Main Road, Northampton house prices are built from 716 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £195,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +55.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +12.4%.
Median price paid
£195,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+55.1%
Change in real terms
+12.4%
Median per m²
£2,524
HM Land Registry716 sales2 with floor areaLatest sale 21 May 2026
Section 01
How Main Road, Northampton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Main Road, Northampton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £77,000 | £170,976 |
| 2000s | 10 | £157,500 | £286,919 |
| 2010s | 10 | £242,500 | £341,925 |
| 2020s | 6 | £347,500 | £355,054 |
The highest yearly median on record for Main Road, Northampton is £420,000 in 2024; the lowest is £46,125 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £46,125 to £347,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £102,419, so the real change over the whole record is +246.7% — about +4.23% 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: +55.1% in cash against +12.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £975,000 | £975,000 |
| 124 | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 19 | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 278 | 2 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 265 | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| 40 | 24 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 160 | 10 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 169 | 3 Oct 2025 | Detached | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 153a | 24 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £357,000 | £364,761 |
| 298 | 26 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 303 | 31 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £195,000 | £199,239 |
| 56 | 25 Jul 2025 | Detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| 20 | 25 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| 288a | 30 Jun 2025 | Detached | £377,500 | £385,707 |
| 24 | 27 Jun 2025 | Detached | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 273 | 19 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| 17 | 17 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £352,500 |
| 188 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| Pear Tree Cottage, 15 | 20 Mar 2025 | Detached | £600,000 | £613,043 |
| 94 | 20 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £279,000 | £285,065 |
| 203 | 14 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £264,000 | £269,739 |
| 155 | 10 Feb 2025 | Detached | £480,000 | £490,435 |
| 77 | 29 Jan 2025 | Detached | £715,000 | £730,543 |
| 242 | 15 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 279a | 29 Nov 2024 | Detached | £420,000 | £441,940 |
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 Main Road, Northampton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Main Road | £170,000 (1996) | £975,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 124 Main Road | £84,000 (2000) | £300,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 19 Main Road | £113,000 (2003) | £495,000 (2026) | +6.6% | +3.7% |
| 265 Main Road | £90,000 (2001) | £275,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 40 Main Road | £15,000 (1995) | £350,000 (2025) | +11.1% | +8.2% |
| 169 Main Road | £210,169 (2014) | £370,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.1% |
| 153A Main Road | £160,000 (2007) | £357,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.5% |
| 298 Main Road | £131,000 (2004) | £220,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 303 Main Road | £37,995 (1996) | £195,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 20 Main Road | £175,000 (1999) | £275,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -0.9% |
| 56 Main Road | £202,500 (2011) | £475,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.2% |
| 24 Main Road | £193,500 (1997) | £500,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Main Road, Northampton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 258 | 36.0% | £325,000 | £30,000 – £975,000 |
| Semi-detached | 248 | 34.6% | £167,500 | £15,000 – £830,000 |
| Terraced | 185 | 25.8% | £147,000 | £20,250 – £555,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 25 | 3.5% | £132,500 | £10,000 – £147,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Main Road, Northampton
26 of the sales on record are leasehold and 690 freehold — 3.6% 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 £132,500 and the median freehold sale £200,000 — a gap of +50.9%. 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 | 26 | 3.6% | £132,500 |
| Freehold | 690 | 96.4% | £200,000 |
| New build | 28 | 3.9% | £141,250 |
| Existing home | 688 | 96.1% | £196,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -28.0%. 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 40 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 Main Road, Northampton
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 £195,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.62% 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 NN5, 304 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 75 violent, 10 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 98 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 425,725 residents the 2021 census counted in West Northamptonshire, that is 0.71 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 Main Road, Northampton
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.
13 state and independent schools have a NN5 postcode: 11 primary, 1 nursery, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Duston School | All-through | Academy converter | 2,064 |
| St James Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 445 |
| Hopping Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 423 |
| Duston Eldean Primary School | Primary | Community school | 418 |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 391 |
| Upton Meadows Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 387 |
| Earl Spencer Primary School | Primary | Community school | 352 |
| Kings Heath Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 350 |
| Millway Primary School | Primary | Community school | 343 |
| Lyncrest Primary School | Primary | Community school | 228 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Northampton Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Long Buckby Rail Station | Rail | 11.5 km |
| Wellingborough Rail Station | Rail | 18.8 km |
| Kettering Rail Station | Rail | 21.5 km |
Section 09
How Main Road, Northampton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Main Road, Northampton sits above that national figure — +23.8%.
Within Northampton the street ranks 1213 of 3280 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £146,001 (+33.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,524 per square metre, across 2 of the 716 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 £10,000 to £975,000. 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.
Main Road, Northampton 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
Streets nearby
- Harlestone Road£156,000 median
- Park Lane£145,000 median
- The Avenue£245,000 median
- Brunel Drive£135,000 median
- St James Park Road£102,800 median
- Weggs Farm Road£117,950 median
- Countess Road£87,000 median
- St Crispin Retirement Village£155,450 median
- Malcolm Drive£119,498 median
- Chiltern Way£84,500 median
- Rochelle Way£125,000 median
- Bants Lane£120,000 median
- Southfield Road£172,000 median
- Marseilles Close£98,000 median
- Ryeland Road£164,250 median
- Nene Place£120,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 58 Main Road10 sales
- 72 Main Road9 sales
- 50 Main Road9 sales
- 21 Main Road9 sales
- 20 Main Road8 sales
- 24 Main Road8 sales
- 44 Main Road8 sales
- 30 Main Road7 sales
- 37 Main Road6 sales
- 56 Main Road6 sales
- 15 Main Road6 sales
- 16 Main Road6 sales
- 183 Main Road6 sales
- 5 Main Road6 sales
- 250 Main Road6 sales
- 1 Main Road6 sales
- 19 Main Road5 sales
- 40 Main Road5 sales
- 17 Main Road5 sales
- 3 Main Road5 sales
- 6 Main Road5 sales
- 59 Main Road5 sales
- 292 Main Road5 sales
- 43 Main Road5 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Main Road, Northampton?
The median price paid in Main Road, Northampton across every sale on the register is £195,000. 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 Main Road, Northampton?
716 sales are on record for Main Road, Northampton, the most recent completing on 21 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Main Road, Northampton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +55.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +12.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Main Road, Northampton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £420,000, 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 Main Road, Northampton?
£2,524 per square metre, from the 2 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 21 May 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, “Main Road, Northampton 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.