That is the middle of 1,279 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 6.4 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 Rushden’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,279 homes sold in three years: 346 detached houses, 418 semi-detached houses, 369 terraced houses and 146 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£349K
median sale · 346 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£410K
Last 12 months
£344K97 sold
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 418 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£275K
Last 12 months
£249K134 sold
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 369 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£230K
Last 12 months
£200K108 sold
Flats and maisonettes£117K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£150K
Last 12 months
£106K50 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Rushden’s homes sold for between £192K and £300K
One sale in ten was under £147K and one in ten over £380K. 55% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £240,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,279 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,950 in 1995 to £235,000 in the last 12 months (£193,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
389 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,205 in 2001, the busiest year, and 399 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 60% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rushden costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rushden, 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
£73K
£113K
£205K
£199K
£240K
£305K
£344K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£58K
£129K
£125K
£155K
£208K
£249K
Terraced houses
£28K
£45K
£107K
£103K
£133K
£172K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£21K
£25K
£80K
£105K
£98K
£107K
£106K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
2,768 new homes have been sold in Rushden since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Rushden. 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
High Street South is Rushden’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
98 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 25 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
High Street South
NN10
35
£100,000
Mostly flats
2
Newton Road
NN10
27
£220,000
Mixed
3
St Margarets Avenue
NN10
20
£231,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Wellingborough Road
NN10
19
£300,000
Mixed
5
Tyne Way
NN10
16
£212,500
Mixed
6
Hall Avenue
NN10
15
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Grangeway
NN10
15
£242,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Regency Court
NN10
15
£220,000
Mixed
9
Glassbrook Road
NN10
15
£192,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Park Avenue
NN10
14
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Whitefriars
NN10
14
£253,500
Mixed
12
Washbrook Road
NN10
14
£184,500
Mixed
13
Wymington Road
NN10
13
£320,000
Mixed
14
Maye Dicks Road
NN10
13
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Queen Street
NN10
13
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Meadow Sweet Road: £490,000
Rushden median£240K
Meadow Sweet Road£490K
Avenue Road£430K
Batsmans Drive£415K
Higham Road£390K
St Marys Avenue£358K
Cheapest streets
Highgrove Court: £90,500
Rushden median£240K
Highgrove Court£91K
North Street£100K
High Street South£100K
Grove Road£115K
Rectory Road£147K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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
Rushden is the 29th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Rushden 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 Rushden
What is the average house price in Rushden?
The median home in Rushden sold for £240,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,279 standard sales (£235,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £348,750, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £116,500.
Are house prices going up in Rushden?
The median was £243,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£240,000), and £235,000 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 Rushden each year?
389 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 558 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rushden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Meadow Sweet Road (NN10, £490,000), Avenue Road (NN10, £430,000) and Batsmans Drive (NN10, £415,000).
Is Rushden expensive for Northamptonshire?
Rushden is the 28th 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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