That is the middle of 2,294 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.3 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
2,294 homes sold in three years: 593 detached houses, 842 semi-detached houses, 699 terraced houses and 160 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£328K
median sale · 593 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£372K
Last 12 months
£335K143 sold
New build
£362K
Semi-detached houses£222K
median sale · 842 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£193K–£250K
Last 12 months
£220K214 sold
New build
£267K
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 699 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£225K
Last 12 months
£195K199 sold
New build
£254K
Flats and maisonettes£135K
median sale · 160 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£121K–£156K
Last 12 months
£135K45 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Corby’s homes sold for between £185K and £280K
One sale in ten was under £157K and one in ten over £350K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,294 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £34,950 in 1995 to £220,000 in the last 12 months (£183,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
601 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,683 in 2007, the busiest year, and 618 in 2009. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Corby costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Corby, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£62K
£79K
£170K
£175K
£217K
£284K
£335K
Semi-detached houses
£36K
£43K
£110K
£120K
£136K
£183K
£220K
Terraced houses
£29K
£36K
£89K
£103K
£115K
£162K
£195K
Flats and maisonettes
£22K
£29K
£70K
£70K
£85K
£119K
£135K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
7,408 new homes have been sold in Corby since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2011.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £300,000
against £218,000 for a home sold on, 38% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Corby. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Pennyroyal Drive is Corby’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
158 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 42 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Pennyroyal Drive
NN17
35
£301,500
Mixed · new builds
2
Tansy Road
NN17
31
£314,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Mistletoe Gardens
NN17
29
£260,100
Mixed · new builds
4
Burdock Street
NN17
28
£338,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Hobby Drive
NN17
19
£320,000
Mixed
6
Studfall Avenue
NN17
19
£190,000
Mixed
7
Shire Road
NN17
18
£248,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Roman Road
NN18
16
£225,975
Mixed
9
Holdenby Drive
NN17
16
£210,000
Mixed
10
Clarendon Close
NN18
15
£300,000
Mixed
11
Gainsborough Road
NN18
15
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Stephenson Way
NN17
15
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
The Avenue
NN17
14
£246,250
Mixed
14
Willow Brook Road
NN17
14
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Conyger Close
NN18
14
£136,250
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Lake Drive: £718,750
Corby median£225K
Lake Drive£719K
Borage Close£408K
Cartmel Drive£398K
Arnold Drive£380K
Cottingham Road (NN17)£375K
Cheapest streets
Thurso Walk: £100,000
Corby median£225K
Thurso Walk£100K
Spiers Close£100K
Langdale Grove£117K
Stour Road£125K
Robin Road£129K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Northamptonshire
Corby is the 31st most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Corby is one of Northamptonshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Corby
What is the average house price in Corby?
The median home in Corby sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,294 standard sales (£220,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £327,500, semi-detached houses £222,394, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £135,000.
Are house prices going up in Corby?
The median was £225,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £220,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Corby each year?
601 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,020 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Corby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lake Drive (NN17, £718,750), Borage Close (NN17, £407,500) and Cartmel Drive (NN18, £397,500).
How much does a new build cost in Corby?
New homes sold for a median £300,000 over three years, against £218,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Corby expensive for Northamptonshire?
Corby is the 31st most expensive of 31 towns of 2,500 or more in Northamptonshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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