House prices in Leicester
A typical home in Leicester sold for £273,000: the count-weighted median of the 31,957 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the LE postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Leicester property market's median sold price, across the LE postcode area, was £267,500, from 4,865 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £250,000. That is a rise of 7%, about 1.4% a year. The median peaked in 2025 at £275,800.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Leicester median is 6% lower.
Figures on this page cover the LE postcode area, the postal geography centred on Leicester. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on LE postcodes are counted too.
Leicester median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £267,500 | £299,200 | 4,865 |
| 2025 | £275,800 | £315,600 | 14,007 |
| 2024 | £273,000 | £311,000 | 13,085 |
| 2023 | £271,000 | £310,800 | 12,049 |
| 2022 | £268,000 | £304,600 | 15,119 |
| 2021 | £250,000 | £288,000 | 18,140 |
| 2020 | £235,000 | £270,600 | 13,011 |
| 2019 | £218,000 | £250,000 | 14,919 |
| 2018 | £210,000 | £241,700 | 16,170 |
| 2017 | £197,000 | £229,400 | 16,435 |
| 2016 | £184,000 | £215,400 | 16,737 |
| 2015 | £173,000 | £205,800 | 16,248 |
| 2014 | £165,000 | £195,400 | 16,340 |
| 2013 | £154,000 | £182,800 | 13,193 |
| 2012 | £150,000 | £177,400 | 11,134 |
| 2011 | £150,000 | £178,900 | 10,980 |
| 2010 | £150,000 | £179,900 | 11,143 |
| 2009 | £143,000 | £167,700 | 10,732 |
| 2008 | £148,000 | £177,100 | 10,588 |
| 2007 | £153,000 | £183,400 | 20,309 |
Medians are the middle sold price of the year's recorded sales. The average (mean) can sit well above the median when a few expensive homes change hands.
The priciest parts of Leicester
Typical price is the count-weighted median over the last three recorded years. Only districts with at least 30 sales in that window are ranked, which keeps low-volume business postcodes out of these tables.
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE16 Market Harborough, Arthingworth | £343,000 | 1,918 | Report |
| LE17 Lutterworth, Leire | £340,000 | 791 | Report |
| LE15 Oakham, Cold Overton | £327,800 | 1,305 | Report |
| LE7 Scraptoft, Thurnby | £325,000 | 2,041 | Report |
| LE14 Ashby Folville, Brooksby | £324,000 | 745 | Report |
Best value in Leicester
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE1 Leicester | £118,000 | 138 | Report |
| LE11 Loughborough, Nanpantan | £236,000 | 1,396 | Report |
| LE3 Braunstone, Glenfield | £242,200 | 2,273 | Report |
| LE13 Melton Mowbray | £245,100 | 1,310 | Report |
| LE67 Coalville, Ibstock | £255,000 | 2,631 | Report |
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