Homes in Irchester sell for a median £259,000
That is the middle of 242 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 6.2 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.
Half of Irchester’s sales are semi-detached houses
242 homes sold in three years: 70 detached houses, 119 semi-detached houses, 50 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 70 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £335K–£445K
- Last 12 months
- £308K10 sold
- New build
- £410K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £218K–£300K
- Last 12 months
- £242K35 sold
- New build
- £307K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £185K–£223K
- Last 12 months
- £203K16 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 49% 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 Irchester’s homes sold for between £210K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £420K. 45% sold for under £250K.
The median, £259,000, sits in the £250–300K band
242 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,000 in 1995 to £233,750 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
62 sales in the last 12 months, against 145 in 2002, the busiest year, and 44 in 2020. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 125% more sales than 2020.
Irchester costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Irchester, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £70K | £108K | £200K | £169K | £224K | £356K | £308K |
| Semi-detached houses | £38K | £58K | £134K | £124K | £149K | £222K | £242K |
| Terraced houses | £32K | £46K | £104K | £90K | £132K | £170K | £203K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
136 new homes have been sold in Irchester since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2009.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £374,950
against £242,000 for a home sold on, 55% 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.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.4% sold leasehold in Irchester. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Horse Green Way is Irchester’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
17 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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 | Horse Green Way | NN29 | 28 | £372,450 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Wollaston Road | NN29 | 19 | £230,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Arkwright Road | NN29 | 18 | £233,750 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Gleanings Road | NN29 | 16 | £379,950 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Bradshaw Way | NN29 | 12 | £294,997 | Mixed |
| 6 | Station Road | NN29 | 11 | £242,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | High Street | NN29 | 10 | £310,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Norman Way | NN29 | 10 | £215,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 9 | Farndish Road | NN29 | 10 | £189,997 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Woodlands Road | NN29 | 7 | £350,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Parsons Road | NN29 | 7 | £245,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Saxon Rise | NN29 | 7 | £213,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | Gipsy Lane | NN29 | 6 | £361,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 14 | Baker Crescent | NN29 | 6 | £235,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 15 | Mansfield Way | NN29 | 5 | £307,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Gleanings Road: £379,950
Farndish Road: £189,997
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is twice 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.
Irchester is the 24th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Irchester 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.
Irchester’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Irthlingborough.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irchester | — | £259K | 62 | +64% |
| Wymington | 1.9 | £260K | 8 | +30% |
| Rushden | 2 | £240K | 389 | +41% |
| Wollaston | 2.1 | £309K | 55 | +62% |
| Wellingborough | 2.9 | £240K | 474 | +53% |
| Higham Ferrers | 3 | £270K | 124 | +36% |
| Great Doddington | 3 | £320K | 11 | +50% |
| Irthlingborough | 3.4 | £226K | 128 | +39% |
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 Irchester
What is the average house price in Irchester?
The median home in Irchester sold for £259,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 242 standard sales (£233,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £372,450, semi-detached houses £246,000 and terraced houses £202,500.
Are house prices going up in Irchester?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, down 14% on 2024 (£294,975), and £233,750 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 Irchester each year?
62 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 72 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Irchester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gleanings Road (NN29, £379,950), Horse Green Way (NN29, £372,450) and Gipsy Lane (NN29, £361,500).
How much does a new build cost in Irchester?
New homes sold for a median £374,950 over three years, against £242,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Irchester expensive for Northamptonshire?
Irchester is the 24th 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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