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Typical sold price, SR3
£153,250
250 real sales, 18 December 2025 to 12 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £107,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £130,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Doxford / Silksworth: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 32 homes a month change hands in Doxford / Silksworth, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When you weigh an offer, with detached homes at £307,000 and flats at £56,750, the £71,862 to £307,500 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Compare optionsA steady market makes the open market a reasonable default, with a cash sale as the route for when time is short; cash buyers typically offer 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £153,250 home is roughly £107,000 to £130,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), so hold any offer up against the sold prices.
Our short list for a Doxford / Silksworth seller: certificates and warranties for work done to the home; a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings); and paperwork for any work you have had done (such as an extension or a loft conversion), with your conveyancer to fill in the rest.
Hearing an offer costs nothing: ask a cash buyer to contact you, then measure it against the sold prices on this page.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
Doxford / Silksworth at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£71,862 to £307,500
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
5.5%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£707 a month
Sunderland, August 2026
Planning applications
289
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Doxford / Silksworth homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for SR3, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in SR3
Detached homes had the highest typical price in SR3 at £307,000, from 41 sales; flats came to £56,750.
- Detached17%
- Semi-detached56%
- Terraced22%
- Flats6%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £307,000 | 41 |
| Semi-detached | £155,000 | 139 |
| Terraced | £121,500 | 54 |
| Flats | £56,750 | 14 |
HM Land Registry, 18 December 2025 to 12 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Sunderland homes rent for
Average private rent in Sunderland was £707 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 5.5% on the SR3 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £523, 2 bed £647, 3 bed £773, 4+ bed £1,079 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just SR3.
Planning activity
Planning near Doxford / Silksworth
289 planning applications within 500 m of the SR3 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 1 are still undecided.
- Decided95%
- Undecided5%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Doxford / Silksworth
289 planning applications within 500 m of the SR3 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 28 Feb 2023 and 5 Aug 2026, and 1 of them is still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 1 October 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern southern family housing.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Doxford / Silksworth (Sunderland), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Doxford / Silksworth actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for SR3.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Sunderland, up 4.6% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just SR3. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £523, 2 bed £647, 3 bed £773, 4+ bed £1,079.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the SR3 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for SR3, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in SR3
Filter by property type and radius around the SR3 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, WOODSIDE GROVE, SUNDERLANDSR3 3SH | £151,100 | 2026-08-12 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 17, EMMERSON TERRACE WEST, SUNDERLANDSR3 2ED | £119,000 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 14, HILL STREET, SUNDERLANDSR3 2DW | £92,500 | 2026-08-10 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 23, AINTHORPE CLOSE, SUNDERLANDSR3 2DA | £108,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 38, MARY STREET, SUNDERLANDSR3 1HD | £80,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 58, CORNBANK CLOSE, SUNDERLANDSR3 2UL | £149,995 | 2026-08-04 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 44, SANDRINGHAM CRESCENT, SUNDERLANDSR3 3QP | £202,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 23, TOTNES CLOSE, SUNDERLANDSR3 4PL | £138,500 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 22, DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLANDSR3 3NQ | £330,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 1, BEDFORD PLACE, SUNDERLANDSR3 1LA | £110,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 12, SPRINGBANK SQUARE, SUNDERLANDSR3 4EG | £130,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 56, GREENCHAPEL WAY, SUNDERLANDSR3 2GD | £225,000 | 2026-07-30 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 16, WINDSOR DRIVE, SUNDERLANDSR3 1JQ | £39,995 | 2026-07-29 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 29, MERRINGTON CLOSE, SUNDERLANDSR3 2QE | £49,950 | 2026-07-27 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 43, LEIGHFIELD DRIVE, SUNDERLANDSR3 2DD | £410,000 | 2026-07-24 | Detached | Freehold |
| 17, BRIARDENE CLOSE, SUNDERLANDSR3 3RU | £220,000 | 2026-07-24 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 1, PARKSIDE SOUTH, SUNDERLANDSR3 3RA | £399,000 | 2026-07-21 | Detached | Freehold |
| 2, ALLENDALE ROAD, SUNDERLANDSR3 3DG | £147,000 | 2026-07-17 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 61, SUMMERHILL, SUNDERLANDSR3 3TW | £275,000 | 2026-07-17 | Semi-detached | Leasehold |
| 18, FAIRHAVEN, SUNDERLANDSR3 2FL | £358,000 | 2026-07-16 | Detached | Freehold |
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