Neighbourhood in Sunderland

Houghton Town

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Houghton Town typically sold for £142,000. Half of the 325 sales were between £98k and £182k, against a typical £154,998 across Sunderland.

Postcodes DH4, DH5

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £142k half sold for £98k to £182k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 325 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +9.7% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 0% of sales · 15% 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 Sunderland.

Detached £272,500 typical
Half between £230k and £330k · 53 sales · Sunderland £280k
Semi-detached £155,000 typical
Half between £125k and £175k · 145 sales · Sunderland £160k
Terraced £98,000 typical
Half between £70k and £125k · 108 sales · Sunderland £120k
Flat
Not enough sales (19 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Houghton Town

This neighbourhood Sunderland 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-detached45% · Sunderland 37%
Terraced33% · Sunderland 34%
Detached16% · Sunderland 21%
Flat6% · Sunderland 8%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Sunderland 10%

Leaseholds, share of sales15% · Sunderland 17%

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 Houghton Town

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.