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NN3 local market report Northampton

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 40,015 sales registered with HM Land Registry in NN3 (Northampton) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

NN3 is the postcode district covering Abington (East), Bellinge, Blackthorn in Northampton. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where NN3 sits

Click the map to open NN3 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£257,000median sold price, 2026
+4%five-year change (cash)
854sales in the last 12 months
5.0%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in NN3 sells for

The 2026 median in NN3 is £257,000, from 245 registered sales; the mean, £280,500, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so NN3 trades 6% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical NN3 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £45,000 at the time · £95,538 in today's money · 1,125 sales1996: £45,500 at the time · £93,716 in today's money · 1,389 sales1997: £51,500 at the time · £103,149 in today's money · 1,573 sales1998: £55,000 at the time · £108,429 in today's money · 1,522 sales1999: £56,000 at the time · £108,999 in today's money · 1,678 sales2000: £60,000 at the time · £115,000 in today's money · 1,657 sales2001: £70,000 at the time · £131,429 in today's money · 1,725 sales2002: £83,000 at the time · £152,517 in today's money · 1,863 sales2003: £100,000 at the time · £179,922 in today's money · 1,628 sales2004: £115,000 at the time · £203,985 in today's money · 1,656 sales2005: £124,000 at the time · £215,516 in today's money · 1,372 sales2006: £134,000 at the time · £227,174 in today's money · 1,699 sales2007: £142,500 at the time · £236,074 in today's money · 1,551 sales2008: £135,000 at the time · £216,125 in today's money · 749 sales2009: £132,200 at the time · £207,549 in today's money · 720 sales2010: £134,700 at the time · £206,311 in today's money · 711 sales2011: £128,500 at the time · £189,455 in today's money · 754 sales2012: £140,000 at the time · £201,250 in today's money · 794 sales2013: £145,000 at the time · £203,768 in today's money · 1,055 sales2014: £158,000 at the time · £218,916 in today's money · 1,268 sales2015: £170,000 at the time · £234,600 in today's money · 1,346 sales2016: £183,000 at the time · £250,040 in today's money · 1,492 sales2017: £197,000 at the time · £262,413 in today's money · 1,273 sales2018: £208,000 at the time · £270,792 in today's money · 1,267 sales2019: £220,000 at the time · £281,633 in today's money · 1,136 sales2020: £226,000 at the time · £286,391 in today's money · 1,053 sales2021: £247,000 at the time · £305,430 in today's money · 1,464 sales2022: £265,000 at the time · £303,485 in today's money · 1,214 sales2023: £250,000 at the time · £268,274 in today's money · 913 sales2024: £255,000 at the time · £264,786 in today's money · 1,039 sales2025: £260,000 at the time · £260,000 in today's money · 1,084 sales2026: £257,000 at the time · £257,000 in today's money · 245 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£257,000£257,000245
2025£260,000£260,0001,084
2024£255,000£264,7861,039
2023£250,000£268,274913
2022£265,000£303,4851,214
2021£247,000£305,4301,464
2020£226,000£286,3911,053
2019£220,000£281,6331,136
2018£208,000£270,7921,267
2017£197,000£262,4131,273
2016£183,000£250,0401,492
2015£170,000£234,6001,346
2014£158,000£218,9161,268
2013£145,000£203,7681,055
2012£140,000£201,250794
2011£128,500£189,455754
2010£134,700£206,311711
2009£132,200£207,549720
2008£135,000£216,125749
2007£142,500£236,0741,551
2006£134,000£227,1741,699
2005£124,000£215,5161,372
2004£115,000£203,9851,656
2003£100,000£179,9221,628
2002£83,000£152,5171,863
2001£70,000£131,4291,725
2000£60,000£115,0001,657
1999£56,000£108,9991,678
1998£55,000£108,4291,522
1997£51,500£103,1491,573
1996£45,500£93,7161,389
1995£45,000£95,5381,125

In cash terms the typical NN3 home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £257,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 169%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 16% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the NN3 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+25% -25% 0% 1996 · +1.1% on the year before1997 · +13.2% on the year before1998 · +6.8% on the year before1999 · +1.8% on the year before2000 · +7.1% on the year before2001 · +16.7% on the year before2002 · +18.6% on the year before2003 · +20.5% on the year before2004 · +15.0% on the year before2005 · +7.8% on the year before2006 · +8.1% on the year before2007 · +6.3% on the year before2008 · −5.3% on the year before2009 · −2.1% on the year before2010 · +1.9% on the year before2011 · −4.6% on the year before2012 · +8.9% on the year before2013 · +3.6% on the year before2014 · +9.0% on the year before2015 · +7.6% on the year before2016 · +7.6% on the year before2017 · +7.7% on the year before2018 · +5.6% on the year before2019 · +5.8% on the year before2020 · +2.7% on the year before2021 · +9.3% on the year before2022 · +7.3% on the year before2023 · −5.7% on the year before2024 · +2.0% on the year before2025 · +2.0% on the year before2026 · −1.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+20.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2023 (−5.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−1.2%−1.2%
5 years (since 2021)+0.8%−3.4%
10 years (since 2016)+3.5%+0.3%
20 years (since 2006)+3.3%+0.6%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

1,0002,000 1995: 1,125 sales1996: 1,389 sales1997: 1,573 sales1998: 1,522 sales1999: 1,678 sales2000: 1,657 sales2001: 1,725 sales2002: 1,863 sales2003: 1,628 sales2004: 1,656 sales2005: 1,372 sales2006: 1,699 sales2007: 1,551 sales2008: 749 sales2009: 720 sales2010: 711 sales2011: 754 sales2012: 794 sales2013: 1,055 sales2014: 1,268 sales2015: 1,346 sales2016: 1,492 sales2017: 1,273 sales2018: 1,267 sales2019: 1,136 sales2020: 1,053 sales2021: 1,464 sales2022: 1,214 sales2023: 913 sales2024: 1,039 sales2025: 1,084 sales2026: 245 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

100200 June 2021 · 188 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 72 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 117 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 198 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 66 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 89 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 104 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 100 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 95 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 125 sales registeredApril 2022 · 96 sales registeredMay 2022 · 87 sales registeredJune 2022 · 81 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 99 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 96 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 120 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 94 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 116 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 105 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 62 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 73 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 82 sales registeredApril 2023 · 64 sales registeredMay 2023 · 80 sales registeredJune 2023 · 60 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 73 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 99 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 77 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 80 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 98 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 65 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 77 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 64 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 66 sales registeredApril 2024 · 78 sales registeredMay 2024 · 95 sales registeredJune 2024 · 77 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 110 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 108 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 94 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 85 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 105 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 80 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 98 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 97 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 148 sales registeredApril 2025 · 41 sales registeredMay 2025 · 91 sales registeredJune 2025 · 78 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 94 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 91 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 95 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 88 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 89 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 74 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 54 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 61 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 62 sales registeredApril 2026 · 52 sales registeredMay 2026 · 16 sales registered

NN3 recorded 854 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 1,644 sales a year before the financial crisis and 899 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around NN3

NN3 falls under West Northamptonshire, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,072 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £744 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,665, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, West Northamptonshire

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £744 a month£7441 bed2 bed: £944 a month£9442 bed3 bed: £1,153 a month£1,1533 bed4+ bed: £1,665 a month£1,6654+ bed

Set against the £257,000 median sold price, £1,072 a month is £12,864 a year, a gross yield of 5.0%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will NN3 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 4% over five years in cash but down 16% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

NN3 ranks 10 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.

NN29NN29 · +12% over five years · median £282,500+12%NN13NN13 · +9% over five years · median £338,800+9%NN17NN17 · +9% over five years · median £233,500+9%NN18NN18 · +8% over five years · median £215,000+8%NN4NN4 · +7% over five years · median £290,000+7%NN3NN3 · +4% over five years · median £257,000+4%NN16NN16 · +0% over five years · median £178,000+0%NN1NN1 · +0% over five years · median £200,000+0%NN8NN8 · +0% over five years · median £220,000+0%NN12NN12 · −1% over five years · median £335,000−1%NN9NN9 · −2% over five years · median £240,000−2%

Inside NN3, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
NN3 2£275,00035
NN3 3£325,00036
NN3 5£212,00030
NN3 6£245,00027
NN3 7£305,00039
NN3 8£202,00047
NN3 9£234,50031

How NN3 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the NN area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
NN6£355,000+4%
NN13£338,800+9%
NN7£335,000+7%
NN12£335,000-1%
NN4£290,000+7%
NN29£282,500+12%
NN14£270,000+6%
NN11£262,800+3%
NN15£260,000+4%
NN3 (this report)£257,000+4%
NN5£250,000+2%
NN2£240,000+4%
NN9£240,000-2%
NN17£233,500+9%
NN10£232,000+5%
NN8£220,000+0%
NN18£215,000+8%
NN1£200,000+0%
NN16£178,000+0%

Dig further

See every individual NN3 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference NN3 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.