Neighbourhood in County Durham

Gilesgate & Old Durham

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Gilesgate & Old Durham typically sold for £185,000. Half of the 215 sales were between £145k and £289k, against a typical £140,000 across County Durham.

Postcode DH1

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £185k half sold for £145k to £289k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 215 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +49.2% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 45% of sales · 9% leasehold

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.

Detached £322,000 typical
Half between £272k and £355k · 65 sales · County Durham £260k
Semi-detached £171,250 typical
Half between £143k and £221k · 80 sales · County Durham £148k
Terraced £148,381 typical
Half between £127k and £180k · 56 sales · County Durham £94k
Flat
Not enough sales (14 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Gilesgate & Old Durham

This neighbourhood County Durham Homes sold

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

Semi-detached37% · County Durham 32%
Detached30% · County Durham 25%
Terraced26% · County Durham 40%
Flat7% · County Durham 3%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales45% · County Durham 8%

Leaseholds, share of sales9% · County Durham 6%

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.

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Neighbourhoods around Gilesgate & Old Durham

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

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.