North East: the market in figures
The North East sits 9th of 9 at £165,640, a level 43.6% under the English average. It also posted the strongest year of any English region, 3.2%, while London lost 2.2%.
The starting point was £119,319 in 2016, and the series has gained 38.8%, or £46,321. Progress was slow until 2021: 0.5%, 0.8% and 0.1% for 2018 to 2020. Then 2021 brought 10.1% and 2022 brought 10.8%. The only fall, 0.7%, came in 2024, and 2025 recovered with 4.7%. Today's figure is the top of the run.
Flats average £103,648 and detached homes £289,630, a distance of £185,982, or 179.4%. Terraced homes cost £140,358, semi-detached £173,327. Buyers getting onto the ladder pay £145,026, 12.4% under the all-buyer figure.
Three of the six covered areas cost the most: Northumberland at £213,113, up 4.5%, Newcastle upon Tyne at £211,255, up 5.8%, and North Tyneside at £205,554. County Durham has the lowest average, £140,788, up 4.9%, and the most sales, 7,397. Gateshead (£156,036) rose 4.4% and South Tyneside (£160,518) 2.5%. Newcastle upon Tyne posted the largest rise of the six, ahead of County Durham, while South Tyneside's 2.5% was the smallest. The regional total is 35,292 sales with a count ending May 2026, the smallest count among the nine regions.
Purchase tax is light here. Moving home at the average costs £813 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, 0.5% of the price. A first-time buyer pays £0; an additional property attracts £9,095. The HM Land Registry fee is £100.
Payotte, from the UK HPI and the calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in the North East?
The average price of a home in the North East was £165,640 in August 2026, +3.2% over twelve months (UK House Price Index).
Have house prices gone up in the North East?
The average price in the North East went from £119,319 in August 2016 to £165,640 in August 2026, a change of +38.8%; +3.2% over the last twelve months (UK House Price Index).
How much Stamp Duty Land Tax on an average-priced home in the North East?
On £165,640, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) comes to £813 for a home mover, £0 for a first-time buyer and £9,095 for an additional property, at the rates in force in England.
How much tax when you sell a home in the North East?
None on your main home if it was your only home, lived in for all the time you owned it, not let out and not used exclusively for business (Private Residence Relief). A second home or a buy-to-let pays Capital Gains Tax above the £3,000 allowance (2026 to 2027; rates in the calculator above). Bought at the average price in the North East in August 2016 (£119,319) and sold at the August 2026 average (£165,640), the gain of £46,321 costs a higher rate taxpayer £10,397, before deducting the costs of buying, selling and improving. The tax is reported and paid within 60 days of completion (HMRC).
Prices by property type, August 2026
| Type | Average price | England |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £289,630 | £472,671 |
| Semi-detached | £173,327 | £291,962 |
| Terraced | £140,358 | £247,371 |
| Flat or maisonette | £103,648 | £218,563 |
| All types | £165,640 | £293,525 |
| First-time buyers | £145,026 | £246,042 |
The UK HPI is a mix-adjusted average (a hedonic model), not the price of the homes sold in the month. Northern Ireland figures are quarterly.
The trend, August of each year
| Year | Average price | Change on the year before |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | £119,319 | — |
| 2017 | £122,746 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | £123,349 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | £124,357 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | £124,454 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | £137,004 | +10.1% |
| 2022 | £151,747 | +10.8% |
| 2023 | £154,429 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | £153,371 | -0.7% |
| 2025 | £160,535 | +4.7% |
| 2026 | £165,640 | +3.2% |
Areas covered in the North East
Sources
- Prices and sales: UK House Price Index, file UK-HPI-full-file-2026-08.csv. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Purchase tax: rates and sources of the calculator (HMRC).
- Tax when you sell: Capital Gains Tax rates, Tax when you sell your home and Report and pay your Capital Gains Tax (GOV.UK, HMRC).