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LE4 vs LE5: house prices per square metre compared

LE4 (Birstall) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £3,243 per against £3,142 in LE5 (Hamilton)LE5 is 3% cheaper per . The figures come from 590 and 408 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

LE4

Birstall, Leicester

High confidence

£3,243median per m²

Median sale price
£267,750
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,760 – £3,736
Sales (last 12 months)
662
With a matched floor area
590
Mean floor area (matched sales)
84 m²
Change over 10 years
+62.1%
All LE4 sold prices

LE5

Hamilton, Leicester

High confidence

£3,142median per m²

Median sale price
£273,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,580 – £3,641
Sales (last 12 months)
419
With a matched floor area
408
Mean floor area (matched sales)
95 m²
Change over 10 years
+62.5%
All LE5 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

LE4 compared with LE5
MeasureLE4LE5Difference
Median price per m²£3,243£3,142−3%
Median sale price£267,750£273,000+2%
Sales (last 12 months)662419−243
Change over 10 years+62.1%+62.5%+0.4 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeLE4LE5
Detached£3,524n = 84£3,543n = 62
Semi-detached£3,276n = 269£3,271n = 149
Terraced£3,140n = 209£3,013n = 169
Flat£2,426n = 28£2,061n = 28

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