marketcodeSold price per m²
£1,921/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
501 sales
+0.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
DL3 property market
Sold £1,921/m² · Median sold £180,695 (501 sales) · Index +0.7% y/y · Turnover 2.6% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is DL3?
- Buildings
- 17,749
- Mixed-use buildings
- 50%
- HMO-shaped units
- 28%
What does DL3 cost?
DL3: sold price per m² £1,921/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 501 sales). +0.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£180,695 12 months to Apr 2026
501 sales
+0.7% 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
£176,511 12 months to Aug 2026
1,314 listings
+5.1% 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 DL3 earn?
DL3: asking rent £710 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 703 lets).
Asking rent
£710 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
703 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
4.5% 12 months to Aug 2026
1,131 lets
-2.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does DL3 vary by home size?
Asking price in DL3 runs from £101,086 for 2 bedrooms to £544,815 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £101,086 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.3% on the previous 12 months | 477 |
| 3 bedrooms | £198,173 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +6.7% on the previous 12 months | 480 |
| 4 bedrooms | £333,062 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +0.4% on the previous 12 months | 227 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £544,815 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -6.7% on the previous 12 months | 110 |
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 DL3?
DL3: turnover 2.6% (12 months to Jan 2026, 578 sales). -6.6% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.6% 12 months to Jan 2026
578 sales
-6.6% 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
793 12 months to Jan 2026
793 sales
-1.4% 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
852 12 months to Jul 2026
852 listings
Who is active in DL3?
20 agents listed homes for sale in DL3; the three largest took 55% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 20
- Top three agents’ share
- 55%
- New homes among listings
- 8.8%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns DL3?
Corporate landlords hold 90% of the 1,383 units in DL3 whose freeholder is classified; 94% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords90% of classified · 1,247 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)4.6% of classified · 64 units
- Housing associations4.3% of classified · 60 units
- RMC0.8% of classified · 11 units
- Offshore companies0.1% of classified · 1 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 DL3 rank?
DL3 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for sold price per m², at £1,921/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Darlington
DL3 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for sold price per m², at £1,921/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Darlington
DL3 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.5%.
Turnover · postcode districts in Darlington
DL3 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Darlington for turnover, at 2.6%.
Where next from DL3?
- DarlingtonThe wider market this area sits in.
- DL1Neighbouring postcode district · £1,773/m²
- DL2Neighbouring postcode district · £2,632/m²
- DL5Next door, in another authority · £1,578/m²
- DL10Next door, in another authority · £3,322/m²
Questions about DL3
- What is the median house price in DL3?
- Homes in DL3 sold for a median £180,695 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 501 sales. Per square metre that is £1,921/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in DL3 changed?
- +0.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in DL3?
- Homes to let in DL3 asked a median £710 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 703 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in DL3?
- 4.5% 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, 1,131 lets. -2.4% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in DL3?
- 2.6% of the homes in DL3 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 578 sales.
Everything else about DL3
- Properties in DL3Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in DL3Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in DL3Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in DL3What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in DL3What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in DL3Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in DL3What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in DL3Who 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 | 501 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 501 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,314 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 852 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 88 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 703 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,131 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 578 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 793 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 852 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 909 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 405 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 88 matched sales |
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