Wills and Estate Planning in the North East
Wills, lasting powers of attorney and trusts for families across the North East, arranged in your own home by a Clarke & Wright consultant. Your first consultation is free, and every price is a fixed fee confirmed in writing before any work starts.
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
North East at a glance
House prices over the last two years
The average home in the North East has moved from £156,297 in September 2024 to £165,640 in August 2026, up 6.0%.
See the monthly figures
| Month | Average price | On a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £165,640 | +3.2% |
| July 2026 | £166,689 | +4.7% |
| June 2026 | £164,851 | +3.9% |
| May 2026 | £164,023 | +6.0% |
| April 2026 | £162,482 | +9.4% |
| March 2026 | £161,405 | -1.3% |
| February 2026 | £163,237 | +3.8% |
| January 2026 | £159,778 | +3.2% |
| December 2025 | £161,468 | +2.2% |
| November 2025 | £162,975 | +4.5% |
| October 2025 | £160,446 | +3.2% |
| September 2025 | £159,290 | +1.9% |
| August 2025 | £160,535 | +4.7% |
| July 2025 | £159,160 | +4.9% |
| June 2025 | £158,700 | +4.5% |
| May 2025 | £154,763 | +3.4% |
| April 2025 | £148,461 | +1.2% |
| March 2025 | £163,542 | +11.1% |
| February 2025 | £157,310 | +5.8% |
| January 2025 | £154,863 | +4.7% |
| December 2024 | £158,022 | +4.5% |
| November 2024 | £155,962 | +3.4% |
| October 2024 | £155,424 | +3.0% |
| September 2024 | £156,297 | +3.1% |
What this means for your planning
The average home in the North East is worth about 7 times the £23,250 savings limit for council help with care home fees. For most homeowners here, that means the house, not the savings, is what a care fees assessment could count, which is why how the home is owned and how your wills are written both matter. How property protection works.
House prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, latest month August 2026, updated 30 October 2026 and checked daily; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Age and home ownership: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Free seminars in the North East
Our next free estate planning seminar in the North East is on Tuesday 10 November 2026 at Gisborough Hall, Guisborough. Choose the 10am or 2pm session. Each session lasts about two hours and covers inheritance tax, care fees, wills and lasting powers of attorney, with time for questions at the end. Parking and refreshments are free.
We are also at Slaley Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort, Hexham on Tuesday 1 December 2026. Book a seat
Who does the work behind your plan
Your consultant takes your instructions. Your documents are then prepared by Clarke & Wright’s legal team, which includes an SRA-regulated solicitor who is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers, a CILEX Chartered Paralegal and a further paralegal.
Any reserved legal documents are drafted by a specialist SRA-regulated drafting firm.
Where tax advice or inheritance tax planning is needed, it is given by our associated firm Mercian Accountants, Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers.