Town in County Durham
Chester le Street
From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Chester le Street typically sold for £172,000. Half of the 1,988 sales were between £117k and £250k, against a typical £140,000 across County Durham.
Postcodes DH2, DH3
By type of home
What homes sold for
The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across County Durham.
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Detached £302,000 typicalHalf between £255k and £361k · 493 sales · County Durham £260k
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Semi-detached £178,950 typicalHalf between £146k and £215k · 708 sales · County Durham £148k
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Terraced £120,000 typicalHalf between £90k and £159k · 620 sales · County Durham £94k
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Flat £86,000 typicalHalf between £68k and £100k · 167 sales · County Durham £90k
Since 1995
Each year in Chester le Street
The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.
The homes that sell here
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Semi-detached36% · County Durham 32%
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Terraced31% · County Durham 40%
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Detached25% · County Durham 25%
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Flat8% · County Durham 3%
New builds and leaseholds
New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.
Neighbourhoods
Where in Chester le Street
The 6 neighbourhoods mostly in Chester le Street and what homes sold for in each from July 2023 to June 2026. The range is the middle half of sales.
| Neighbourhood | Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. | Middle half Middle halfHalf the homes sold within this range. A quarter sold for less and a quarter for more. | Sales SalesHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. | Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. |
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| Chester-le-Street North | £195,000 | £128k to £266k | 396 | −2.5% |
| Chester-le-Street South & East | £190,000 | £118k to £275k | 382 | +11.8% |
| Chester-le-Street Town & Pelton Fell | £140,000 | £105k to £225k | 386 | +16.7% |
| Great Lumley & Bournmoor | £209,475 | £145k to £312k | 308 | +27.0% |
| Ouston & Beamish | £168,000 | £125k to £220k | 198 | +13.5% |
| Pelton & Perkinsville | £153,500 | £98k to £216k | 389 | +46.2% |
About these figures
Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.
Sources and licences
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.