Yahoo News The most and least expensive postcodes in the North East in which to buy a house
Sunderland City Centre is the second cheapest place in the North East to buy a home.
It comes in almost £200,000 cheaper than the UK average house price of £266,064. The average price of a house in the UK rose by 0.2% month on month in June, as high mortgage rates continued to hold back buyer activity, an index by Nationwide Building Society reports showed.
House prices have risen fastest in the North and the Midlands, with an average increase of 2.4%. However, our remains one of the cheapest places to buy a house in England and Wales, and in the SR1 postcode, houses sold for £84,393 each on average according to a report.
You can find the average sale price for every postcode area in the country using our interactive map here:
Ponteland has the highest average sale price of any postcode area in The North East to have had at least 50 sales over the last 12 months. Houses sold for an average of £551,516 in the NE20 postcode area.
However, Bamburgh has the highest average sale price of any postcode area, at £616,500, but only five sales were recorded. Northumberland had several of the more expensive areas in the region, including NE43 (Stocksfield) where an average home sold for £361,164 and NE45 (Corbridge) where an average home sold for £349,098.
Whitley Bay and Heaton which were named two of the best places to live in the UK earlier in the year have an average selling price of £336,962 while the Heaton postcode of NE6, which also includes Walker, has an average price of £179,931. The NE7 postcode of High Heaton has a higher average sale price of £243,733
Middlesbrough Town Centre is the cheapest place to buy a home in The North East. Homes in the TS1 postcode area sold for an average of £69,081 each in the 12 months to the end of May.
That’s less than any postcode area in the North East with at least 20 sales over the last year. That’s followed by TS3 (Brambles Farm) with an average home sold for £87,196, DL4 (Shildon) with an average home sold for £91,414 and SR8 (Easington) with an average home sold for £100,429.
The full list of average house prices in the North East
TS2 (Middlehaven): £45,625 (four sales recorded)
TS1 (Middlesbrough Town Centre): £69,081
SR1 (Sunderland City Centre): £84,393
TS3 (Brambles Farm): £87,196
DL4 (Shildon): £91,414
SR8 (Easington): £100,429
DL17 (Ferryhill): £104,898
TS29 (Trimdon Station): £105,377
NE17 (Chopwell): £108,606
TS24 (Hartlepool): £109,082
DH9 (Dipton): £113,972
TS28 (Wingate): £120,110
NE37 (Usworth): £122,544
SR5 (Carley Hill): £123,511
TS27 (Blackhall Rocks): £126,891
TS6 (Eston): £127,209
DL14 (Bishop Auckland): £127,575
NE64 (Newbiggin-by-the-Sea): £129,534
DH6 (Thornley): £134,468
TS4 (Grove Hill): £135,007
TS23 (Billingham): £135,035
DL1 (Darlington East): £135,416
NE8 (Gateshead): £135,502
SR4 (Ayres Quay): £135,629
DH5 (Houghton-le-Spring): £135,766
TS25 (Seaton Carew): £139,072
NE10 (Felling): £140,579
SR7 (Cold Hesledon): £141,558
NE33 (South Shields Town Centre): £142,031
NE62 (Scotland Gate): £144,010
NE24 (Blyth): £144,317
NE63 (Ashington): £144,473
DL16 (Spennymoor): £144,557
TS20 (Norton): £145,991
DL15 (Crook): £147,026
NE28 (Battle Hill): £147,623
NE32 (Jarrow): £147,751
TS19 (Newtown): £149,344
SR2 (Ashbrooke): £153,290
TS5 (Acklam): £159,034
NE31 (Hebburn): £161,478
DH8 (Consett): £161,989
DH7 (Brandon): £162,120
NE1 (Newcastle City Centre): £162,993
TS18 (Stockton-on-Tees): £163,099
TS10 (Redcar): £163,283
NE49 (Haltwhistle): £164,011
DL5 (Newton Aycliffe): £166,558
NE34 (Harton): £168,406
NE5 (Westerhope): £170,115
DH2 (Chester-le-Street): £170,362
NE15 (Lemington): £170,953
NE11 (Dunston): £170,977
DH4 (Houghton-le-Spring): £171,299
NE35 (Boldon Colliery): £172,838
NE21 (Blaydon): £173,525
TS26 (Hartlepool): £175,832
DH3 (Chester-le-Street): £176,234
NE22 (Bedlington): £177,543
NE42 (West Wylam): £178,479
NE6 (Walker): £179,931
TS13 (Saltburn-by-the-Sea): £181,102
NE29 (North Shields): £181,795
DL3 (Darlington West): £183,835
SR3 (Chapelgarth): £186,342
NE40 (Ryton): £187,930
TS11 (Marske-by-the-Sea): £188,649
TS12 (Skelton-in-Cleveland): £188,990
NE9 (Low Fell): £193,746
NE23 (Cramlington): £194,107
TS17 (Thornaby): £194,296
NE27 (Shiremoor): £201,036
TS8 (Coulby Newham): £201,227
TS14 (Guisborough): £202,509
NE4 (Fenham): £202,699
DL13 (Stanhope): £204,508
NE38 (Washington Town Centre): £207,166
NE12 (Killingworth): £211,742
TS21 (Stillington): £219,931
TD15 (Berwick-upon-Tweed): £229,767
SR6 (Cleadon): £232,379
NE36 (East): £232,772
NE16 (Whickham): £233,940
NE71 (Wooler): £237,089
DH1 (Durham): £239,818
CA9 (Alston): £243,362
NE7 (High Heaton): £243,733
TS7 (Marton): £247,160
NE39 (Rowlands Gill): £255,213
DL2 (Staindrop): £256,010
TS16 (Eaglescliffe): £261,147
NE61 (Morpeth): £261,912
DL12 (Barnard Castle): £262,161
CA8 (Brampton): £263,032
NE25 (Monkseaton): £266,140
TD12 (Cornhill-on-Tweed): £267,207 (15 sales recorded)
NE66 (Alnwick): £268,880
NE13 (Airport): £279,520
NE65 (Rothbury): £281,241
NE46 (Hexham): £285,425
NE48 (Bellingham): £295,464
NE3 (Gosforth): £295,733
NE19 (Otterburn): £298,475 (16 sales recorded)
NE70 (Belford): £302,023 (15 sales recorded)
NE30 (North Tyneside coast): £303,592
TS15 (Yarm): £319,676
NE68 (Seahouses): £322,714
NE2 (Jesmond): £324,779
NE47 (Allendale Town): £328,757
NE26 (Whitley Bay): £336,962
NE41 (Wylam): £346,652
NE45 (Corbridge): £349,098
NE43 (Stocksfield): £361,164
TS22 (Billingham): £364,090
NE67 (Benthall): £377,904
NE18 (Stamfordham): £481,500 (eight sales recorded)
NE44 (Riding Mill): £513,213 (12 sales recorded)
NE20 (Ponteland): £551,516
NE69 (Bamburgh): £616,500 (five sales recorded)
