Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Earls Barton sells for £300,000
That is the middle of 300 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 5.9 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.
39% of Earls Barton’s sales are semi-detached houses
300 homes sold in three years: 99 detached houses, 118 semi-detached houses, 72 terraced houses and 11 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
median sale · 99 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £345K–£495K
- Last 12 months
- £440K25 sold
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £255K–£327K
- Last 12 months
- £295K33 sold
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £228K–£288K
- Last 12 months
- £275K25 sold
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£198K
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
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.
Half of Earls Barton’s homes sold for between £255K and £385K
One sale in ten was under £214K and one in ten over £490K. 21% sold for under £250K.
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
300 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,747 in 1995 to £310,000 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
86 sales in the last 12 months, against 190 in 2018, the busiest year, and 60 in 2008. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 21% more sales than 2020.
Earls Barton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Earls Barton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £76K | £116K | £229K | £240K | £278K | £405K | £440K |
| Semi-detached houses | £50K | £72K | £150K | £151K | £185K | £263K | £295K |
| Terraced houses | £43K | £65K | £128K | £125K | £175K | £200K | £275K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 43% in 2018
496 new homes have been sold in Earls Barton since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Earls Barton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Dowthorpe Hill is Earls Barton’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
23 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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 | Dowthorpe Hill | NN6 | 12 | £327,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Station Road | NN6 | 12 | £290,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Doddington Road | NN6 | 12 | £255,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Elizabeth Way | NN6 | 11 | £310,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Compton Way | NN6 | 10 | £247,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | King Street | NN6 | 9 | £275,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | Prince Street | NN6 | 8 | £192,497 | Mostly flats |
| 8 | New Street | NN6 | 7 | £392,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Barnard Close | NN6 | 7 | £345,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Manor Road | NN6 | 7 | £255,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Mackintosh Drive | NN6 | 6 | £435,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | Hornby Road | NN6 | 6 | £288,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Tebbutts Yard | NN6 | 6 | £256,250 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | North Road | NN6 | 6 | £237,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 15 | Ward Street | NN6 | 5 | £465,000 | Mostly detached houses |
Ward Street: £465,000
Prince Street: £192,497
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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.
Earls Barton is the 11th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Earls Barton is in the middle of Northamptonshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Northamptonshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Earls Barton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Wellingborough.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Barton | — | £300K | 86 | +33% |
| Great Doddington | 1.6 | £320K | 11 | +50% |
| Cogenhoe | 2.5 | £340K | 19 | +33% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 3 | £388K | 18 | +27% |
| Wellingborough | 3.3 | £240K | 474 | +53% |
| Wollaston | 3.5 | £309K | 55 | +62% |
| Bozeat | 4.5 | £288K | 32 | +31% |
| Moulton | 4.6 | £319K | 92 | +6% |
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 Earls Barton
What is the average house price in Earls Barton?
The median home in Earls Barton sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 300 standard sales (£310,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £181,000.
Are house prices going up in Earls Barton?
The median was £320,000 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£295,000), and £310,000 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 Earls Barton each year?
86 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 122 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Earls Barton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ward Street (NN6, £465,000), Mackintosh Drive (NN6, £435,000) and New Street (NN6, £392,000).
Is Earls Barton expensive for Northamptonshire?
Earls Barton is the 11th 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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