That is the middle of 277 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 5.3 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.
277 homes sold in three years: 137 detached houses, 72 semi-detached houses, 50 terraced houses and 18 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£460K
median sale · 137 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£383K–£585K
Last 12 months
£460K38 sold
New build
£460K
Semi-detached houses£297K
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£269K–£344K
Last 12 months
£328K13 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£276K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£208K–£336K
Last 12 months
£241K12 sold
Flats and maisonettes£159K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£137K–£180K
Last 12 months
£159K6 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses49%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses18%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Oundle’s homes sold for between £275K and £480K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £615K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £360,000, sits in the £300–400K band
277 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £67,000 in 1995 to £353,000 in the last 12 months (£286,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
69 sales in the last 12 months, against 195 in 1999, the busiest year, and 62 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 113% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Oundle costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Oundle, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£124K
£145K
£250K
£299K
£330K
£395K
£460K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£72K
£165K
£175K
£228K
£268K
£328K
Terraced houses
£46K
£73K
£165K
£192K
£189K
£224K
£241K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£55K
£119K
£98K
£133K
£160K
£159K
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 43% in 2016
587 new homes have been sold in Oundle since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2016.
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 £414,500
against £346,000 for a home sold on, 20% 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, 2.7% sold leasehold in Oundle. 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
Primrose Drive is Oundle’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
20 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Primrose Drive
PE8
23
£380,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Creed Road
PE8
21
£285,000
Mixed
3
Riverside Maltings
PE8
16
£152,750
Mostly flats
4
Benefield Road
PE8
13
£315,000
Mixed
5
Glapthorn Road
PE8
12
£662,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Hillfield Road
PE8
9
£530,000
Mostly detached houses
7
St Peters Road
PE8
7
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Springfield Road
PE8
7
£195,000
Mixed
9
Old School Avenue
PE8
6
£431,250
Mixed
10
Meadow Drive
PE8
6
£418,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Cotton Close
PE8
6
£404,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Herne Road
PE8
5
£630,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Wentworth Drive
PE8
5
£442,000
Mostly detached houses
14
West Street
PE8
5
£440,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Lytham Park
PE8
5
£352,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Glapthorn Road: £662,000
Oundle median£360K
Glapthorn Road£662K
Herne Road£630K
Hillfield Road£530K
Wentworth Drive£442K
West Street£440K
Cheapest streets
Riverside Maltings: £152,750
Oundle median£360K
Riverside Maltings£153K
Springfield Road£195K
Rock Road£205K
Spurlings£250K
Creed Road£285K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Oundle is the 3rd most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Oundle is one of Northamptonshire’s dearest 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 Oundle
What is the average house price in Oundle?
The median home in Oundle sold for £360,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 277 standard sales (£353,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £460,000, semi-detached houses £296,750, terraced houses £276,250 and flats and maisonettes £158,750.
Are house prices going up in Oundle?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£362,500), and £353,000 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 Oundle each year?
69 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 103 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Oundle?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Glapthorn Road (PE8, £662,000), Herne Road (PE8, £630,000) and Hillfield Road (PE8, £530,000).
How much does a new build cost in Oundle?
New homes sold for a median £414,500 over three years, against £346,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Oundle expensive for Northamptonshire?
Oundle is the 3rd 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.