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Typical sold price, NN5
£262,000
250 real sales, 26 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £183,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £223,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in St James / Duston: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since February 2026 make St James / Duston a steady market, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
If you are selling here, £159,800 to £405,300 is what most St James / Duston buyers have actually paid, so start from the nearest comparable sale and work outwards; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsNeither route is obviously right at this pace: a cash sale buys a date, the open market usually buys a better price; a rough guide, not a quote: 70–85% of a typical £262,000 home is about £183,000 to £223,000, so ask how any offer compares with homes that sold nearby.
Have gas and electrical safety certificates; planning and building-regulation sign-off for any extension or conversion; and a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings) to hand before anyone asks; your conveyancer will say what else is needed.
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Key figures
St James / Duston at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£159,800 to £405,300
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
5.0%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,084 a month
West Northamptonshire, August 2026
Planning applications
409
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What St James / Duston homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for NN5, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in NN5
Detached homes had the highest typical price in NN5 at £380,000, from 58 sales; flats came to £135,000.
- Detached23%
- Semi-detached36%
- Terraced30%
- Flats10%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 58 |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | 90 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 76 |
| Flats | £135,000 | 26 |
HM Land Registry, 26 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What West Northamptonshire homes rent for
Average private rent in West Northamptonshire was £1,084 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 5.0% on the NN5 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £752, 2 bed £954, 3 bed £1,166, 4+ bed £1,681 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just NN5.
Planning activity
Planning near St James / Duston
409 planning applications within 500 m of the NN5 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 1 are still undecided.
- Decided95%
- Undecided5%
Planning detail
Planning activity near St James / Duston
409 planning applications within 500 m of the NN5 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 8 Apr 2024 and 1 Jul 2026, and 1 of them is still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 2 September 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Popular west-side family demand.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in St James / Duston (Northampton), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in St James / Duston actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for NN5.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in West Northamptonshire, up 3.3% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just NN5. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £752, 2 bed £954, 3 bed £1,166, 4+ bed £1,681.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the NN5 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for NN5, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in NN5
Filter by property type and radius around the NN5 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 603, HARLESTONE ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6NU | £210,000 | 2026-08-21 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 4, WOODLAND CLOSE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6NH | £320,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 36, NORMAN SNOW WAY, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6FH | £427,500 | 2026-08-14 | Detached | Freehold |
| 26, SULGRAVE ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7BL | £222,500 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 3, KENNETT GREEN, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7NU | £211,500 | 2026-08-12 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 19, FARNWORTH CLOSE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6TN | £285,000 | 2026-08-12 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 34, KENT ROAD SOUTH, NORTHAMPTONNN5 4WD | £345,000 | 2026-08-10 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 14, BEARINGS CLOSE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6GY | £285,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 16, MEDWAY DRIVE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7PE | £220,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 25, ST JAMES PARK ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 5DN | £150,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 14, ELLESMERE AVENUE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 5NW | £195,000 | 2026-08-06 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 62, VELOCETTE WAY, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6YF | £162,000 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 19, COUNTESS ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7EA | £213,000 | 2026-08-05 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 2, CHEPSTOW CLOSE, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7EB | £220,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 36, GLEBELAND ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7HA | £185,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 2, WOODSIDE GREEN, NORTHAMPTONNN5 7HU | £210,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 471, HARLESTONE ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6NY | £320,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 66, PORT ROAD, NORTHAMPTONNN5 6NL | £385,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 11, FAR END, NORTHAMPTONNN5 5FN | £160,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 223, WEST STREET, NORTHAMPTONNN5 4HG | £439,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
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