marketcodeSold price per m²
£1,777/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
447 sales
+6.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
DL1 property market
Sold £1,777/m² · Median sold £150,923 (447 sales) · Index +6.4% y/y · Turnover 2.1% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is DL1?
- Buildings
- 19,081
- Mixed-use buildings
- 61%
- HMO-shaped units
- 10%
What does DL1 cost?
DL1: sold price per m² £1,777/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 447 sales). +6.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£150,923 12 months to Apr 2026
447 sales
+6.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£144,299 12 months to Aug 2026
1,163 listings
-5.8% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does DL1 earn?
DL1: asking rent £691 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 594 lets).
Asking rent
£691 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
594 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.5% 12 months to Aug 2026
930 lets
+7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does DL1 vary by home size?
Asking price in DL1 runs from £108,394 for 2 bedrooms to £454,677 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £108,394 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -2.9% on the previous 12 months | 439 |
| 3 bedrooms | £160,732 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.3% on the previous 12 months | 492 |
| 4 bedrooms | £277,169 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +3% on the previous 12 months | 154 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £454,677 | 12 months to Apr 2026 | — | 50 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is DL1?
DL1: turnover 2.1% (12 months to Jan 2026, 503 sales). -11.6% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.1% 12 months to Jan 2026
503 sales
-11.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
821 12 months to Jan 2026
821 sales
+0.9% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
774 12 months to Jul 2026
774 listings
Who is active in DL1?
22 agents listed homes for sale in DL1; the three largest took 51% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 22
- Top three agents’ share
- 51%
- New homes among listings
- 3.7%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns DL1?
Corporate landlords hold 85% of the 1,525 units in DL1 whose freeholder is classified; 94% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords85% of classified · 1,296 units
- Housing associations9.0% of classified · 137 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)5.5% of classified · 84 units
- RMC0.5% of classified · 8 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does DL1 rank?
DL1 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for sold price per m², at £1,777/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Darlington
DL1 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for sold price per m², at £1,777/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Darlington
DL1 ranks 1st of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.5%.
Turnover · postcode districts in Darlington
DL1 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for turnover, at 2.1%.
Where next from DL1?
Questions about DL1
- What is the median house price in DL1?
- Homes in DL1 sold for a median £150,923 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 447 sales. Per square metre that is £1,777/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in DL1 changed?
- +6.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in DL1?
- Homes to let in DL1 asked a median £691 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 594 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in DL1?
- 5.5% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 930 lets. +7% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in DL1?
- 2.1% of the homes in DL1 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 503 sales.
Everything else about DL1
- Properties in DL1Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in DL1Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in DL1Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in DL1What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in DL1What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in DL1Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in DL1What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in DL1Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 447 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 447 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,163 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 774 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | 89 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 594 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 930 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 503 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 821 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 774 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 791 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 372 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | 89 matched sales |
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