All parts of Leicestershire have seen house sale prices rise in the past year, with one seeing a double-digit increase. The latest figures show the average sale price for homes in the 12 months up to December 2024.

In Harborough the figure was £356,000 - that's 10.6 per cent higher than the figure a year earlier. It's the equivalent of an extra £34,000 being added to the cost of each house on average.

The figures from the Land Registry also show that in both North West Leicestershire and Melton, the price of the average home rose by 5.1 per cent. That's equivalent to almost £14,000 extra than a year ago.

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Prices were up in each local authority in our county but elsewhere the increases were all under the national average and below four per cent. Leicester's prices had risen by less than two per cent and in Oadby and Wigston the figure was just 0.6 per cent.

That’s compared to a UK average rise of 4.6 per cent.

See the figures for the rest of the country using the interactive map below:

The map above shows the following information for this county:

Percentage increases in Leicestershire

  • Harborough: 10.6 per cent
  • North West Leicestershire: 5.1 per cent
  • Melton: 5.1 per cent
  • Blaby: 3.8 per cent
  • Charnwood: 3.5 per cent
  • Hinckley and Bosworth: 2.6 per cent
  • Leicester: 1.8 per cent
  • Oadby and Wigston: 0.6 per cent

Average prices in Leicestershire

  • Harborough: £356,000
  • Blaby: £290,000
  • Melton: £284,000
  • North West Leicestershire: £282,000
  • Charnwood: £267,000
  • Hinckley and Bosworth: £259,000
  • Oadby and Wigston: £256,000
  • Leicester: £231,000

Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire was the property hotspot of 2024. The average home there cost £159,000 in 2024, which is one of the lowest of any council area in the UK.

However, that average is 13.1 per cent higher than a year ago, which means prices increased by a larger percentage than anywhere else in the UK. Lisburn and Castlereagh in Northern Ireland had the next largest increase at 11.4 per cent, followed by Inverclyde in Scotland at 11.1 per cent.

Westminster in London had a big drop in sale price, with the average falling by 22.2 per cent. The average home in Westminster last year cost £868,000.