Local-authority profile · E06000047

County Durham

North East · England

Comparative position

What stands out in County Durham

These are statistical positions, not causal claims. A high or low percentile says where the latest published value sits among comparable UK local authorities.

Long lets2nd

Average monthly rent

£653 / month · UK median £1,022 / month

Sales3rd

Average sale price

£140,788 · UK median £271,488

Sales92nd

Two-year sale-price growth

10.3% · UK median 3.5%

Observed change

Two years in context

Average sale price+10.3%
August 2024£140,788August 2026
Average monthly rent+15.2%
September 2024£653 / monthSeptember 2026

Release history

How the observation layer changed

This compares approved observation releases for County Durham. It describes movement in the evidence system, not verified additions to or removals from local housing stock.

Current allocation5,565

22 Oct 2026

Release-to-release change+1,961

+54.4%

Search completion100%

+0 percentage points

Allocated current records5 approved releases
9 Sept 2026+1,961 records22 Oct 2026

Property size

Average private rent by bedroom count

Official modelled monthly rent levels. The four-bedroom band includes properties with four or more bedrooms.

01£459

One bedroom

02£582

Two bedrooms

03£697

Three bedrooms

04£1,004

Four or more

Interpretation boundary

What the profile measures—and what it does not

Prices and sales

Mix-adjusted local price indices. Registered-sale counts show provisional source records and must not be read as final market activity.

Private rents

A modelled stock measure covering new and existing tenancies. Scotland and Northern Ireland use rental geographies that do not map directly to local-authority boundaries, so those values remain blank here.

Gross yield proxy

Average annual rent divided by average sale price for the same month. The source populations cover different homes and no costs are deducted.

Short-stay observations

5,565 aggregate records allocated from 35 intersecting observation cells. The value is not complete inventory or a count of unique dwellings.

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Source and citation

Suggested citation

Upgraded Intelligence (2026), “County Durham property profile”, UK Property Atlas release 2026.10, updated 22 Oct 2026.