Overview
Ben Charles is an estate and letting agent based at 96 Claypath, Durham, DH1 1RG. It is an independent, single-office business on our register. The registered business name is Ben Charles Durham Limited. Companies House number 07011409. It belongs to The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.
Today it has 19 homes for sale at a median asking price of £159,950. Half of its listings have been on the market for 1 days or less.
Homes in the DH1 postcode district sold for a median £230,000 across 431 sales in the last 12 months. Across County Durham the average price is £140,447 (July 2026), +44.3% over ten years and 3.7× its January 1995 level. 42 estate and letting agent offices on the register are based in DH1.
Market position and ranking
No league history on record yet
home.co.uk did not list this branch in any of the 1,452 town league tables we recovered from the Internet Archive. Its position will build up from our own daily reading of agents’ websites.
Stock on the market
The homes Ben Charles is advertising, broken down the way home.co.uk used to show it, and more. Source: Homes for sale on bencharles.co.uk, 17 October 2026.
| Homes for sale | 19 | Listed in the last 14 days | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average asking price | £179,268 | Median asking price | £159,950 |
| Average time on market | 1 days | Median time on market | 1 days |
| Sold subject to contract or under offer | 42% | Homes to let | 3 |
Homes for sale by price
Number of homes in each asking-price band
Time on the market
How long its current homes for sale have been listed
Sales performance
Asking price achieved and time to sell
We match each home an agent lists to its HM Land Registry completion to measure the price achieved against asking and the time from listing to completion. Results appear here once enough of this branch’s listings have completed, usually three to six months after we first read its website.
Reviews
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Online presence
Profiles are found by reading the links on the agent’s own website. Follower counts and posting activity will be added as they are collected.
The local market
Average prices across County Durham since January 1995, and what has sold in DH1 in the last year. County Durham averages £140,447 in July 2026, +19.5% over five years and +44.3% over ten.
Average house price, County Durham
UK House Price Index, monthly
Homes sold each year, County Durham
Completed sales recorded in the House Price Index
Sales per month in DH1
HM Land Registry completions, last 12 months
What sold in DH1
Completions by property type, last 12 months
| Median sold price, DH1 | £230,000 | Sales, last 12 months | 431 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,250 | Semi-detached | £215,000 |
| Terraced | £200,000 | Flat | £116,000 |
Other agents in DH1
| Office | Type and group | Homes for sale |
|---|---|---|
| Reeds Rains | Estate and letting agentConnells Group | 2home.co.uk 2022 |
| George F. White | Estate agentIndependent | 1home.co.uk 2023 |
| BILLFREEHOMES LIMITED | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Bridgfords | Estate and letting agentConnells Group | — |
| Chapter Homes Durham Limited | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Dowen | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| Evenmore Properties | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| Fine & Country | Estate agentFine & Country (franchise) | — |
| Frampton & Roebuck Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Gayle Mitchison | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| H&H Land & Estates | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| Harringtons Sales and Lettings Ltd | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| J W Wood Estate Agents | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| J W Wood Lettings | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| JDS City Developments Limited | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Karossa Asset Management Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Keith Pattinson Ltd | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| LFR Properties Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Laura Jane Barnes-Martin-Foster Powered By eXp | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| M.C. Lettings & Property Management | Estate agentIndependent | — |
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Questions and answers
How many homes does Ben Charles have for sale?
19 (Homes for sale on bencharles.co.uk, 17 October 2026).
How long do Ben Charles's homes take to sell?
The median listing has been on the market 1 days (average 1 days).
Which redress scheme is Ben Charles a member of?
The Property Ombudsman.
What do homes sell for near Ben Charles?
A median £230,000 in DH1 over the last 12 months (HM Land Registry, 431 sales).
Sources and freshness
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| The agent's own website, read daily by our crawler | 19 homes for sale, 3 to let, checked 17 October 2026 |
| UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry (OGL) | County Durham, January 1995 to July 2026 |
| HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL) | DH1, last 12 months |
| The Property Ombudsman and Property Redress Scheme registers | Office details, February 2026 |
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