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26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 1,248 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 146 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring is £289,233 and its rental estimate is £1,289 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 falls within the DH4 postal district, in the borough of Sunderland.
26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in November 2022 and a single entry in the EPC database dated April 2018.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium 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 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £303,694 and a rental value of £1,353 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £268,986 and £1,199 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value decrease by £486 (0.2%) and its estimated rental value grow by £29 per month (2.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.3%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring as measuring 146 m2.
That makes it the 35th largest plot in the postcode, where all 35 other houses have recorded plot data.
26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of B. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 17 Apr 2018.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has high performance glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring completed on 28th November 2022 at £235,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 5.1% over the period since November 2022.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 930 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 24th November 2025, was 83, Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6GP, a freehold house which sold for £232,000.
Read more about house prices in DH4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 35 addresses on Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, DH4, 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 17th largest and the 23rd most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £128k more expensive than the average property across the DH4 district.
From 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Chester-le-Street, 4.6 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 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, % of property is and % is .
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 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, 0.0% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 0.0% as possessing degree level qualifications.
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 26, Watergate, 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 26, Watergate, Houghton Le Spring, there are an average of 0.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.