Acorn Way, Towcester house prices are built from 93 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 28 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £155,000. Across the 10 years from 2007 to 2017 the median moved +30.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +1.7%.
Median price paid
£155,000
Change in cash, 2007–2017
+30.0%
Change in real terms
+1.7%
HM Land Registry93 salesLatest sale 28 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Acorn Way, Towcester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Acorn Way, Towcester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2017. 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 | 2 | £64,950 | £144,220 |
| 2000s | 4 | £175,000 | £318,798 |
| 2010s | 1 | £258,000 | £363,780 |
The highest yearly median on record for Acorn Way, Towcester is £258,000 in 2017; the lowest is £64,950 in 1996. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £64,950 to £258,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £140,892, so the real change over the whole record is +149.2% — about +4.44% 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: +30.0% in cash against +1.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £367,000 | £374,978 |
| 2 | 21 Jul 2025 | Detached | £620,000 | £633,478 |
| 7 | 16 Jan 2025 | Detached | £430,000 | £439,348 |
| 27 | 9 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £309,200 | £334,078 |
| 5 | 13 Jan 2023 | Detached | £425,000 | £459,195 |
| 21 | 10 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £292,000 | £368,925 |
| 15 | 25 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £285,500 | £360,712 |
| 9 | 3 Jun 2021 | Detached | £341,000 | £430,833 |
| 11 | 22 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £319,000 | £403,038 |
| 8 | 24 Jul 2019 | Detached | £465,000 | £608,210 |
| 18 | 11 Jan 2019 | Detached | £315,000 | £412,013 |
| 9 | 12 Oct 2018 | Detached | £314,500 | £419,135 |
| 22 | 13 Apr 2018 | Terraced | £257,000 | £342,505 |
| 14 | 14 Jul 2017 | Semi-detached | £243,000 | £330,724 |
| 15 | 12 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £258,000 | £351,139 |
| 26 | 12 Jul 2017 | Detached | £235,000 | £319,836 |
| 1 | 6 Jan 2017 | Detached | £427,500 | £581,829 |
| 23 | 6 Jan 2017 | Detached | £315,000 | £428,716 |
| 12 | 21 Jun 2013 | Detached | £231,500 | £337,554 |
| 16 | 19 Dec 2012 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £283,792 |
| 4 | 8 Aug 2012 | Detached | £330,000 | £492,903 |
| 14 | 30 Mar 2012 | Semi-detached | £184,000 | £274,831 |
| 25 | 9 Mar 2012 | Terraced | £155,000 | £231,515 |
| 11 | 14 Sep 2011 | Semi-detached | £189,000 | £289,663 |
| 2 | 21 Apr 2010 | Detached | £320,000 | £510,985 |
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 Acorn Way, Towcester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Acorn Way | £83,950 (1996) | £367,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 2 Acorn Way | £245,000 (2001) | £620,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 7 Acorn Way | £80,000 (1996) | £430,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 27 Acorn Way | £64,950 (1996) | £309,200 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 5 Acorn Way | £96,950 (1996) | £425,000 (2023) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 21 Acorn Way | £56,950 (1996) | £292,000 (2021) | +6.8% | +4.5% |
| 15 Acorn Way | £170,000 (2006) | £285,500 (2021) | +3.5% | +1.2% |
| 9 Acorn Way | £76,950 (1996) | £341,000 (2021) | +6.1% | +3.9% |
| 11 Acorn Way | £59,950 (1996) | £319,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
| 8 Acorn Way | £124,000 (1996) | £465,000 (2019) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 22 Acorn Way | £56,952 (1996) | £257,000 (2018) | +7.1% | +4.7% |
| 14 Acorn Way | £64,950 (1996) | £243,000 (2017) | +6.5% | +4.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Acorn Way, Towcester 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 | 62 | 66.7% | £137,500 | £56,950 – £620,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 22.6% | £136,000 | £56,950 – £319,000 |
| Terraced | 10 | 10.8% | £182,995 | £64,950 – £309,200 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Acorn Way, Towcester
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 93 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 93 | 100.0% | £155,000 |
| New build | 22 | 23.7% | £65,950 |
| Existing home | 71 | 76.3% | £192,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -65.7%. 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 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 Acorn Way, Towcester
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Buckinghamshire, 47.8% of 262,827 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,146 | 0.4% |
| B | 36,297 | 13.8% |
| C | 88,289 | 33.6% |
| D | 90,049 | 34.3% |
| E | 35,486 | 13.5% |
| F | 9,381 | 3.6% |
| G | 2,179 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Buckinghamshire at £1,476 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,035 for a one-bedroom home and £1,603 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £155,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.43% 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 NN12, 47 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 18 violent, 0 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 11 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.6 times quieter.
Against the 553,078 residents the 2021 census counted in Buckinghamshire, that is 0.08 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 Acorn Way, Towcester
The 2021 census counted 553,078 residents in Buckinghamshire across 220,327 households. 71.3% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a NN12 postcode: 14 primary, 2 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sponne School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,410 |
| Silverstone UTC | Secondary | University technical college | 463 |
| Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 429 |
| Towcester Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 267 |
| Marie Weller Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 245 |
| Silverstone Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 224 |
| John Hellins Primary School | Primary | Community school | 202 |
| Pattishall Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 155 |
| Greens Norton Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 129 |
| Blakesley Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Northampton Rail Station | Rail | 13.9 km |
| Wolverton Rail Station | Rail | 14.9 km |
| Milton Keynes Central Rail Station | Rail | 18.4 km |
| Long Buckby Rail Station | Rail | 19.7 km |
Section 09
How Acorn Way, Towcester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Acorn Way, Towcester sits below that national figure — -1.6%.
Within Towcester the street ranks 343 of 418 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £229,950 (-32.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £56,950 to £620,000. 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.
Acorn Way, Towcester sits in Buckinghamshire, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Buckinghamshire at 11.3 times median local earnings of £40,365 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
- High Street£250,000 median
- Alchester Court£170,750 median
- Brackley Road£234,500 median
- Belle Baulk£201,250 median
- Tyrrell Way£143,000 median
- Redcar Road£349,750 median
- Campbell Close£150,000 median
- Hexham Street£324,975 median
- Mays Way£173,000 median
- Docklewell Close£138,000 median
- Highfields£165,000 median
- Clare Crescent£182,000 median
- Northampton Road£320,000 median
- Hesketh Road£197,000 median
- Plessey Close£137,500 median
- Simons Walk£133,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 14 Acorn Way7 sales
- 18 Acorn Way6 sales
- 9 Acorn Way6 sales
- 11 Acorn Way6 sales
- 21 Acorn Way5 sales
- 12 Acorn Way5 sales
- 16 Acorn Way5 sales
- 2 Acorn Way4 sales
- 15 Acorn Way4 sales
- 8 Acorn Way4 sales
- 22 Acorn Way4 sales
- 23 Acorn Way4 sales
- 4 Acorn Way4 sales
- 27 Acorn Way3 sales
- 5 Acorn Way3 sales
- 26 Acorn Way3 sales
- 25 Acorn Way3 sales
- 7 Acorn Way2 sales
- 1 Acorn Way2 sales
- 10 Acorn Way2 sales
- 6 Acorn Way2 sales
- 19 Acorn Way2 sales
- 29 Acorn Way2 sales
- 3 Acorn Way2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Acorn Way, Towcester?
The median price paid in Acorn Way, Towcester across every sale on the register is £155,000. 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 Acorn Way, Towcester?
93 sales are on record for Acorn Way, Towcester, the most recent completing on 28 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Acorn Way, Towcester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.0% between 2007 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +1.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Acorn Way, Towcester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £258,000, set in 2017. 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 Acorn Way, Towcester?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 28 Nov 2025. 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, “Acorn Way, Towcester 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.