Leicester

Area Guide For Leicester

Leicester is a former ‘UK City of Culture’ award nominee and includes several landmark buildings like the National Space Centre and Leicester War Memorial. Starting off as a market town, the city grew larger after industrial developments and transportation connections were built. The city is among England’s largest urban areas, and despite a lot of development, has retained a lot of its historic buildings and constructions. The University of Leicester is also ranked consistently among UK’s top 20 universities, making it a good choice for students and those pursuing higher education.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £188,397
Average Asking Price: £228,767
Price change in last one year: £12,198
Average Price Paid: £170,142
Average Rent Rates: £1,215

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Leicester

Average Price for property in Leicester is around £188,397 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £295,087 for detached house to around £166,980 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £130,408 and a flat is worth £120,110. Values have been changing and have risen £1,275 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £5,468 in last 6 months, £12,198 in last 1 year, £20,557 in last 2 years, £24,001 in last 3 years, £21,097 in last 4 years and £22,575 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Leicester is around £228,767 based on approximately 6,569 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 1,793 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,215 per month.

Estimated property value in Leicester is £188,397. Average asking price is £228,767 while average price paid is £179,527 which is up by £12,198 and Avg. asking rent £1,215.Based on an Online Survey

Buyers are willing to pay high dollar prices to grab these properties because of the recent trend in real estate investment especially in Leicester area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £179,527 based on approximately 6,569 sales in Leicester area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 18,346 properties where buyers paid around £172,271. It has been same for some time now for e.g. if you take an average of amount paid in last 5 years, it comes to around £170,142 for 29,795 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 40,385 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £168,018 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Leicester

 
 

Breakdown of asking prices for homes of different sizes show that price varies clearly based on no of bedrooms and type of house. Asking price for a house with 1 bedroom is around £127,439, £140,204 for a 2 bedroom house, £185,683 for a 3 bedroom house, £300,190 for a 4 bedroom house and £378,965 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £85,320 for a single bedroom to £115,092 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £215,980 and £259,950 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Leicester it comes to around average £91,689 for 1 bedroom property, £131,937 for 2 bedroom, £185,948 for 3 bedroom, £300,128 for 4 bedroom and £378,965 for a 5 bedroom property.

Rent per calendar month varies similarly based on type and size of the house. If you look at the rents per month for houses alone it can vary from £448 for 1 bedroom to £555 for 2 bedrooms, £696 for 3 bedrooms, £1,034 for 4 bedrooms and £1,190 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £449. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £636, £815 for 3 bedroom, £1,297 for 4 bedroom and around £1,380 for 5 bedroom flat. You should be generally be expecting around average £449 rent per month for single bedroom property, £595 for 2 bedroom, £705 for 3 bedroom, £1,058 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,208 for a 5 bedroom property in Leicester area.

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Disclaimer : Location real estate estimates and values are based on House price index background data and Sales data provided by United Kingdom Land registry Records available as public records from their website. This information is updated monthly on our website and may not reflect all public transactions. This information is based on estimated calculation generated from our developed algorithms. We are striving to make this information as accurate and useful as possible. This data covers the transactions received at Land Registry in the period 1/1/1995 to 9/1/2014. © Crown copyright 2014. Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2014.

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