That is the middle of 915 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.
915 homes sold in three years: 319 detached houses, 275 semi-detached houses, 237 terraced houses and 84 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£465K
median sale · 319 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£402K–£540K
Last 12 months
£475K77 sold
New build
£443K
Semi-detached houses£309K
median sale · 275 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£335K
Last 12 months
£310K68 sold
New build
£320K
Terraced houses£303K
median sale · 237 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£258K–£333K
Last 12 months
£285K55 sold
New build
£314K
Flats and maisonettes£185K
median sale · 84 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£277K
Last 12 months
£172K27 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses26%
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 Towcester’s homes sold for between £277K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £234K and one in ten over £520K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £326,000, sits in the £300–400K band
915 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,500 in 1995 to £325,000 in the last 12 months (£318,725 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
227 sales in the last 12 months, against 433 in 2021, the busiest year, and 115 in 2008. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Towcester costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Towcester, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£92K
£138K
£247K
£260K
£294K
£397K
£475K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£87K
£146K
£164K
£206K
£270K
£310K
Terraced houses
£49K
£79K
£138K
£156K
£208K
£270K
£285K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£49K
£167K
£89K
£125K
£169K
£172K
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
13% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,325 new homes have been sold in Towcester since 1995; the share peaked at 62% in 2020.
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 £363,450
against £321,053 for a home sold on, 13% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Towcester. 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
Redcar Road is Towcester’s busiest street, with 39 sales in three years
70 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Redcar Road
NN12
39
£369,950
Mixed
2
Clay Green
NN12
30
£321,450
Mixed · new builds
3
Hexham Street
NN12
24
£322,500
Mixed
4
Yeoman Road
NN12
23
£339,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Aintree Avenue
NN12
22
£439,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Saxon Way
NN12
21
£320,000
Mixed
7
Highfields
NN12
18
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Rochester Road
NN12
17
£322,950
Mixed · new builds
9
Water Lane
NN12
17
£285,050
Mostly flats
10
Alchester Court
NN12
16
£196,500
Mostly flats
11
Stourhead Drive
NN12
15
£339,995
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
12
Long Morris
NN12
14
£309,950
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
13
Sandown Road
NN12
13
£370,000
Mixed
14
Chiswick Street
NN12
12
£523,532
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Breadlands
NN12
12
£327,450
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Besses Lane: £1,100,000
Towcester median£326K
Besses Lane£1.1M
Belle Baulk£604K
Northampton Road£583K
Graham Hill Road£565K
Rousham Close£555K
Cheapest streets
Burcote Fields: £107,000
Towcester median£326K
Burcote Fields£107K
Richmond Court£114K
Alchester Court£197K
Reffield Close£209K
Leeson Road£230K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.3 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
Towcester is the 7th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Towcester 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 Towcester
What is the average house price in Towcester?
The median home in Towcester sold for £326,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 915 standard sales (£325,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £464,995, semi-detached houses £308,500, terraced houses £303,000 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Towcester?
The median was £331,589 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£334,950), and £325,000 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 Towcester each year?
227 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 314 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Towcester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Besses Lane (NN12, £1,100,000), Belle Baulk (NN12, £603,750) and Northampton Road (NN12, £582,500).
How much does a new build cost in Towcester?
New homes sold for a median £363,450 over three years, against £321,053 for homes sold on. New builds were 26% of sales.
Is Towcester expensive for Northamptonshire?
Towcester is the 7th 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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