Wellingborough Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Wellingborough: Mid-Northamptonshire town with fast London Midland services and growing residential demand.

The Wellingborough property market recorded 1,705 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £249,995. This places Wellingborough £5k below the Northamptonshire county median of £255,000, and £35k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Wellingborough have recorded a notable decline, a year-on-year change of -6%. Within Northamptonshire, Wellingborough ranks 5th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Wellingborough median prices moved from £266,000 in Q3 2024 to £250,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -6.0% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

North Northamptonshire Council, the local planning authority covering Wellingborough, approved 424 residential planning applications and refused 82 in the last 12 months, with 279 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 84%.

Those applications propose around 2,409 homes, an estimated £572.1m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

North Northamptonshire Council covers more than one town in Northamptonshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Wellingborough alone.

Property prices in Wellingborough vary significantly by type. The table below compares Wellingborough prices with Northamptonshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Wellingborough command £352,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £132,250. The £220k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 175 new-build sales in Wellingborough for the past 12 months, 10.3% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Wellingborough sold at a premium of 38.1% to existing stock.

Across the wider Northamptonshire market, 727 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Northamptonshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Wellingborough, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £116,000 to £349,995 illustrates the breadth of the Wellingborough market.

For developers considering Wellingborough, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £249,995 and detached homes at £352,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Wellingborough with a GDV of £352,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £229,125 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 6% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Wellingborough by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Wellingborough's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Northamptonshire:

For the full Northamptonshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Northamptonshire property market report.