Homes in Islip sell for a median £297,000
That is the middle of 29 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 4.6 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 Islip’s sales are semi-detached houses
29 homes sold in three years: 9 detached houses, 10 semi-detached houses and 10 terraced houses.
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £185K–£295K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £243K–£375K
Detached houses: 9 sold, median £550K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% 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.
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,000 in 1995 to £273,000 in the last 12 months (£252,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 22 in 2000, the busiest year, and 4 in 2020. Sales fell by 33% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Islip costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Islip, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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
18 new homes have been sold in Islip since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 1996.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Islip. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Islip’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Raunds and Irthlingborough.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islip | — | £297K | 10 | — |
| Thrapston | 0.8 | £277K | 103 | +52% |
| Woodford | 1.9 | £260K | 13 | +44% |
| Ringstead | 2.4 | £275K | 20 | +49% |
| Raunds | 4.1 | £260K | 154 | +37% |
| Brigstock | 4.6 | £394K | 10 | +48% |
| Stanwick | 4.8 | £325K | 20 | +55% |
| Irthlingborough | 6 | £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 Islip
What is the average house price in Islip?
The median home in Islip sold for £297,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 29 standard sales (£273,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £550,000, semi-detached houses £274,000 and terraced houses £287,500.
How many homes sell in Islip each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 9 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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