County Durham
DL12 house prices in County Durham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for County Durham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£233,475
Range £120,000–£480,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Apr 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DL12: the typical (median) sold price is £233,475, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DL12 is an active market, with about 16 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were terraced homes (typically £180,000) and 32% were detached homes (typically £352,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold DL12 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 5 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.
Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DL12: steady sales, so price from the evidence
DL12 sees about 16 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling, most DL12 sales sit between £120,000 and £480,000, which makes £233,475 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in DL12 sit below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Before an offer goes in on any DL12 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (351 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and the energy rating (EPC), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free DL12 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
DL12 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£233,475
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.6
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
93%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in DL12
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DL12 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £352,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £110,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 72 | £352,500 | £204,100–£543,650 |
| Semi-detached | 62 | £221,000 | £145,500–£324,500 |
| Terraced | 75 | £180,000 | £121,000–£335,700 |
| Flat / maisonette | 15 | £110,000 | £65,800–£203,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Apr 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DL12
The quarterly typical price rose 7.7%, from £195,000 in Q2 2025 (42 sales) to £210,000 in Q3 2026 (18 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £195,000 | 42 |
| Q3 2025 | £282,500 | 54 |
| Q4 2025 | £235,000 | 65 |
| Q1 2026 | £208,000 | 37 |
| Q2 2026 | £238,500 | 34 |
| Q3 2026 | £210,000 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Apr 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DL12 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DL12 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £120,000 and £480,000, around a typical £233,475.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Apr 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DL12
Terraced homes were 33% of recorded sales (75 of 224). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached32%
- Semi-detached28%
- Terraced33%
- Flat / maisonette7%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
233 freehold (93%) and 17 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DL12, including 15 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Apr 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DL12 sits in County Durham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DL12
11, SHERWOOD CLOSE, BARNARD CASTLE
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£258,000
3, TEESBANK COURT, BARNARD CASTLE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£164,500
2, COMMERCIAL YARD, BARNARD CASTLE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£230,000
7A, RABY AVENUE, BARNARD CASTLE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£382,500
4, CALIFORNIA ROW, BARNARD CASTLE
Terraced · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£155,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DL12 includes the Barnard Castle ward.
In plain English
What the County Durham (DL12) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £352,500 against £110,000 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £120,000 and £480,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 16 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 14 April 2025 and 14 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DL12
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DL12
We don't hold published band charges for County Durham yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities
Schools
Schools near DL12
1
open school within 3 km, nearest Cotherstone Primary School.
All schools
Cotherstone Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DL12 9QB
228 m
Good · 2024
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DL12 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 1 open school within 3 km, 1 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DL12
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DL12
351
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
CountyDurham/DM/26/01254/TCAPermitted
281 m
T1 Ash - Fell due to structural defects.
Received 2026-05-18 · decided 2026-06-11
CountyDurham/DM/26/01000/TCAPermitted
101 m
Felling of one Fir/leylandii tree - (Section 211 notice)
Received 2026-04-21 · decided 2026-05-13
CountyDurham/DM/26/00967/FPAUndecided
163 m
Single storey rear extension, renovation and conversion of the outbuilding to provide WC / shower room, utility room, general storage / workshop space
Received 2026-04-16
CountyDurham/DM/26/00836/FPAPermitted
128 m
New and timber replacement windows and doors, new rooflights, new shed/garden room.
Received 2026-04-01 · decided 2026-06-02
CountyDurham/DM/26/00736/FPAPermitted
182 m
Demolition of the existing single-storey rear extension and replacement with a new single-storey rear extension.
Received 2026-03-23 · decided 2026-05-12
CountyDurham/DM/26/00601/LBPermitted
426 m
Extension to Detached Summerhouse including Decking, Ramp and Associated Alterations to form Artist's Studio, Workshop and Private Use Gallery Space
Received 2026-03-10 · decided 2026-05-07
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DL12 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for DL12 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 351 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DL12
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DL12 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 9, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DL12 9BP, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DL12 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DL12: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DL12 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DL12. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
11, SHERWOOD CLOSE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8LW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£258,000
2026-08-14
3, TEESBANK COURT, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8QH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£164,500
2026-08-13
2, COMMERCIAL YARD, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8FE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-10
7A, RABY AVENUE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8AJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£382,500
2026-08-07
4, CALIFORNIA ROW, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 0TA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-08-03
22, BRIDGE STREET, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 0QB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-31
4, RIVER TERRACE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 0TJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-31
18, QUEEN STREET, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8JF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-07-22
12, PRIORY YARD, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8PP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-22
WESLEY HOUSE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 9BP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£559,000
2026-07-21
64, HIGH RIGGS, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8HU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-14
PLOT 2, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 0AH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£677,500
2026-07-14
16, GRASSHOLME WAY, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 9BU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£249,950
2026-07-14
2, HOLLINSIDE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8QG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£183,500
2026-07-13
1, CHAPEL VIEW, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8GE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,500
2026-07-10
3, FIFE ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8AU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-10
3, PROSPECT TERRACE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 0AR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-07-09
30 - 32, THE BANK, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8PN · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-03
5, SUMMERLEA, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8NY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£119,000
2026-06-30
II PALAZZO, 105, GALGATE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8ES · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£399,500
2026-06-29
56, CLEVELAND ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£423,000
2026-06-26
BELLE VUE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 9SR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-06-26
2, GEORGE STREET, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,000
2026-06-19
THORNGATE MILL, THORNGATE, BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8QD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-06-19
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every DL12 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.