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12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring appears in the public record as a freehold house sitting on a 209 m2 plot.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be a mid-century house with 1,106 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring is £177,099 and its rental estimate is £1,068 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 falls within the DH4 postal district, in the borough of Sunderland.
12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in November 2007 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 4 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £185,954 and a rental value of £1,121 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £164,702 and £993 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value move down by £298 (0.2%) and its estimated rental value increase by £24 per month (2.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 7.2%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring as measuring 209 m2.
That makes it the 12th largest plot in the postcode, where all 12 other houses have recorded plot data.
The most recent sale of 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring completed on 23rd November 2007 at £152,500 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 7.2% over the period since November 2007.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 540 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 16th December 2025, was 38, Carlisle Crescent, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7RD, a freehold house which sold for £167,000.
Read more about house prices in DH4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 12 addresses on Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, DH4, 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 5th largest and the 3rd most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £16k more expensive than the average property across the DH4 district.
From 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Chester-le-Street, 5.7 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, 55.5% of property is privately owned outright and 39.1% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, 15.5% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 29.3% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, the average age was 40.7 and the most common age was 52.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, 2.8% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for North East and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 12, Thornton Close, Houghton Le Spring, there are an average of 1.5 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.
