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Northampton

What property costs in Northampton

The ONS publishes its house price and rent figures for West Northamptonshire as a whole, the council area that includes Northampton, so the figures below describe West Northamptonshire.

In July 2026 the UK House Price Index recorded £292,000 as the West Northamptonshire average. A year before it was £289,000, so values are up 1.2%, compared with 1.9% growth across East Midlands (£242,274).

The gap between property types is wide: £140,000 for flats and maisonettes, £236,000 for terraces, £285,000 for semis and £472,000 for detached homes. In the twelve months to July 2026, semi-detached prices rose 2.0% while flats fell 1.8%. West Northamptonshire is the fifth highest in the East Midlands.

Cash buyers in West Northamptonshire paid £296,000 on average and buyers with a mortgage £291,000; first-time buyers averaged £242,000 and those moving home £354,000.

Tenants in West Northamptonshire paid £1,084 a month on average in August 2026, a 3.3% increase on the year. Rents ran from £752 for one bedroom and £954 for two to £1,166 for three and £1,681 for four or more.

Looking at the breakdown, three-bedroom rents rose 3.7% and terraced 3.5%. For comparison, rents across the East Midlands averaged £922, up 3.7%, so West Northamptonshire is dearer to rent in than its wider area.

Putting those together: West Northamptonshire homes averaged 7.0% more than the UK figure of £273,000; home-movers paid £112,000 more than first-time buyers (£354,000 against £242,000); rents outpaced prices, up 3.3% against +1.2% for values; a four-bedroom let cost 2.2 times a one-bedroom let.

Loan sizes and yields in Northampton

As a rough guide, 70% of the £236,000 terraced average is about £165,000, and 75% of the £285,000 semi-detached average about £215,000. Those are gross loans: lenders value the actual property, and many retain interest from the advance, so less arrives on day one.

Where the exit is a buy-to-let mortgage, a West Northamptonshire flat letting at £858 against a £140,000 average price yields about 7.4% gross, and a terrace at £1,063 against £236,000 about 5.4%. At those levels, rent usually covers a buy-to-let lender's stress test with room to spare. Our bridging calculator covers the cost of the bridge itself.

Tax and legal points in Northampton

A terraced house at the £236,000 average would cost about £14,020 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, and a flat at £140,000 about £7,300, for an individual buying an additional home, on the GOV.UK rates with the 5% surcharge for additional property. Most company purchases pay the higher rates too. Your solicitor confirms the exact figure.

Planning in Northampton

Northampton is in West Northamptonshire, and West Northamptonshire Council is the planning authority. Its new local plan, running to 2043, is at the pre-submission Regulation 19 stage, with consultation from 5 October to 16 November 2026 following a government direction received on 15 September 2026. It will replace the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy and the Northampton Local Plan (Part 2).

Lenders that lend in Northampton

We can approach 49 lenders on our panel for first charge bridging in Northampton. You can see who they are further down this page. Before approaching a lender we confirm it will lend on that address and that type of property.

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