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Houghton West

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Houghton West typically sold for £139,000. Half of the 310 sales were between £90k and £220k, against a typical £154,998 across Sunderland.

Postcode DH4

All of Sunderland
Shiney RowNewbottle & PenshawHoughton TownHetton-le-Hole North
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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £139k half sold for £90k to £220k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 310 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +1.1% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 17% of sales · 4% 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 £256,320 typical
    Half between £220k and £275k · 101 sales · Sunderland £280k
  • Semi-detached £125,000 typical
    Half between £105k and £157k · 107 sales · Sunderland £160k
  • Terraced £79,998 typical
    Half between £56k and £124k · 94 sales · Sunderland £120k
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (8 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Houghton West

This neighbourhood Sunderland Homes sold
£0£100k£200k 1995: £31,0001996: £28,7501997: £30,0001998: £31,9001999: £30,0002000: £31,0002001: £31,9502002: £54,0002003: £57,7252004: £78,5002005: £88,0002006: £91,5002007: £105,0002008: £115,0002009: £114,9752010: £88,9752011: £85,0002012: £65,5002013: £88,9502014: £140,0002015: £149,9952016: £143,2452017: £152,9952018: £136,2502019: £90,5002020: £162,5002021: £171,2502022: £184,9952023: £146,0002024: £129,0002025: £145,500 1995: 57 sold1996: 55 sold1997: 75 sold1998: 66 sold1999: 79 sold2000: 67 sold2001: 90 sold2002: 186 sold2003: 156 sold2004: 141 sold2005: 112 sold2006: 150 sold2007: 167 sold2008: 120 sold2009: 86 sold2010: 50 sold2011: 61 sold2012: 50 sold2013: 91 sold2014: 141 sold2015: 119 sold2016: 114 sold2017: 169 sold2018: 142 sold2019: 99 sold2020: 128 sold2021: 206 sold2022: 211 sold2023: 123 sold2024: 116 sold2025: 100 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£100k£200k 1995: £31,0001996: £28,7501997: £30,0001998: £31,9001999: £30,0002000: £31,0002001: £31,9502002: £54,0002003: £57,7252004: £78,5002005: £88,0002006: £91,5002007: £105,0002008: £115,0002009: £114,9752010: £88,9752011: £85,0002012: £65,5002013: £88,9502014: £140,0002015: £149,9952016: £143,2452017: £152,9952018: £136,2502019: £90,5002020: £162,5002021: £171,2502022: £184,9952023: £146,0002024: £129,0002025: £145,500 1995: 57 sold1996: 55 sold1997: 75 sold1998: 66 sold1999: 79 sold2000: 67 sold2001: 90 sold2002: 186 sold2003: 156 sold2004: 141 sold2005: 112 sold2006: 150 sold2007: 167 sold2008: 120 sold2009: 86 sold2010: 50 sold2011: 61 sold2012: 50 sold2013: 91 sold2014: 141 sold2015: 119 sold2016: 114 sold2017: 169 sold2018: 142 sold2019: 99 sold2020: 128 sold2021: 206 sold2022: 211 sold2023: 123 sold2024: 116 sold2025: 100 sold 199520102025

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-detached35% · Sunderland 37%
  • Detached33% · Sunderland 21%
  • Terraced30% · Sunderland 34%
  • Flat3% · Sunderland 8%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales17% · Sunderland 10%
Leaseholds, share of sales4% · 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.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Houghton West

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.