Homes in Irthlingborough sell for a median £226,000
That is the middle of 397 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 5.7 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.
A third of Irthlingborough’s sales are semi-detached houses
397 homes sold in three years: 95 detached houses, 148 semi-detached houses, 123 terraced houses and 31 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£385K
Last 12 months
£308K28 sold
Semi-detached houses£230K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£252K
Last 12 months
£229K44 sold
New build
£267K
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 123 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£168K–£225K
Last 12 months
£193K44 sold
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£75K–£130K
Last 12 months
£119K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Irthlingborough’s homes sold for between £185K and £274K
One sale in ten was under £143K and one in ten over £350K. 65% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £226,000, sits in the £200–250K band
397 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,375 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£190,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
128 sales in the last 12 months, against 346 in 2006, the busiest year, and 81 in 2009. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 64% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Irthlingborough costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Irthlingborough, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£57K
£89K
£166K
£168K
£205K
£298K
£308K
Semi-detached houses
£39K
£59K
£127K
£117K
£132K
£200K
£229K
Terraced houses
£34K
£44K
£106K
£96K
£124K
£166K
£193K
Flats and maisonettes
£18K
£25K
£84K
—
£64K
£88K
£119K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
1,069 new homes have been sold in Irthlingborough since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 2014.
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 £248,500
against £226,000 for a home sold on, 10% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Irthlingborough. 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
Finedon Road is Irthlingborough’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
26 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Finedon Road
NN9
21
£278,000
Mixed
2
Harrington Road
NN9
15
£250,000
Mixed
3
Addington Road
NN9
13
£280,000
Mixed
4
Lodge Way
NN9
13
£275,000
Mixed
5
Drayton Place
NN9
13
£208,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Scarborough Street
NN9
13
£187,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Drayton Road
NN9
11
£238,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
High Street
NN9
11
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Presland Way
NN9
10
£241,750
Mixed
10
Chimney Crescent
NN9
10
£236,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Ebbw Vale Road
NN9
9
£263,000
Mixed
12
Jubilee Street
NN9
9
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Gulliver Road
NN9
8
£241,250
Mixed
14
Queen Street
NN9
8
£162,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Rectory Gardens
NN9
8
£146,250
Mixed
Dearest streets
Lakeside: £382,500
Irthlingborough median£226K
Lakeside£383K
Diamond Drive£295K
Emerald Way£294K
Addington Road£280K
Finedon Road£278K
Cheapest streets
Rectory Gardens: £146,250
Irthlingborough median£226K
Rectory Gardens£146K
Queen Street£163K
Jubilee Street£175K
High Street£185K
Scarborough Street£188K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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
Irthlingborough is the 30th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Irthlingborough 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 Irthlingborough
What is the average house price in Irthlingborough?
The median home in Irthlingborough sold for £226,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 397 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £230,000, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Irthlingborough?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£229,003), and £225,000 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 Irthlingborough each year?
128 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 157 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Irthlingborough?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lakeside (NN9, £382,500), Diamond Drive (NN9, £295,000) and Emerald Way (NN9, £294,000).
How much does a new build cost in Irthlingborough?
New homes sold for a median £248,500 over three years, against £226,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2% of sales.
Is Irthlingborough expensive for Northamptonshire?
Irthlingborough is the 30th 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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