Property searches in County Durham

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

Type any address in County Durham for a free report: flood risk, planning constraints, listed buildings, radon, ground and mining, old landfill, noise, sold prices, council tax band and more, with links and ready-made letters for the searches that are not free.

House prices

The average home in County Durham cost £140,788 in August 2026. Prices have risen 4.9% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£140,788	+4.9%
Detached	£238,105	+3.5%
Semi-detached	£141,657	+5.5%
Terraced	£117,275	+5.6%
Flat or maisonette	£79,042	+1.3%
First-time buyers	£125,556	+5.4%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in County Durham pays £2,622 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,748	£175
B	£2,039	£204
C	£2,331	£233
D	£2,622	£262
E	£3,205	£320
F	£3,788	£379
G	£4,370	£437
H	£5,244	£524

Renting

The average private rent is £653 a month (+6.1% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 5.6% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£459
2	£582
3	£697
4 or more	£1,004

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

County Durham is split into 330 small neighbourhoods. 40% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 9% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 63% of homes are owned, 17% privately rented and 20% socially rented; 22% of people are 65 or over and 24% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

99.6% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 86.8% from all four; 98.3% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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