UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/nn

House prices in the NN postcode area, Northampton

Homes in the NN postcode area sold for a median of £276,500 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 20,516 standard sales.

That is 11% above the £250,000 median for the East Midlands, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£276,50020,516 standard sales
Middle half of prices£216,000 to £360,000
Change since 2016+46%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest districts were NN6 (Overstone) and NN12 (Towcester), both at £365,000, and the cheapest were NN1 (mostly Castle ward) and NN16 (Kettering), both at £210,000.

The next dearest were NN13 (Brackley) and NN7 (Northampton), and the next cheapest NN18 (Corby) and NN10 (Rushden).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the NN area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the NN area, by number of sales: Northampton (7 districts), Kettering (NN14, NN15, NN16), Wellingborough (NN8, NN9, NN29), Corby (NN17, NN18), Daventry (NN11), Rushden (NN10), Towcester (NN12), Brackley (NN13).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. NN6Northampton, 1,215 sales£365,000£3,602+7%
  2. NN12Towcester, 1,092 sales£365,000£3,725+1%
  3. NN13Brackley, 722 sales£345,000Too few−2%
  4. NN7Northampton, 846 sales£344,500£3,507−5%
  5. NN4Northampton, 1,462 sales£307,000£3,5470%
  6. NN29Wellingborough, 393 sales£290,000Too few−3%
  7. NN14Kettering, 1,583 sales£285,000£3,042+3%
  8. NN11Daventry, 1,180 sales£277,000£3,302−2%
  9. NN3Northampton, 1,633 sales£270,000£3,083+1%
  10. NN5Northampton, 1,216 sales£270,000£3,1890%
  11. NN15Kettering, 1,328 sales£270,000£3,176−1%
  12. NN8Wellingborough, 1,579 sales£268,000£2,9630%
  13. NN2Northampton, 1,122 sales£250,000£2,948−3%
  14. NN9Wellingborough, 882 sales£250,000£2,696−5%
  15. NN17Corby, 1,019 sales£250,000£2,9920%
  16. NN10Rushden, 1,156 sales£248,000£3,100+2%
  17. NN18Corby, 761 sales£220,000£2,6160%
  18. NN1Northampton, 661 sales£210,000Too few−2%
  19. NN16Kettering, 666 sales£210,000Too few+1%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in NN6 (Overstone), up 7%, and fell most in NN7 (Northampton) and NN9 (Wellingborough), down 5%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Overton Lane, Northampton (NN5, detached houses, £532,000), Chiswick Street, Towcester (NN12, £523,500) and Cranford Road, Barton Seagrave (NN15, detached houses, £522,500).

The cheapest were Albion Place, Northampton (NN1, flats, £77,000), High Street South, Rushden (NN10, flats, £96,500) and George Street, Kettering (NN16, flats, £111,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include MK (Milton Keynes), LE (Leicester), OX (Oxford), CV (Coventry) and PE (Peterborough).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the NN area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached6,939£390,000£325,000 to £480,000£3,364/m²from 289 sales
Semi-detached6,833£265,000£230,000 to £305,000£3,077/m²from 229 sales
Terraced5,248£220,500£189,000 to £265,000£2,601/m²from 169 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,496£140,000£115,000 to £170,000£2,322/m²from 32 sales

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in the NN area, at 34% and 33% of sales.

Most homes here are freehold: 9% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

New building stands out: 11% of sales were new builds, against 6% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 46%, from £190,000 in 2016 to £278,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the NN postcode area

Within NN, the median ran from £260,000 in North Northamptonshire to £295,000 in West Northamptonshire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the NN area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in NNMedian in NNWhole council area
West Northamptonshire10,872£295,000£300,000
North Northamptonshire9,595£260,000£264,000
Bedford25£282,500£349,000
Buckinghamshire21£370,000£460,000
1 other council area3Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The NN figures come from 20,516 standard sales in 19 postcode districts across 5 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was NN3 (Northampton), with 1,633 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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