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NE71 local market report Wooler

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 1,406 sales registered with HM Land Registry in NE71 (Wooler) 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 February 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

NE71 is the postcode district covering Wooler in Wooler. 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 NE71 sits

Click the map to open NE71 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

NE66NE70NE67NE69NE68NE71
£200,000median sold price, 2026
+28%five-year change (cash)
68sales in the last 12 months
4.1%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in NE71 sells for

The 2026 median in NE71 is £200,000, from 7 registered sales; the mean, £219,900, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so NE71 trades 27% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical NE71 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: £50,800 at the time · £107,852 in today's money · 28 sales1996: £67,000 at the time · £138,000 in today's money · 31 sales1997: £58,000 at the time · £116,168 in today's money · 39 sales1998: £48,400 at the time · £95,417 in today's money · 47 sales1999: £71,500 at the time · £139,168 in today's money · 40 sales2000: £69,000 at the time · £132,250 in today's money · 47 sales2001: £71,000 at the time · £133,306 in today's money · 33 sales2002: £83,800 at the time · £153,987 in today's money · 56 sales2003: £100,000 at the time · £179,922 in today's money · 37 sales2004: £140,000 at the time · £248,329 in today's money · 51 sales2005: £130,000 at the time · £225,945 in today's money · 35 sales2006: £155,000 at the time · £262,776 in today's money · 49 sales2007: £158,000 at the time · £261,753 in today's money · 55 sales2008: £198,000 at the time · £316,984 in today's money · 27 sales2009: £150,000 at the time · £235,495 in today's money · 17 sales2010: £152,500 at the time · £233,574 in today's money · 32 sales2011: £112,000 at the time · £165,128 in today's money · 19 sales2012: £149,500 at the time · £214,906 in today's money · 30 sales2013: £175,000 at the time · £245,927 in today's money · 35 sales2014: £215,000 at the time · £297,892 in today's money · 34 sales2015: £135,000 at the time · £186,300 in today's money · 43 sales2016: £150,000 at the time · £204,950 in today's money · 39 sales2017: £155,000 at the time · £206,467 in today's money · 63 sales2018: £151,600 at the time · £197,366 in today's money · 42 sales2019: £161,200 at the time · £206,360 in today's money · 44 sales2020: £168,000 at the time · £212,893 in today's money · 61 sales2021: £156,000 at the time · £192,903 in today's money · 82 sales2022: £200,000 at the time · £229,046 in today's money · 91 sales2023: £221,900 at the time · £238,120 in today's money · 74 sales2024: £215,000 at the time · £223,251 in today's money · 61 sales2025: £200,000 at the time · £200,000 in today's money · 57 sales2026: £200,000 at the time · £200,000 in today's money · 7 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£200,000£200,0007
2025£200,000£200,00057
2024£215,000£223,25161
2023£221,900£238,12074
2022£200,000£229,04691
2021£156,000£192,90382
2020£168,000£212,89361
2019£161,200£206,36044
2018£151,600£197,36642
2017£155,000£206,46763
2016£150,000£204,95039
2015£135,000£186,30043
2014£215,000£297,89234
2013£175,000£245,92735
2012£149,500£214,90630
2011£112,000£165,12819
2010£152,500£233,57432
2009£150,000£235,49517
2008£198,000£316,98427
2007£158,000£261,75355
2006£155,000£262,77649
2005£130,000£225,94535
2004£140,000£248,32951
2003£100,000£179,92237
2002£83,800£153,98756
2001£71,000£133,30633
2000£69,000£132,25047
1999£71,500£139,16840
1998£48,400£95,41747
1997£58,000£116,16839
1996£67,000£138,00031
1995£50,800£107,85228

In cash terms the typical NE71 home went from £50,800 in 1995 to £200,000 in 2026, roughly 3.9 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 85%: 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 37% 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 NE71 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 · +31.9% on the year before1997 · −13.4% on the year before1998 · −16.6% on the year before1999 · +47.7% on the year before2000 · −3.5% on the year before2001 · +2.9% on the year before2002 · +18.0% on the year before2003 · +19.3% on the year before2004 · +40.0% on the year before2005 · −7.1% on the year before2006 · +19.2% on the year before2007 · +1.9% on the year before2008 · +25.3% on the year before2009 · −24.2% on the year before2010 · +1.7% on the year before2011 · −26.6% on the year before2012 · +33.5% on the year before2013 · +17.1% on the year before2014 · +22.9% on the year before2015 · −37.2% on the year before2016 · +11.1% on the year before2017 · +3.3% on the year before2018 · −2.2% on the year before2019 · +6.3% on the year before2020 · +4.2% on the year before2021 · −7.1% on the year before2022 · +28.2% on the year before2023 · +10.9% on the year before2024 · −3.1% on the year before2025 · −7.0% on the year before2026 · +0.0% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 1999 (+47.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2015 (−37.2%). 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)0.0%0.0%
5 years (since 2021)+5.1%+0.7%
10 years (since 2016)+2.9%−0.2%
20 years (since 2006)+1.3%−1.4%

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: 28 sales1996: 31 sales1997: 39 sales1998: 47 sales1999: 40 sales2000: 47 sales2001: 33 sales2002: 56 sales2003: 37 sales2004: 51 sales2005: 35 sales2006: 49 sales2007: 55 sales2008: 27 sales2009: 17 sales2010: 32 sales2011: 19 sales2012: 30 sales2013: 35 sales2014: 34 sales2015: 43 sales2016: 39 sales2017: 63 sales2018: 42 sales2019: 44 sales2020: 61 sales2021: 82 sales2022: 91 sales2023: 74 sales2024: 61 sales2025: 57 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 June 2020 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2020 · 8 sales registeredAugust 2020 · 6 sales registeredOctober 2020 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2020 · 7 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 8 sales registeredApril 2021 · 6 sales registeredMay 2021 · 3 sales registeredJune 2021 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 8 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 15 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 15 sales registeredApril 2022 · 8 sales registeredMay 2022 · 7 sales registeredJune 2022 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 7 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 9 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 8 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 10 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 8 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 9 sales registeredApril 2023 · 4 sales registeredMay 2023 · 3 sales registeredJune 2023 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 6 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 8 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 3 sales registeredApril 2024 · 7 sales registeredMay 2024 · 4 sales registeredJune 2024 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 7 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 4 sales registeredMay 2025 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 7 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 3 sales registered

NE71 recorded 68 sales in the last twelve months of data. Unusually, activity here runs above its pre-2008 level: 58 sales a year over the last five years against 45 before the financial crisis. 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 NE71

NE71 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 £200,000 median sold price, £679 a month is £8,148 a year, a gross yield of 4.1%: 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 NE71 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 28% over five years in cash and up 4% 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

NE71 ranks 11 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%NE71NE71 · +28% over five years · median £200,000+28%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 NE71, 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
NE71 6£200,0007

How NE71 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 NE71 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference NE71 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.