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Oadby market report LE2 5, Leicester

The standing LE2 5 (Oadby) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 3,866 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in LE2 5 (Leicester) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: the 2026 median for LE2 5 (Leicester) is £324,500, from 46 registered sales, up 14% on five years earlier; the mean is £351,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,370 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,866 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

A postcode sector like LE2 5 is a single group of streets within LE2 (Leicester), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where LE2 5 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£324,500median sold price, 2026
£3,370/m²5-year average per m²
+14%change over five years, cash
46homes sold, last 12 months
3.8%estimated gross yield

What a home in LE2 5 sells for

The 2026 median for LE2 5 is £324,500, taken from 46 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £351,100, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

LE2 5 prices by floor area

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in LE2 5 costs about £3,370 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so LE2 5 trades 14% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical LE2 5 home, 1995 to 2026

One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £54,000 at the time · £117,388 in today's money · 115 sales1996: £53,600 at the time · £113,040 in today's money · 132 sales1997: £59,700 at the time · £122,433 in today's money · 136 sales1998: £67,500 at the time · £136,254 in today's money · 126 sales1999: £72,000 at the time · £143,492 in today's money · 157 sales2000: £81,500 at the time · £159,944 in today's money · 127 sales2001: £96,000 at the time · £184,555 in today's money · 160 sales2002: £112,000 at the time · £210,727 in today's money · 153 sales2003: £136,000 at the time · £250,545 in today's money · 151 sales2004: £160,000 at the time · £290,591 in today's money · 141 sales2005: £165,200 at the time · £293,989 in today's money · 161 sales2006: £166,800 at the time · £289,543 in today's money · 180 sales2007: £175,500 at the time · £297,697 in today's money · 164 sales2008: £165,000 at the time · £270,470 in today's money · 90 sales2009: £150,000 at the time · £241,126 in today's money · 112 sales2010: £175,000 at the time · £274,445 in today's money · 97 sales2011: £175,000 at the time · £264,183 in today's money · 107 sales2012: £165,000 at the time · £242,859 in today's money · 104 sales2013: £168,800 at the time · £242,886 in today's money · 88 sales2014: £175,000 at the time · £248,268 in today's money · 118 sales2015: £175,000 at the time · £247,275 in today's money · 119 sales2016: £212,500 at the time · £297,290 in today's money · 132 sales2017: £225,000 at the time · £306,877 in today's money · 107 sales2018: £232,800 at the time · £310,327 in today's money · 88 sales2019: £250,000 at the time · £327,690 in today's money · 105 sales2020: £262,000 at the time · £339,950 in today's money · 101 sales2021: £283,500 at the time · £358,948 in today's money · 135 sales2022: £296,800 at the time · £348,032 in today's money · 108 sales2023: £295,000 at the time · £324,133 in today's money · 111 sales2024: £286,200 at the time · £304,289 in today's money · 100 sales2025: £300,000 at the time · £307,174 in today's money · 95 sales2026: £324,500 at the time · £324,500 in today's money · 46 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£324,500£324,50046
2025£300,000£307,17495
2024£286,200£304,289100
2023£295,000£324,133111
2022£296,800£348,032108
2021£283,500£358,948135
2020£262,000£339,950101
2019£250,000£327,690105
2018£232,800£310,32788
2017£225,000£306,877107
2016£212,500£297,290132
2015£175,000£247,275119
2014£175,000£248,268118
2013£168,800£242,88688
2012£165,000£242,859104
2011£175,000£264,183107
2010£175,000£274,44597
2009£150,000£241,126112
2008£165,000£270,47090
2007£175,500£297,697164
2006£166,800£289,543180
2005£165,200£293,989161
2004£160,000£290,591141
2003£136,000£250,545151
2002£112,000£210,727153
2001£96,000£184,555160
2000£81,500£159,944127
1999£72,000£143,492157
1998£67,500£136,254126
1997£59,700£122,433136
1996£53,600£113,040132
1995£54,000£117,388115

In cash terms the typical LE2 5 home went from £54,000 in 1995 to £324,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 176%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 10% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the LE2 5 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+25% -10% 0% 1996 · −0.7% on the year before1997 · +11.4% on the year before1998 · +13.1% on the year before1999 · +6.7% on the year before2000 · +13.2% on the year before2001 · +17.8% on the year before2002 · +16.7% on the year before2003 · +21.4% on the year before2004 · +17.6% on the year before2005 · +3.3% on the year before2006 · +1.0% on the year before2007 · +5.2% on the year before2008 · −6.0% on the year before2009 · −9.1% on the year before2010 · +16.7% on the year before2011 · +0.0% on the year before2012 · −5.7% on the year before2013 · +2.3% on the year before2014 · +3.7% on the year before2015 · +0.0% on the year before2016 · +21.4% on the year before2017 · +5.9% on the year before2018 · +3.5% on the year before2019 · +7.4% on the year before2020 · +4.8% on the year before2021 · +8.2% on the year before2022 · +4.7% on the year before2023 · −0.6% on the year before2024 · −3.0% on the year before2025 · +4.8% on the year before2026 · +8.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+21.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−9.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

The long view: annualised growth

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+8.2%+5.6%
5 years (since 2021)+2.7%−2.0%
10 years (since 2016)+4.3%+0.9%
20 years (since 2006)+3.4%+0.6%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

How many homes change hands in LE2 5

Sales per year, counted

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

50100150200 1995: 115 sales1996: 132 sales1997: 136 sales1998: 126 sales1999: 157 sales2000: 127 sales2001: 160 sales2002: 153 sales2003: 151 sales2004: 141 sales2005: 161 sales2006: 180 sales2007: 164 sales2008: 90 sales2009: 112 sales2010: 97 sales2011: 107 sales2012: 104 sales2013: 88 sales2014: 118 sales2015: 119 sales2016: 132 sales2017: 107 sales2018: 88 sales2019: 105 sales2020: 101 sales2021: 135 sales2022: 108 sales2023: 111 sales2024: 100 sales2025: 95 sales2026: 46 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 46 LE2 5 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 155 sales a year before the financial crisis and 92 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around LE2 5

LE2 5 falls under Oadby and Wigston, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,024 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £733 a month here against £1,562 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Oadby and Wigston

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £733 a month£7331 bed2 bed: £889 a month£8892 bed3 bed: £1,121 a month£1,1213 bed4+ bed: £1,562 a month£1,5624+ bed

Against the £324,500 median purchase price, a rent of £1,024 a month (£12,288 a year) works out at a 3.8% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

Reading the LE2 5 market

This is a thin market: 46 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Against the LE2 district median, LE2 5 sits 26% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

What people ask about LE2 5 (Oadby)

Are property prices falling in LE2 5 (Oadby)?
In LE2 5 (Oadby) the median moved up 8% year on year; over five years it is up 14%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is LE2 5 (Oadby) a good place to buy a house?
LE2 5 (Oadby) sold prices are up 14% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in LE2 5 (Oadby)?
Land Registry recorded 46 sales in LE2 5 (Oadby) in 2026, with a median sold price of £324,500. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

Are LE2 5 prices heading up or down?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 14% over five years in cash but down 10% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

What you could buy in LE2 now

The live side of the market holds 421 homes at the moment, listed by 15 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole LE2 district, not just LE2 5: live asking prices are collected per district.

£260,000Typical asking price now (LE2 district)
100 below what sold nearby206 in line with nearby sales77 above nearby sales16 well above nearby sales

25% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.

See every LE2 home for sale on the map →

These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.

Bedroom by bedroom: LE prices by size

Real sold prices by size across the LE area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£285,000£380,000 (+33%)£560,000 (+47%)£795,000 (+42%)
Semi-detached£210,000£242,000 (+15%)£282,000 (+17%)£360,000 (+28%)£500,000 (+39%)
Terraced£183,000£205,000 (+12%)£243,500 (+19%)£310,000 (+27%)£402,500 (+30%)
Flat£125,000£152,750 (+22%)£210,000 (+37%)

Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the LE area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in LE2

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are LE2's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
LE2 0£233,80016
LE2 1£250,00027
LE2 2£229,50027
LE2 3£355,00049
LE2 4£340,00044
LE2 6£240,00041
LE2 7£167,50014
LE2 8£230,00059
LE2 9£227,00058

Zoom out to the full LE2 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how LE2 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in LE2 5? Price it on the evidence

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in LE2 5, open the average prices map and zoom from the LE2 5 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded LE2 5 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Estate agents working LE2 5: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim LE2 5.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with LE2 5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every LE2 5 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.