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Essex Avenue, DH8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£92,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,101
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
31
Distinct homes
20
Price range
£34,500 – £145,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Avenue is mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £92,500 — roughly 29% below the DH8 norm. On floor area that works out near £1,101 per square metre, below the district's £1,538. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across DH8 prices have been rising over the last few years. With 31 sales across 20 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Essex Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 31 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianDH8 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2000200520102015202020252000: £35,000 median · 1 sale2001: £45,998 median · 2 sales2002: £35,250 median · 2 sales2004: £124,475 median · 2 sales2005: £101,475 median · 2 sales2006: £96,000 median · 3 sales2007: £69,000 median · 1 sale2010: £91,000 median · 2 sales2011: £71,500 median · 2 sales2012: £81,000 median · 1 sale2014: £92,500 median · 1 sale2015: £83,000 median · 3 sales2016: £70,000 median · 1 sale2017: £115,000 median · 2 sales2018: £92,500 median · 1 sale2019: £105,000 median · 3 sales2020: £92,500 median · 1 sale2023: £145,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the DH8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Avenue compares

Essex Avenue against the DH8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Dukes Way£203k · 57
Fenwick Way£175k · 53
Benfieldside Road£175k · 51
Victory Close£173k · 59
Dewhirst Close£132k · 49
Medomsley Road£110k · 56
Arkless Grove£105k · 50
Durham Road£95k · 99
Essex Avenue£93k · 31*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£92,500
median · all recorded sales
DH8 district
£130,000
median · last 8 years · street -29%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Avenue's £92,500 median sits about 29% below DH8's £130,000; on floor space it runs £1,101/m² against the district's £1,538/m² (-28%).

Street and DH8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Essex Avenue.

Semi-detached
£93,000
22 sales
Terraced
£83,000
7 sales
Detached
£77,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Avenue

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
27 Jan 202382 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£145,000
9 Oct 202086 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£92,500
9 Aug 201930 · DH8 8HQSemi-detached—£98,500
9 Aug 201968 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£105,000
28 Jun 201972 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£105,000
14 Jun 201972 · DH8 8DGnon-standardSemi-detached—£120,000
10 Aug 201854 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£92,500
2 Aug 201746 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£115,000
14 Jun 201772 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£115,000
4 Nov 201624 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£70,000
16 Sept 201586 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£65,000
29 May 201516 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£83,000
17 Apr 201550 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£93,500
16 May 201410 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£92,500
19 Oct 201282 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£81,000
16 Nov 201182 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£68,000
11 Nov 201158 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£75,000
15 Oct 201090 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£55,000
15 Apr 201066 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£127,000
13 Apr 200720 · DH8 8HQSemi-detached—£69,000
27 Oct 200610 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£96,000
24 Apr 200632 · DH8 8HQSemi-detached—£86,000
10 Mar 200656 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£121,000
27 May 200574 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£115,000
18 Mar 200524 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£87,950
18 Dec 200466 · DH8 8DGDetached—£119,000
9 Dec 200456 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£129,950
12 Jul 200214 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£34,500
19 Apr 20024 · DH8 8HQSemi-detached—£36,000
2 Nov 200110 · DH8 8HQTerraced—£42,000
24 Aug 200156 · DH8 8DGSemi-detached—£49,995
8 Dec 200066 · DH8 8DGDetached—£35,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in DH8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider DH8 area guide.

Durham RoadMedomsley RoadFenwick WayBenfieldside RoadLangdon CloseChapel DriveFront StreetArkless GroveGreenwaysSecond StreetHolwick CloseRedmire Drive
DH8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.