That is the middle of 2,701 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.
A third of Kettering’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,701 homes sold in three years: 840 detached houses, 995 semi-detached houses, 623 terraced houses and 243 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£365K
median sale · 840 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£303K–£425K
Last 12 months
£355K198 sold
New build
£401K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 995 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£276K
Last 12 months
£245K272 sold
New build
£275K
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 623 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£168K–£233K
Last 12 months
£197K172 sold
New build
£270K
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 243 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£104K–£145K
Last 12 months
£120K68 sold
New build
£170K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Kettering’s homes sold for between £195K and £318K
One sale in ten was under £144K and one in ten over £415K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £255,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,701 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 £38,975 in 1995 to £245,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
710 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,943 in 2002, the busiest year, and 649 in 2010. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kettering costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kettering, 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
£72K
£102K
£187K
£200K
£237K
£305K
£355K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£60K
£128K
£125K
£152K
£210K
£245K
Terraced houses
£30K
£43K
£100K
£96K
£120K
£160K
£197K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£34K
£100K
£81K
£88K
£115K
£120K
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
New builds have slowed: 3% of sales in the last 12 months, after 25% in 2022
4,986 new homes have been sold in Kettering since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2022.
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 £319,995
against £238,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Kettering. 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
Widdowson Way is Kettering’s busiest street, with 50 sales in three years
178 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 59 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
Widdowson Way
NN15
50
£294,500
Mixed · new builds
2
Jupiter Road
NN15
50
£289,875
Mixed · new builds
3
Bath Road
NN16
36
£172,000
Mixed
4
Old Stratford Close
NN15
32
£405,745
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Buckthorn Drive
NN15
31
£298,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Ayrton Close
NN15
29
£272,000
Mixed · new builds
7
Cranford Road
NN15
27
£435,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Manor Road
NN15
25
£312,500
Mixed
9
Foster Way
NN15
24
£271,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Stamford Road
NN16
24
£200,000
Mixed
11
St Johns Road
NN15
23
£265,000
Mixed
12
Grasmoor Close
NN15
22
£414,358
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Brockhall Crescent
NN15
21
£329,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
St Marys Road
NN15
20
£264,997
Mixed
15
Britannia Road
NN16
19
£367,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Poplars Farm Road: £643,500
Kettering median£255K
Poplars Farm Road£644K
Warkton Lane£564K
Glebe Avenue£545K
Hope Drive£513K
Scafell Road£504K
Cheapest streets
Cobden Street: £102,500
Kettering median£255K
Cobden Street£103K
George Street£105K
Station Road£118K
Lahnstein Court£120K
Isabelle Court£122K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.3 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
Kettering is the 25th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Kettering 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 Kettering
What is the average house price in Kettering?
The median home in Kettering sold for £255,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,701 standard sales (£245,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £365,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Kettering?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£259,950), and £245,000 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 Kettering each year?
710 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,073 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kettering?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Poplars Farm Road (NN15, £643,500), Warkton Lane (NN15, £564,000) and Glebe Avenue (NN15, £545,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kettering?
New homes sold for a median £319,995 over three years, against £238,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Kettering expensive for Northamptonshire?
Kettering is the 25th 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.