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16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring is described in the public record as a mid-century house with 792 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 263 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring is £118,295 and its rental estimate is £869 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 falls within the DH4 postal district, in the borough of Sunderland.
16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring has no records in the the Land Registry and a single entry in the EPC database dated February 2009.
We combine this information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 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 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £124,209 and a rental value of £913 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £110,014 and £808 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value rise by £314 (0.3%) and its estimated rental value move up by £26 per month (3.0%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 8.8%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring as measuring 263 m2.
That makes it the 4th largest plot in the postcode, where 14 of the 22 other houses have recorded plot data.
16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 27 Feb 2009.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 600 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 7th November 2025, was 7, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7LT, a freehold house which sold for £125,000.
Read more about house prices in DH4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 22 addresses on Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH4, 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 17th largest and the 17th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £43k less expensive than the average property across the DH4 district.
From 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Chester-le-Street, 5.1 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 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, 34.5% of property is socially rented and 26.7% is privately owned outright.
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 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, 18.9% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 18.1% 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 16, Highfield Road, 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 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, 0.0% 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 16, Highfield Road, Houghton Le Spring, there are an average of 1.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.