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Hamilton market report LE5 2, Leicester

The standing LE5 2 (Hamilton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 3,712 sales registered with HM Land Registry in LE5 2 (Leicester) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: 34 registered 2026 sales put the LE5 2 (Leicester) median at £270,000, up 20% on five years earlier, with a mean of £287,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,070 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 3,712 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

LE5 2 is one sector of LE5 (Leicester): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

Where LE5 2 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.

£270,000typical sale, 2026
£3,070/m²5-year average per m²
+20%change over five years, cash
34homes sold, last 12 months
4.6%gross yield, estimated

Today's LE5 2 prices, from the sold record

34 sales were registered in LE5 2 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £270,000. The mean works out at £287,100, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

House prices per square metre in LE5 2

Measured by floor area, the last five years of LE5 2 sales average about £3,070 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.

England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving LE5 2 5% below the national figure.

The price of a typical LE5 2 home, 1995 to 2026

Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £51,000 at the time · £110,866 in today's money · 112 sales1996: £41,800 at the time · £88,154 in today's money · 91 sales1997: £48,000 at the time · £98,438 in today's money · 96 sales1998: £45,500 at the time · £91,845 in today's money · 116 sales1999: £50,200 at the time · £100,046 in today's money · 132 sales2000: £50,900 at the time · £99,891 in today's money · 132 sales2001: £53,000 at the time · £101,890 in today's money · 153 sales2002: £64,000 at the time · £120,415 in today's money · 198 sales2003: £80,000 at the time · £147,379 in today's money · 175 sales2004: £97,800 at the time · £177,624 in today's money · 153 sales2005: £103,200 at the time · £183,654 in today's money · 120 sales2006: £115,000 at the time · £199,625 in today's money · 183 sales2007: £133,000 at the time · £225,605 in today's money · 186 sales2008: £115,000 at the time · £188,509 in today's money · 75 sales2009: £125,000 at the time · £200,939 in today's money · 74 sales2010: £115,700 at the time · £181,447 in today's money · 96 sales2011: £128,000 at the time · £193,231 in today's money · 81 sales2012: £117,000 at the time · £172,209 in today's money · 90 sales2013: £120,500 at the time · £173,387 in today's money · 92 sales2014: £123,000 at the time · £174,497 in today's money · 105 sales2015: £150,000 at the time · £211,950 in today's money · 147 sales2016: £141,500 at the time · £197,960 in today's money · 110 sales2017: £157,200 at the time · £214,405 in today's money · 132 sales2018: £181,200 at the time · £241,543 in today's money · 144 sales2019: £196,500 at the time · £257,564 in today's money · 106 sales2020: £210,000 at the time · £272,479 in today's money · 82 sales2021: £225,000 at the time · £284,879 in today's money · 139 sales2022: £250,000 at the time · £293,154 in today's money · 103 sales2023: £251,000 at the time · £275,788 in today's money · 70 sales2024: £260,000 at the time · £276,433 in today's money · 88 sales2025: £260,000 at the time · £266,217 in today's money · 97 sales2026: £270,000 at the time · £270,000 in today's money · 34 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£270,000£270,00034
2025£260,000£266,21797
2024£260,000£276,43388
2023£251,000£275,78870
2022£250,000£293,154103
2021£225,000£284,879139
2020£210,000£272,47982
2019£196,500£257,564106
2018£181,200£241,543144
2017£157,200£214,405132
2016£141,500£197,960110
2015£150,000£211,950147
2014£123,000£174,497105
2013£120,500£173,38792
2012£117,000£172,20990
2011£128,000£193,23181
2010£115,700£181,44796
2009£125,000£200,93974
2008£115,000£188,50975
2007£133,000£225,605186
2006£115,000£199,625183
2005£103,200£183,654120
2004£97,800£177,624153
2003£80,000£147,379175
2002£64,000£120,415198
2001£53,000£101,890153
2000£50,900£99,891132
1999£50,200£100,046132
1998£45,500£91,845116
1997£48,000£98,43896
1996£41,800£88,15491
1995£51,000£110,866112

In cash terms the typical LE5 2 home went from £51,000 in 1995 to £270,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 144%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 8% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the LE5 2 median

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

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · −18.0% on the year before1997 · +14.8% on the year before1998 · −5.2% on the year before1999 · +10.3% on the year before2000 · +1.4% on the year before2001 · +4.1% on the year before2002 · +20.8% on the year before2003 · +25.0% on the year before2004 · +22.3% on the year before2005 · +5.5% on the year before2006 · +11.4% on the year before2007 · +15.7% on the year before2008 · −13.5% on the year before2009 · +8.7% on the year before2010 · −7.4% on the year before2011 · +10.6% on the year before2012 · −8.6% on the year before2013 · +3.0% on the year before2014 · +2.1% on the year before2015 · +22.0% on the year before2016 · −5.7% on the year before2017 · +11.1% on the year before2018 · +15.3% on the year before2019 · +8.4% on the year before2020 · +6.9% on the year before2021 · +7.1% on the year before2022 · +11.1% on the year before2023 · +0.4% on the year before2024 · +3.6% on the year before2025 · +0.0% on the year before2026 · +3.8% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+25.0% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−18.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Growth per year, over one to twenty years

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+3.8%+1.4%
5 years (since 2021)+3.7%−1.1%
10 years (since 2016)+6.7%+3.2%
20 years (since 2006)+4.4%+1.5%

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

50100150200 1995: 112 sales1996: 91 sales1997: 96 sales1998: 116 sales1999: 132 sales2000: 132 sales2001: 153 sales2002: 198 sales2003: 175 sales2004: 153 sales2005: 120 sales2006: 183 sales2007: 186 sales2008: 75 sales2009: 74 sales2010: 96 sales2011: 81 sales2012: 90 sales2013: 92 sales2014: 105 sales2015: 147 sales2016: 110 sales2017: 132 sales2018: 144 sales2019: 106 sales2020: 82 sales2021: 139 sales2022: 103 sales2023: 70 sales2024: 88 sales2025: 97 sales2026: 34 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 34 LE5 2 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 163 sales a year before the financial crisis and 78 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

Rents around LE5 2

For renting purposes LE5 2 sits in Leicester. The ONS average private rent there is £1,024 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £717 a month here against £1,459 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Leicester

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £717 a month£7171 bed2 bed: £894 a month£8942 bed3 bed: £1,045 a month£1,0453 bed4+ bed: £1,459 a month£1,4594+ bed

Against the £270,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,024 a month (£12,288 a year) works out at a 4.6% 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 LE5 2 market

This is a thin market: 34 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. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.

Common questions on LE5 2 (Hamilton)

Is LE5 2 (Hamilton) a good place to buy a house?
LE5 2 (Hamilton) sold prices are up 20% 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 LE5 2 (Hamilton)?
Land Registry recorded 34 sales in LE5 2 (Hamilton) in 2026, with a median sold price of £270,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in LE5 2 (Hamilton)?
In LE5 2 (Hamilton) the median moved up 4% year on year; over five years it is up 20%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.

What happens to LE5 2 prices now?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 20% over five years in cash but down 5% 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 LE5 now

The live side of the market holds 161 homes at the moment, listed by 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole LE5 district, not just LE5 2: live asking prices are collected per district.

£300,000Typical asking price now (LE5 district)
37 below what sold nearby96 in line with nearby sales24 above nearby sales3 well above nearby sales

Of everything listed here, 23% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.

See every LE5 home for sale on the map →

Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.

The price of an extra bedroom in LE

Real sold prices by size across the LE area, straight from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.

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%)

Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

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 LE5

Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of LE5, each linking to its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
LE5 0£240,00022
LE5 1£287,50052
LE5 3£255,00015
LE5 4£275,20028
LE5 5£295,20037
LE5 6£325,00024

Zoom out to the full LE5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how LE5 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in LE5 2: what the record supports

Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at LE5 2's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim LE5 2.

Dig further

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to LE5 2. Free after a one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every LE5 2 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.

Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.