DL13 — Bishop Auckland
DL13 is Bishop Auckland's patch in County Durham — this page and its game board are built from 6,721 sales over 32 years of recorded sales in 8 areas.
From £36,000 in 1995 to £113,694 in 2026: the DL13 median multiplied 3.2× across the dataset. The best vintage to have bought was around 2004, when the local median jumped +37.7% in a single year. Worst year on the board: 2026, at -21.6%. The simulation does not soften it.
Median sold price in DL13
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £36,000 | 154 |
| 2000 | £45,000 | 254 |
| 2005 | £105,250 | 222 |
| 2010 | £122,475 | 168 |
| 2015 | £99,950 | 229 |
| 2020 | £130,000 | 173 |
| 2025 | £145,000 | 240 |
| 2026 | £113,694 | 36 |
The areas on the board
These are the 8 areas on the board, ranked by how much of the local market they carry:
- Wolsingham (23% of local sales) — busiest streets: Uppertown, West End, East End
- Tow Law (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Dans Castle, Highfields
- Cockfield (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: Front Street, High Lands, Esperley Lane
- Stanhope (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ashcroft, Front Street, Paragon Street
- Frosterley (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Front Street, Kirkrise, Westfield
- Butterknowle (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Pinfold Lane, Copley Lane, Copley Bent
- Hamsterley (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ladywell, Redford, Roslyn Terrace
- Sunniside (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Front Street, Gladstone Terrace, Garden Terrace
The data is real and so are the down years. Draft six properties on the DL13 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.