That is the middle of 8,399 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.
A third of Northampton’s sales are terraced houses
8,399 homes sold in three years: 2,112 detached houses, 2,622 semi-detached houses, 2,698 terraced houses and 967 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£378K
median sale · 2,112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£450K
Last 12 months
£370K609 sold
New build
£400K
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 2,622 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£231K–£300K
Last 12 months
£265K731 sold
New build
£290K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 2,698 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£197K–£265K
Last 12 months
£225K796 sold
New build
£293K
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 967 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£121K–£171K
Last 12 months
£146K270 sold
New build
£190K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Northampton’s homes sold for between £206K and £326K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £424K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
8,399 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,000 in 1995 to £258,450 in the last 12 months (£211,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,406 sales in the last 12 months, against 7,293 in 2002, the busiest year, and 2,644 in 2011. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Northampton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Northampton, 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
£75K
£124K
£209K
£225K
£270K
£325K
£370K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£70K
£135K
£140K
£175K
£225K
£265K
Terraced houses
£36K
£60K
£120K
£120K
£150K
£186K
£225K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£48K
£124K
£90K
£115K
£138K
£146K
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: 1.5% of sales in the last 12 months
15,674 new homes have been sold in Northampton since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 1995.
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 £335,100
against £255,000 for a home sold on, 31% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Northampton. 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
Campus Drive is Northampton’s busiest street, with 67 sales in three years
653 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 193 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
Campus Drive
NN2
67
£309,950
Mixed · new builds
2
Obelisk Rise
NN2
55
£278,000
Mixed
3
Welford Road
NN2
38
£188,500
Mixed
4
Bridge Meadow Way
NN4
37
£238,000
Mostly flats
5
Harlestone Road
NN5
34
£244,500
Mixed
6
Wellingborough Road (NN3)
NN3
33
£245,000
Mixed
7
Main Road (NN5)
NN5
32
£346,000
Mixed
8
Wilkins Close
NN2
30
£291,950
Mixed · new builds
9
Park Lane
NN5
28
£253,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
High Street (NN5)
NN5
28
£187,500
Mixed
11
Mayfly Road
NN4
27
£320,000
Mixed
12
St Crispin Drive
NN5
25
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Billing Road
NN1
23
£185,000
Mostly flats
14
Sparrowhawk Crescent
NN4
22
£355,272
Mixed · new builds
15
Beech Avenue
NN3
22
£284,191
Mixed
Dearest streets
Sorrel Close: £710,000
Northampton median£260K
Sorrel Close£710K
Thorburn Road£708K
Edgemont Road£655K
Boughton Hill Gardens£650K
Park Avenue South£650K
Cheapest streets
Wellington Street: £74,000
Northampton median£260K
Wellington Street£74K
Albion Place£83K
Shankley Way£90K
Emmanuel Court£103K
Balfour Close£120K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.6 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
Northampton is the 23rd most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Northampton is in the middle of Northamptonshire’s 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 Northampton
What is the average house price in Northampton?
The median home in Northampton sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 8,399 standard sales (£258,450 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £378,475, semi-detached houses £265,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Northampton?
The median was £260,626 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£260,000), and £258,450 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 Northampton each year?
2,406 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,631 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Northampton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sorrel Close (NN4, £710,000), Thorburn Road (NN3, £708,000) and Edgemont Road (NN3, £655,000).
How much does a new build cost in Northampton?
New homes sold for a median £335,100 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.5% of sales.
Is Northampton expensive for Northamptonshire?
Northampton is the 21st 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.