NN14 vs NN16: house prices per square metre compared
NN14 (Desborough) has a median of £2,980 per m² against £2,440 in NN16 (Telford Way Industrial Estate). NN14 is the more expensive of the two: NN16 is 18.1% cheaper per m². The figures come from 385 and 258 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£280,000, the median sale price in NN14, buys about 94 m² there and about 115 m² in NN16, a difference of 21 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, NN16 moved +4.4% a year against NN14 at +3.8% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | NN14High confidence Desborough, Kettering £2,980median per m² | NN16High confidence Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering £2,440median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £2,980 | £2,440 | −18.1% |
| Median sale price | £280,000 | £200,000 | −28.6% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £2,430–£3,490 | £1,970–£3,180 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 610 | 272 | −338 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 385 | 258 | −127 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 105 m² | 86 m² | −18.1% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +3.8% a year | +4.4% a year | +0.6 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,090n = 148 | £3,180n = 38 | +2.8% |
| Semi-detached | £3,050n = 127 | £2,990n = 65 | −2.0% |
| Terraced | £2,600n = 99 | £2,200n = 111 | −15.4% |
| Flat | no sales | £2,200n = 44 | n/a |
| Difference: NN14 minus NN16. | |||
| All NN14 sold prices | All NN16 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare NN14 and NN16 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so NN14 and NN16 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do NN14 and NN16 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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