Empingham: why did one in five sales pass £1 million?
A Rutland village where 8 of 41 sales reached seven figures, with 66 listed entries and a conservation area from 1975.
Of 41 homes sold in Empingham in three years, 8 fetched £1,000,000 or more. Own here? open for offer lets you test the market before you list. That is about one in five, in Land Registry sales to August 2026.
Last reviewed 3 November 2026.
Empingham at a glance
- Median sale price: £600,000, from 41 sales completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026 (HM Land Registry).
- Listed building entries in the parish: 66.
- Conservation area: Empingham, designated 22 December 1975.
- Primary school: Empingham Church of England Primary School, ages 4 to 11.
Each recorded sale is on our Empingham homes page. This guide is about what kind of market those sales describe.
How unusual are seven-figure sales here?
Very. Across all of Rutland, 71 of 1,819 sales reached £1,000,000 in the same three years, about one in 25. In Empingham it was about one in five.
It also means the village median, at £600,000, says little about any one home. The spread runs from small semis to large detached houses.
What else sells in Empingham?
Detached houses were 24 of the 41 sales, semi-detached 14 and terraced three. There were no flat sales.
| Price band | Sales |
|---|---|
| Under £400,000 | 11 |
| £400,000 to £999,999 | 22 |
| £1,000,000 and above | 8 |
| All homes | 41 |
So there is a real lower end. The 14 semi-detached sales give buyers a way into the village below the detached market.
Main Street had eight sales. Audit Hall Road and Whitwell Road had six each, and Willoughby Drive four.
How does Empingham compare within LE15 8?
Empingham shares the LE15 8 sector with the Luffenhams, Edith Weston, Braunston, Barrowden and Exton. The sector had 238 standard sales in the three years, and Empingham had the most of any village, 41.
The sector median was £472,500. Among villages with 20 or more sales, only Barrowden's, at £670,000, was higher than Empingham's.
How much of Empingham is listed?
The National Heritage List has 66 entries in the parish: one grade I, one grade II* and 64 grade II. The conservation area was designated on 22 December 1975.
Ask early whether a home is listed or in the conservation area, and let your conveyancer confirm what applies to the house you want.
Which schools are in Empingham?
The Department for Education's register lists Empingham Church of England Primary School, an academy for ages 4 to 11, and Wilds Lodge School, an independent special school.
The nearest state secondary on the register is Catmose College in Oakham, for ages 11 to 16. Rutland County Council handles state school applications.
What should a buyer check in Empingham?
- Whether the home is one of the 66 list entries, and what consents past works had.
- Whether it sits inside the 1975 conservation area.
- At the top of the range, the higher stamp duty slices: 10% applies above £925,000.
What is the stamp duty on an Empingham home?
At Empingham's median sale price of £600,000, a home mover would pay £20,000 in stamp duty.
That is nothing on the first £125,000, £2,500 on the next £125,000 and £17,500 on the last £350,000. First-time buyer relief does not apply above £500,000, so a first-time buyer pays the same.
That is our arithmetic on HMRC rates checked 3 November 2026, in force from 1 April 2025. Tax depends on your circumstances. HMRC's guidance is linked below; an accountant or tax adviser can apply it to you.
Selling a high-value home in Empingham?
At the top of the market, buyers are few and every sale is different. open for offer is the pre-market, the market that exists before a property is ever advertised.
A market estimate gives you a range for your own home, with its confidence and how we worked it out.
Buying? On any home's page you can register interest, advertised or not. It is not an offer, and we don't contact the owner for you.
Sale figures: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard residential sales in localities recorded as Empingham, LE15 completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026, read on 3 November 2026.
Late registrations can still add sales to recent months, so the newest counts may rise.
Sources and corrections
Sources, checked 3 November 2026: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; listed buildings and conservation areas on the Planning Data Platform; Get Information about Schools.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Listed building entries: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Conservation areas: local authority data. Both via the MHCLG Planning Data Platform, Open Government Licence v3.0.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, open establishments, downloaded 3 November 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Corrections: none so far. If we find an error, we will correct it here, with the date and the figure we changed.
Common questions
How many Empingham homes sold for over £1 million?
8 of the 41 sales completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026 were £1,000,000 or more, in HM Land Registry data read on 3 November 2026.
Is Empingham in a conservation area?
The village has one, designated on 22 December 1975, according to the Planning Data Platform. The parish has 66 listed building entries.