The median home in Wollaston sells for £308,500
That is the middle of 204 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 7.5 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.
40% of Wollaston’s sales are semi-detached houses
204 homes sold in three years: 78 detached houses, 81 semi-detached houses, 39 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £330K–£470K
- Last 12 months
- £365K17 sold
- New build
- £443K
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £265K–£328K
- Last 12 months
- £328K22 sold
- New build
- £315K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £194K–£270K
- Last 12 months
- £229K13 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £135K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% 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 Wollaston’s homes sold for between £250K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £202K and one in ten over £475K. 24% sold for under £250K.
The median, £308,500, sits in the £300–400K band
204 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 7.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,500 in 1995 to £317,500 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
55 sales in the last 12 months, against 131 in 2003, the busiest year, and 35 in 2011. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Wollaston costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Wollaston, 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 | £65K | £118K | £240K | £220K | £280K | £340K | £365K |
| Semi-detached houses | £41K | £69K | £153K | £131K | £168K | £249K | £328K |
| Terraced houses | £35K | £58K | £131K | £124K | £146K | £202K | £229K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 40% in 2023
255 new homes have been sold in Wollaston since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2023.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £325,000
against £299,995 for a home sold on, 8% 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.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Wollaston. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Hollowell Street is Wollaston’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
12 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 | Hollowell Street | NN29 | 35 | £320,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | London Road | NN29 | 18 | £319,250 | Mixed |
| 3 | Sumner Grove | NN29 | 13 | £430,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Hinwick Road | NN29 | 9 | £265,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Eastfield Road | NN29 | 9 | £244,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Priory Road | NN29 | 8 | £294,997 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Thrift Street | NN29 | 8 | £152,125 | Mostly flats |
| 8 | Francis Dickins Close | NN29 | 6 | £315,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Irchester Road | NN29 | 6 | £235,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | York Road | NN29 | 5 | £639,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Holyoake Road | NN29 | 5 | £370,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Lancaster Close | NN29 | 5 | £357,500 | Mostly detached houses |
York Road: £639,000
Thrift Street: £152,125
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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.
Wollaston is the 9th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Wollaston 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.
Wollaston’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Irchester, Wellingborough and Rushden.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollaston | — | £309K | 55 | +62% |
| Irchester | 2.1 | £259K | 62 | +64% |
| Great Doddington | 2.2 | £320K | 11 | +50% |
| Bozeat | 2.3 | £288K | 32 | +31% |
| Wymington | 3.1 | £260K | 8 | +30% |
| Earls Barton | 3.5 | £300K | 86 | +33% |
| Wellingborough | 3.6 | £240K | 474 | +53% |
| Rushden | 3.9 | £240K | 389 | +41% |
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 Wollaston
What is the average house price in Wollaston?
The median home in Wollaston sold for £308,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 204 standard sales (£317,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £395,997, semi-detached houses £300,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £134,625.
Are house prices going up in Wollaston?
The median was £318,750 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£305,000), and £317,500 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 Wollaston each year?
55 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 59 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wollaston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: York Road (NN29, £639,000), Sumner Grove (NN29, £430,000) and Holyoake Road (NN29, £370,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wollaston?
New homes sold for a median £325,000 over three years, against £299,995 for homes sold on. New builds were 21% of sales.
Is Wollaston expensive for Northamptonshire?
Wollaston is the 9th 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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