HouseMarketBook

DH3, Birtley and Chester Le Street, County Durham

Postcode district in County Durham · 984 sales in the last 24 months, 792 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,130792 sales · £198 per sq ft · down 1.8% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in DH3 are down 1.8% on a year ago, at a median of £2,130 (£198 per sq ft).

Half of the 792 counted sales were between £1,610 and £2,590 per square metre, and the median price paid was £190,000. HM Land Registry records 14,689 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£190,000
£ per m², middle half£1,610 to £2,590
Sales, 24 months984792 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area89 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached198£2,690£2,470–2,970£315,000
Flat or maisonette67£1,450£1,140–1,760£83,000
Semi-detached302£2,240£1,880–2,560£193,300
Terraced225£1,590£1,290–1,970£132,500
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in DH3 by quarter, down 1.8% on a year ago
1,7601,9952,230£2,1402024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5201,3452,170£1,96019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in DH3

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026199£175,000£1,960
2025484£196,200£2,170
2024425£180,000£2,030
2023355£165,000£1,990
2022423£170,000£1,950
2021511£175,000£1,990
2020449£180,000£2,010
2019453£163,500£1,860
2018392£157,500£1,760
2017341£160,000£1,720
2016343£136,000£1,560
2015345£145,000£1,610
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 89 m² · change on a year ago −1.8% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.