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Buying at NE28 7RT

Before you offer on a home at NE28 7RT: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £62k. In Wallsend East.

2 clear£62k typical on High Street East

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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4 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A193, 960 m awayAbout 12,348 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£62ktypical sale on High Street East, last 10 years

£1,804typical price per m² in Wallsend East

£230–£780per m² for homes at NE28 7RT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,804 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £162k. Homes at NE28 7RT have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Wallsend East

Wallsend East

+11% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	10	£300k	£168k – £425k
Semi-detached	42	£186k	£75k – £685k
Terraced	45	£160k	£74k – £625k
Flat	64	£87k	£42k – £180k

Standard sales in Wallsend East. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

9sales on High Street East in the last two years

161sales in Wallsend East in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at NE28 7RT

Home	Last sold	Floor area
261, High Street EastFlat	£82,500, Mar 2007	120 m²	Buyer's report →
263, High Street EastTerraced	£75,000, May 2009	72 m²	Buyer's report →
265, High Street EastFlat	£101,250, Jul 2007	119 m²	Buyer's report →
267, High Street EastFlat	£40,000, Nov 2016	68 m²	Buyer's report →
269, High Street EastFlat	£82,000, Jan 2016	105 m²	Buyer's report →
271, High Street EastFlat	£52,000, Feb 2022	68 m²	Buyer's report →
277, High Street EastOther	£37,500, May 2018	162 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at NE28 7RT

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £62k. In Wallsend East.

2 clear£62k typical on High Street East

Before you make an offer

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

4 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A193, 960 m awayAbout 12,348 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£62ktypical sale on High Street East, last 10 years

£1,804typical price per m² in Wallsend East

£230–£780per m² for homes at NE28 7RT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,804 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £162k. Homes at NE28 7RT have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Wallsend East, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£102k	£70k	£590 a month	6.9%
2 beds	£103k	£82k	£620 a month	7.2%
3 beds	£179k	£155k	£820 a month	5.5%
4+ beds	£264k	£204k	£1,040 a month	4.7%
All homes	£171k	£121k	£770 a month	5.4%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places