Northumberland
NE48 house prices in Northumberland
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Northumberland, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£200,000
Range £110,000–£536,255 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- +5.8%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 Nov 2022 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in NE48: the typical (median) sold price is £200,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is up 5.8%, comparing 62 sales with 61, so a handful of homes can swing it. NE48 is a quiet market, with about 6 recorded sales a month. By property type, 36% were detached homes (typically £427,500) and 35% were terraced homes (typically £160,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,597 a year: Northumberland's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Northumberland, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on NE48: a quiet market, so take your time
NE48 sees just 6 sales a month, so the median can look stronger than the market really is.
If you are thinking of selling, with detached homes at £427,500 and terraced homes at £160,000, the £110,000 to £536,255 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, NE48 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, but prices are rising, so check that an asking price is not racing ahead of recent sold homes.
Our checklist before an offer: flood risk over the long term, council tax (Band D is £2,597 a year) and what has been built or proposed nearby, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free NE48 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
NE48 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£200,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
5.5
Across 250 sales
12-month change
+5.8%
+5.8% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,597
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in NE48
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in NE48
The quarterly typical price rose 29.7%, from £187,000 in Q4 2024 (13 sales) to £242,500 in Q3 2026 (6 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £187,000 | 13 |
| Q1 2025 | £227,475 | 26 |
| Q2 2025 | £141,000 | 8 |
| Q3 2025 | £136,000 | 16 |
| Q4 2025 | £217,500 | 24 |
| Q1 2026 | £200,000 | 15 |
| Q2 2026 | £202,000 | 9 |
| Q3 2026 | £242,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 Nov 2022 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
By property type
Average house price in NE48 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £427,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £105,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 76 | £427,500 | £177,500–£668,750 |
| Semi-detached | 57 | £190,000 | £126,800–£291,000 |
| Terraced | 75 | £160,000 | £102,600–£230,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 5 | £105,000 | £85,600–£186,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 Nov 2022 and 14 Aug 2026.
Range and mix
The spread of NE48 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most NE48 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £110,000 and £536,255, around a typical £200,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 Nov 2022 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in NE48
Detached homes were 36% of recorded sales (76 of 213). 98% of sales were freehold and 2% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached36%
- Semi-detached27%
- Terraced35%
- Flat / maisonette2%
Tenure
- Freehold98%
- Leasehold2%
See the figures
244 freehold (98%) and 6 leasehold (2%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in NE48, 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 9 Nov 2022 and 14 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
7, HAWTHORN TERRACE, HEXHAM
£98,000 (2025)£195,000 (2026)+99% over 1.5 yrs (+60%/yr)
THE OLD CHAPEL, HEXHAM
£495,000 (2023)£290,000 (2026)-41.4% over 3.2 yrs (-15.6%/yr)
FOUNDRY YARD, HEXHAM
£130,000 (2022)£140,000 (2026)+7.7% over 3.6 yrs (+2.1%/yr)
17, WHITE ACRE, HEXHAM
£177,000 (2024)£200,000 (2026)+13% over 1.9 yrs (+6.8%/yr)
1, SOUTH WATERSIDE, HEXHAM
£125,000 (2025)£185,000 (2026)+48% over 0.9 yrs (+51.6%/yr)
BELLSBURN FOOT, HEXHAM
£380,000 (2023)£367,500 (2025)-3.3% over 2.5 yrs (-1.3%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where NE48 sits in Northumberland
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in NE48
1, ELDON SQUARE, HEXHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£143,500
7, HAWTHORN TERRACE, HEXHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£195,000
HIGH CARRITETH, HEXHAM
Detached · Freehold · 16 Jul 2026
£850,000
THE OLD CHAPEL, HEXHAM
Detached · Freehold · 10 Jul 2026
£290,000
FOUNDRY YARD, HEXHAM
Other · Freehold · 6 Jul 2026
£140,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). NE48 includes the Bellingham ward.
In plain English
What the Northumberland (NE48) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £427,500 against £160,000 for terraced homes: about 2.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £110,000 and £536,255, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (98%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 6 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 9 November 2022 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 NE48
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 NE48
£2,597
Band D a year in Northumberland, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,731 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,020 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,308 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,597 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,174 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,751 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,328 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,194 |
These are Northumberland's charges for 2026-27, the authority NE48 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Northumberland · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near NE48
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest Bellingham Middle School and Sports College.
All schools
Bellingham Middle School and Sports College
Secondary · Local authority maintained schools · NE48 2EN
1.4 km
Good · 2019
Bellingham Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · NE48 2EL
1.4 km
Good · 2013
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 NE48 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 2 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near NE48
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 NE48
We hold no cached planning record for NE48: either nothing was found near the district centre when it was last checked, or this district has not been checked yet. Either way we do not fetch on this page, so you can run a live planning search for NE48.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for NE48
Decile 4 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 NE48 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 5, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
NE48 3LH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 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 NE48 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in NE48: 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
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in NE48, band by band
Northumberland's council tax for 2026-27 set against the NE48 median sold price of £200,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearNorthumberland | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £200,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,731 | £144 | 0.87% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,020 | £168 | 1.01% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,308 | £192 | 1.15% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,597 | £216 | 1.30% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,174 | £265 | 1.59% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,751 | £313 | 1.88% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,328 | £361 | 2.16% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,194 | £433 | 2.60% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the NE48 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Northumberland, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in NE48 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for NE48. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
1, ELDON SQUARE, HEXHAM
NE48 3LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£143,500
2026-08-14
7, HAWTHORN TERRACE, HEXHAM
NE48 2BN · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£195,000
2026-07-24
HIGH CARRITETH, HEXHAM
NE48 2LD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£850,000
2026-07-16
THE OLD CHAPEL, HEXHAM
NE48 2RA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-10
FOUNDRY YARD, HEXHAM
NE48 2DA · Other · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£140,000
2026-07-06
SIDWOOD COTTAGE, HEXHAM
NE48 1NB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-03
4, CHISHILLWAYS, HEXHAM
NE48 4AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-06-25
BURNSIDE, HEXHAM
NE48 2AN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£65,000
2026-06-23
GLENSIDE, HEXHAM
NE48 1AQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£277,500
2026-06-15
2, ELDON SQUARE, HEXHAM
NE48 3LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-06-12
THE HOTTERS, HEXHAM
NE48 3LT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£105,000
2026-05-29
FERNWOOD, HEXHAM
NE48 2DT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-05-28
3, FOUNDRY YARD, HEXHAM
NE48 2TG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-04-30
KELD COTTAGE, BURNMOUTH COTTAGES, HEXHAM
NE48 3PB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,000
2026-04-10
1, HAWKHOPE ROAD, HEXHAM
NE48 1BD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,000
2026-04-01
17, WHITE ACRE, HEXHAM
NE48 2SA · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£200,000
2026-03-31
3, ELDON SQUARE, HEXHAM
NE48 3LH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,500
2026-03-25
34, WESTLANDS, HEXHAM
NE48 2DW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-03-25
6, FOX COURT, HEXHAM
NE48 2JW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-03-11
1, STOREY TERRACE, HEXHAM
NE48 3LF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-03-04
1, SOUTH WATERSIDE, HEXHAM
NE48 1HF · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£185,000
2026-02-24
THE COTTAGE, HEXHAM
NE48 3PS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-02-20
3, CALLISTERS COURT, HEXHAM
NE48 2DZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-02-18
BELLINGHAM AUCTION MART, HEXHAM
NE48 2AU · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-02-13
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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Postcode districts near NE48
The closest districts to NE48 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in NE49 (Haltwhistle) 14 miles
- House prices in NE47 (Hexham) 14 miles
- House prices in NE45 (Corbridge) 14 miles
- House prices in NE18 (Newcastle upon Tyne) 17 miles
- House prices in NE44 (Riding Mill) 17 miles
- House prices in NE43 (Stocksfield) 19 miles
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Data sources
Every NE48 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.