Photo: Cj1340 at en.wikipedia · Public domainThe median home in Roade sells for £295,000
That is the middle of 155 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 5.6 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.
Half of Roade’s sales are semi-detached houses
155 homes sold in three years: 53 detached houses, 73 semi-detached houses, 26 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £370K–£561K
- Last 12 months
- £498K15 sold
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £255K–£300K
- Last 12 months
- £278K21 sold
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £248K–£287K
- Last 12 months
- £270K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% 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.
Half of Roade’s homes sold for between £265K and £397K
One sale in ten was under £245K and one in ten over £545K. 14% sold for under £250K.
The median, £295,000, sits in the £250–300K band
155 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,500 in 1995 to £294,000 in the last 12 months (£309,995 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
42 sales in the last 12 months, against 153 in 2018, the busiest year, and 22 in 2009. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Roade costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Roade, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £118K | £158K | £273K | £307K | £310K | £403K | £498K |
| Semi-detached houses | £48K | £79K | £150K | £152K | £197K | £245K | £278K |
| Terraced houses | £47K | £65K | £132K | £179K | £226K | — | £270K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
163 new homes have been sold in Roade since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2011.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.3% sold leasehold in Roade. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Pianoforte Road is Roade’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Pianoforte Road | NN7 | 15 | £289,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Setters Way | NN7 | 12 | £266,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Walkers Way | NN7 | 10 | £265,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Simplex Way | NN7 | 9 | £265,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Cripps Road | NN7 | 7 | £445,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | High Street | NN7 | 7 | £355,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Northampton Road | NN7 | 6 | £292,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Hyde Road | NN7 | 6 | £278,750 | Mixed |
| 9 | Hartwell Road | NN7 | 5 | £447,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Plating Way | NN7 | 5 | £335,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Glebe Road | NN7 | 5 | £315,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | Church Croft | NN7 | 5 | £295,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Priory Crescent | NN7 | 5 | £280,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Hartwell Road: £447,000
Walkers Way: £265,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 1.7 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.
Roade is the 15th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Roade is in the middle of Northamptonshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Northamptonshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Roade’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roade | — | £295K | 42 | +17% |
| Hartwell | 2 | £305K | 11 | +31% |
| Blisworth | 2.1 | £325K | 23 | +63% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 2.8 | £390K | 28 | +4% |
| Hanslope | 4 | £356K | 38 | +28% |
| Yardley Gobion | 4.3 | £354K | 19 | +26% |
| Towcester | 4.5 | £326K | 227 | +30% |
| Castlethorpe | 5.2 | £355K | 6 | +22% |
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 Roade
What is the average house price in Roade?
The median home in Roade sold for £295,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 155 standard sales (£294,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £442,000, semi-detached houses £280,000 and terraced houses £280,000.
Are house prices going up in Roade?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£290,000), and £294,000 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 Roade each year?
42 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 82 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Roade?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hartwell Road (NN7, £447,000), Cripps Road (NN7, £445,000) and High Street (NN7, £355,000).
Is Roade expensive for Northamptonshire?
Roade is the 15th 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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