DH5 — Houghton Le Spring
Houghton Le Spring's DH5 postcode sits in Sunderland. The board behind it is assembled from 9,840 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical DH5 sale went from £33,600 in 1995 to £117,500 in 2026 — 3.5× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +36.4% that year. The one to avoid was 1999: the median moved -17.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in DH5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £33,600 | 260 |
| 2000 | £38,000 | 292 |
| 2005 | £89,950 | 341 |
| 2010 | £93,000 | 191 |
| 2015 | £120,000 | 263 |
| 2020 | £120,000 | 361 |
| 2025 | £125,000 | 368 |
| 2026 | £117,500 | 60 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Hetton Le Hole (38% of local sales) — busiest streets: Houghton Road, The Avenue, Lambton Drive
- Houghton Le Spring (DH5 8) (30% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coptleigh, Longlands Drive, Lawnswood
- Easington Lane (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Elemore Lane, Kingfisher Drive, Lilywhite Terrace
- Hetton-Le-Hole (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Henry Street, Monkshood Drive, Appletreewick Close
- East Rainton (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Greenbrook Drive, Bloomfield Drive, Century Way
- Houghton Le Spring (DH5 9) (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Brookside, Mill Terrace, Spring Meadows
- Rainton Gate (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Pittington Road
- Houghton Le Spring (DH5 0) (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Goldfinch Road
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 1999 is the game. Play the DH5 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.