House and rent prices are rising across the country so we’ve taken a look to see how much on average it costs to rent a house in County Durham.

The search revealed that in some areas of the region - Durham City for example - potential buyers could be paying over £1,000 on average to rent a property.

Meanwhile, in other areas of the county, properties are available on average from as low as £487.

On average across the county renting prices are sitting at £635.31 per calendar month.

It comes as the average rent for a new letting jumped by £117  per month since last year, according to property website Zoopla.

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This has pushed the typical rent to £1,078 per month, Zoopla said.

The website said this equates to 35% of the average income of a single earner – the highest level in more than a decade.

Rents have been rising particularly sharply in cities such as in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Bristol and Sheffield over the past year, Zoopla added.

These cities are seeing demand exceed supply, being major employment centres with large student populations, it said.

The report said there has been a modest increase in rental supply in recent weeks, as the house sales market has weakened.

The average number of homes for rent per estate agency branch is 10, up from seven at the end of September, Zoopla said.

Check out our list of average rent prices across the different areas of County Durham:

This list was created using Zoopla’s map search function, the areas are not exact.

Bishop Auckland:

  • Average rent price: £479.65 pcm

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Newton Aycliffe (Including Heighington)

  • Average rent price: £631.81pcm

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Shildon:

  • Average rent price: £452.85 pcm

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Spennymoor:

  • Average rent price: £487 pcm

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Peterlee (Including Easington Colliery and Shotton Colliery)

  • Average rent price: £459.48 pcm

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Durham City:

  • Average rent price: £1,334.54 pcm

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Seaham:

  • Average rent price: £731.09 pcm

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Houghton le Spring, Hetton-le-Hole and Easington Lane:

  • Average rent price: £527.65 pcm

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Chester-le-Street:

  • Average rent price: £713.17 pcm

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Stanley:

  • Average rent price: £563.63 pcm

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Consett:

  • Average rent price: £562.10 pcm

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Washington, Concord and Birtley

  • Average rent price: £681.81

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