year before the financial crisis and 30 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 NE70

NE70 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 £230,000 median sold price, £679 a month is £8,148 a year, a gross yield of 3.5%: 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 NE70 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 4% over five years in cash but down 22% 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

NE70 ranks 51 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%NE70NE70 · −4% over five years · median £230,000−4%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 NE70, 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
NE70 7£230,0007

How NE70 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 (this report)£230,000-4%

Dig further

See every individual NE70 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference NE70 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.