NN1 house prices are built from 20,686 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £118,500. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +32.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.0%.
Median price paid
£118,500
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+32.6%
Change in real terms
-5.0%
Median per m²
£1,494
HM Land Registry20,686 sales5,664 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How NN1 prices moved
The chart tracks the median NN1 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £45,000 | £99,921 |
| 2000s | 10 | £117,250 | £213,595 |
| 2010s | 10 | £139,998 | £197,396 |
| 2020s | 7 | £205,500 | £209,967 |
The highest yearly median on record for NN1 is £210,000 in 2024; the lowest is £37,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £37,000 to £205,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £82,157, so the real change over the whole record is +150.1% — about +3.00% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +32.6% in cash against -5.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 Artizan Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| FLAT 1 7 Castilian Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 50 Allen Road | 11 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 29 Henry Street | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 63 Collingwood Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £384,000 | £384,000 |
| 61 Lutterworth Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £337,000 | £337,000 |
| 1 Florence Road | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 22 Shakespeare Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 63 Hervey Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 38 Ashburnham Road | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 61 Colwyn Road | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 15 Brookland Road | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2 Colwyn Road | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £238,000 | £238,000 |
| FLAT 51 ALBION COURT Albion Place | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| 115 Birchfield Road | 21 May 2026 | Terraced | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 7 Florence Road | 18 May 2026 | Terraced | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 33 Somerset Street | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| FLAT 59 GALLIARD COURT, 48 Baronson Gardens | 12 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| 17 Brook Street | 11 May 2026 | Terraced | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 67 Beckets View | 11 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| FLAT 3 17 the Drive | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £171,500 | £171,500 |
| FLAT 8 PAVILION COURT Stimpson Avenue | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £129,995 | £129,995 |
| 17A Spencer Road | 5 May 2026 | Terraced | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 30 Cloutsham Street | 5 May 2026 | Terraced | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 5 Garrick Road | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £325,000 | £325,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to NN1 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 Artizan Road | £28,950 (1996) | £188,000 (2026) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| FLAT 1 7 Castilian Street | £138,500 (2018) | £120,000 (2026) | -1.8% | -5.2% |
| 50 Allen Road | £73,000 (2001) | £215,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 29 Henry Street | £44,000 (1997) | £215,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 1 Florence Road | £58,000 (1997) | £245,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 22 Shakespeare Road | £49,995 (1999) | £215,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 63 Collingwood Road | £51,500 (1996) | £384,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| 61 Lutterworth Road | £245,000 (2023) | £337,000 (2026) | +11.2% | +8.4% |
| 63 Hervey Street | £106,000 (2014) | £180,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.4% |
| 38 Ashburnham Road | £123,000 (2012) | £290,000 (2026) | +6.3% | +3.3% |
| 61 Colwyn Road | £113,000 (2000) | £335,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| FLAT 51 ALBION COURT Albion Place | £69,250 (2000) | £57,500 (2026) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. NN1 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 13,358 | 64.6% | £120,000 | £5,000 – £795,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5,739 | 27.7% | £104,500 | £8,100 – £1,010,000 |
| Semi-detached | 966 | 4.7% | £162,000 | £19,000 – £1,370,000 |
| Detached | 623 | 3.0% | £245,000 | £15,000 – £3,527,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in NN1
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 5,881 certificates cover NN1, and their median floor area is 63 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -17.1%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 46 m² | about 495 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 84 m² | about 904 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 46.1% | 2,713 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 3.6% | 213 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in NN1
5,830 of the sales on record are leasehold and 14,856 freehold — 28.2% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £102,000 and the median freehold sale £125,000 — a gap of +22.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 5,830 | 28.2% | £102,000 |
| Freehold | 14,856 | 71.8% | £125,000 |
| New build | 1,607 | 7.8% | £113,500 |
| Existing home | 19,079 | 92.2% | £119,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -5.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 2,135 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in NN1
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across West Northamptonshire, 49.6% of 200,029 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,503 | 0.8% |
| B | 31,909 | 16.0% |
| C | 65,754 | 32.9% |
| D | 69,165 | 34.6% |
| E | 23,959 | 12.0% |
| F | 6,212 | 3.1% |
| G | 1,527 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in West Northamptonshire at £1,075 a month as of Jun 2026 — £746 for a one-bedroom home and £1,157 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £118,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.89% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of NN1, 1,115 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 339 violent, 48 burglary, 77 vehicle-related and 251 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 6.7 times busier.
Against the 425,725 residents the 2021 census counted in West Northamptonshire, that is 2.62 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around NN1
The 2021 census counted 425,725 residents in West Northamptonshire across 172,639 households. 66.4% of those households own their home and 33.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a NN1 postcode: 5 primary, 1 secondary, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton School for Boys | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,756 |
| Northampton International Academy | All-through | Free schools | 1,754 |
| Castle Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 455 |
| Barry Primary School | Primary | Community school | 441 |
| Stimpson Avenue Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 440 |
| Spring Lane Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 434 |
| Vernon Terrace Primary School | Primary | Community school | 233 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Northampton Rail Station | Rail | 1.3 km |
| Long Buckby Rail Station | Rail | 14.7 km |
| Wellingborough Rail Station | Rail | 16.0 km |
| Kettering Rail Station | Rail | 20.0 km |
Section 09
How NN1 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. NN1 sits below that national figure — -24.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,494 per square metre, across 5,664 of the 20,686 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £5,000 to £3,527,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
NN1 sits in West Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in West Northamptonshire at 7.8 times median local earnings of £38,313 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside NN1
The closest districts
- NN22.4 km · £132,000
- NN43.2 km · £155,000
- NN53.4 km · £142,000
- NN34.0 km · £129,950
- NN74.6 km · £210,000
- NN610.0 km · £214,250
- NN814.6 km · £120,000
- NN1214.9 km · £229,950
This district mostly covers Northampton.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in NN1?
The median price paid in NN1 across every sale on the register is £118,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in NN1?
20,686 sales are on record for NN1, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have NN1 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.6% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were NN1 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £210,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in NN1?
£1,494 per square metre, from the 5,664 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “NN1 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.