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Leicester house price trends

How house prices are moving across Leicester, from all UK property sales, median-based.

Leicester market analysis

Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.

Across Leicester, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £235,000 — it was little changed on the year before. That reflects 2,457 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £375,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £122,500. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (-6%). Within Leicester, the LE2 district saw the strongest recent growth (+5%) and LE1 the softest (-12%).

New-build homes were 0% of recent sales, a share that is falling.

These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.

£235,000
Median sold price (12m)
+0.9%
Year-on-year change
2,457
Sales in last 12 months
£205,275
Average, all time (2015–2026)

Median sold price by year

202120222023202420252026£207k£235k

New-build share of sales

3.9%20225.6%20231.6%20241.6%20250%2026

Median price by property type (last 12 months)

TypeMedian12-month changeSales
Terraced£211,500+0.7%1,078
Semi-detached£265,000+3.3%746
Flat/Maisonette£122,500-2%278
Detached£375,000+4.2%247
Other£329,000-6%108

Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.

Annual price change by postcode district

District20222023202420252026Median
LE1+4%+2.9%+9.7%-24.2%-12.2%£117,250
LE2+7%+0.3%-0.2%-0.3%+4.8%£235,000
LE3+9.3%+1%-0.6%-1.3%-2.6%£190,000
LE4+11.6%+4.2%-1%+1%+0%£250,000
LE5+5%+4%+3.8%+0%-1.9%£265,000

Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.

Development activity

New-build homes were 0% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.

How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.

Towns in Leicester, by 12-month change

Town12-mo changeMedian
Leicester+0.9%£235,000

Median sold price over the last 12 months and its change on the year before. Tap a town for its full breakdown.

Planning activity

Councils across Leicester received 982 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -17% on the year before — a marker of how much development is in the pipeline, not a price forecast.

Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1), Open Government Licence.

Source: sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (updated monthly; the most recent 1–2 months are provisional). Median-based; figures track the mix of what sold, not a like-for-like index.