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Northampton market report NN1
The standing NN1 (Northampton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 20,751 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in NN1 (Northampton) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the typical home in NN1 (Northampton) sold for £206,800 in 2026, the median of 150 registered sales, up 3% on five years earlier. The mean was £222,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,520 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 20,751 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
NN1 is a postcode district covering Northampton in Northampton. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where NN1 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
NN1 sold prices: where the market stands
The NN1 median stands at £206,800 for 2026, built from 150 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £222,600, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in NN1
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in NN1 costs about £2,520 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts NN1 27% below the country at large.
NN1's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £206,800 | £206,800 | 150 |
| 2025 | £206,200 | £211,131 | 386 |
| 2024 | £210,000 | £223,273 | 352 |
| 2023 | £200,000 | £219,751 | 361 |
| 2022 | £210,000 | £246,249 | 521 |
| 2021 | £200,000 | £253,226 | 490 |
| 2020 | £182,000 | £236,149 | 366 |
| 2019 | £168,000 | £220,208 | 467 |
| 2018 | £177,000 | £235,944 | 503 |
| 2017 | £170,000 | £231,863 | 525 |
| 2016 | £155,000 | £216,847 | 584 |
| 2015 | £145,000 | £204,885 | 614 |
| 2014 | £140,000 | £198,614 | 549 |
| 2013 | £132,500 | £190,654 | 429 |
| 2012 | £125,000 | £183,984 | 356 |
| 2011 | £125,000 | £188,702 | 363 |
| 2010 | £122,200 | £191,641 | 416 |
| 2009 | £117,200 | £188,400 | 428 |
| 2008 | £133,000 | £218,015 | 539 |
| 2007 | £142,000 | £240,872 | 1,093 |
| 2006 | £133,000 | £230,871 | 1,055 |
| 2005 | £128,000 | £227,788 | 873 |
| 2004 | £125,000 | £227,024 | 1,044 |
| 2003 | £114,000 | £210,016 | 1,124 |
| 2002 | £95,000 | £178,742 | 1,178 |
| 2001 | £79,000 | £151,873 | 1,011 |
| 2000 | £67,000 | £131,488 | 901 |
| 1999 | £56,000 | £111,605 | 923 |
| 1998 | £52,500 | £105,975 | 924 |
| 1997 | £45,000 | £92,286 | 910 |
| 1996 | £39,500 | £83,304 | 759 |
| 1995 | £37,000 | £80,432 | 557 |
In cash terms the typical NN1 home went from £37,000 in 1995 to £206,800 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 157%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 18% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the NN1 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+20.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−11.9%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | +0.3% | −2.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.7% | −4.0% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +2.2% | −2.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.9% | −0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.2% | −0.5% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 65% of the typed total. In 2025, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £436,100 against £140,200 for a flat, 3.1 times the price.
Median by property type, NN1
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £436,100 (2025) | – | 624 |
| Semi-detached | £307,500 | 10 | 970 |
| Terraced | £216,200 | 100 | 13,395 |
| Flats | £145,000 | 38 | 5,760 |
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
Over the last twelve months of data, 278 sales completed in NN1. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 1,035 sales a year before the financial crisis and 354 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
Rents around NN1
For renting purposes NN1 sits in West Northamptonshire. The ONS average private rent there is £1,072 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £744 a month here against £1,665 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, West Northamptonshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,072 a month is £12,864 a year, which against the £206,800 median sold price makes a gross yield of 6.2%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
What kind of market NN1 is
In its area's price order NN1 comes 18 of 19, towards the cheaper end of the table.
NN1 (Northampton): the questions that come up
Is NN1 (Northampton) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in NN1 (Northampton)?
Are property prices falling in NN1 (Northampton)?
Where do NN1 prices go next?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 18% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
What is for sale in NN1 right now
Everything above is what homes in NN1 sold for. The live side of the market holds 86 homes at the moment, listed by 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 3% above the NN1 median sold price.
NN1 registered 278 sales in the last twelve months; the 86 homes listed now would take about 4 months to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger.
9% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Albion Place, Northampton
- Abington Avenue, Northampton, Northampton
- Clarke Road, Abington, Northampton, NN1, Northampton
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every NN1 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Listed against sold: the NN1 mix
Sellers of flats in NN1 have company: 45% of current listings against 31% of recent sales. When a type is offered faster than it sells, the buyer usually holds the better hand.
| Type | Share of homes for sale now | Share of sales, 2024 and 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 0% | 4% |
| Semi-detached | 0% | 4% |
| Terraced | 55% | 61% |
| Flats | 45% | 31% |
The listing shares count homes published to HomesIndex by agents today; the sales shares count HM Land Registry registrations. Listings typed only as "house", "bungalow" or similar, which the register would file under one of the four forms, are excluded from the listing side (4 of them here).
The NN1 sales calendar
Across the 2,110 sales completed in NN1 from 2021 to 2025, March was the busiest month for completions (11.2% of the total) and January the quietest (6.9%). The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 146 | 6.9% |
| February | 176 | 8.3% |
| March | 236 | 11.2% |
| April | 169 | 8.0% |
| May | 156 | 7.4% |
| June | 202 | 9.6% |
| July | 179 | 8.5% |
| August | 160 | 7.6% |
| September | 178 | 8.4% |
| October | 181 | 8.6% |
| November | 167 | 7.9% |
| December | 160 | 7.6% |
Bedroom by bedroom: NN prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the NN area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £255,000 | £286,000 (+12%) | £325,000 (+14%) | £410,000 (+26%) | £569,995 (+39%) |
| Semi-detached | £212,500 | £234,995 (+11%) | £265,000 (+13%) | £317,000 (+20%) | £415,000 (+31%) |
| Terraced | £185,000 | £210,000 (+14%) | £218,000 (+4%) | £275,000 (+26%) | £310,000 (+13%) |
| Flat | £117,000 | £143,500 (+23%) | £169,000 (+18%) | £190,000 (+12%) | £250,000 (+32%) |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
NN1 ranks 16 of 19 in the NN area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, NN area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside NN1, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| NN1 1 | £142,500 | 10 |
| NN1 2 | £135,000 | 7 |
| NN1 3 | £190,000 | 27 |
| NN1 4 | £215,000 | 63 |
| NN1 5 | £222,500 | 43 |
How NN1 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the NN area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| NN6 | £350,000 | +1% |
| NN13 | £345,000 | +10% |
| NN7 | £335,000 | +8% |
| NN12 | £335,000 | -3% |
| NN4 | £300,000 | +7% |
| NN29 | £282,500 | +11% |
| NN14 | £275,000 | +6% |
| NN11 | £272,000 | +6% |
| NN3 | £270,000 | +6% |
| NN15 | £263,500 | +5% |
| NN5 | £262,000 | +5% |
| NN2 | £250,000 | +4% |
| NN9 | £250,000 | +2% |
| NN10 | £238,000 | +5% |
| NN8 | £235,000 | +5% |
| NN17 | £235,000 | +6% |
| NN18 | £224,000 | +6% |
| NN1 (this report) | £206,800 | +3% |
| NN16 | £200,000 | +4% |
Selling a home in NN1? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in NN1, open the average prices map and zoom from the NN1 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded NN1 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Go deeper
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Two maps carry on from here: every NN1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.