Harborough
LE16 house prices in Harborough
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Harborough, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£340,000
Range £209,750–£640,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in LE16: the typical (median) sold price is £340,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). LE16 is an active market, with about 43 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were detached homes (typically £447,500) and 30% were semi-detached homes (typically £325,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,390 a year: Harborough's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Harborough, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on LE16: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
LE16 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 43 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, detached homes typically sold for £447,500 against £186,705 for flats, which explains a spread of £209,750 to £640,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; roughly 43 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in LE16 sit above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (109 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,390 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Averages only go so far, so the free LE16 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
LE16 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£340,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
43.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,390
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in LE16
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in LE16 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £447,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £186,705.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 102 | £447,500 | £310,590–£699,500 |
| Semi-detached | 73 | £325,000 | £241,200–£458,000 |
| Terraced | 49 | £270,000 | £188,400–£325,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 22 | £186,705 | £79,000–£306,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in LE16
The quarterly typical price rose 14.7%, from £322,500 in Q1 2026 (62 sales) to £370,000 in Q3 2026 (57 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £322,500 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | £335,000 | 131 |
| Q3 2026 | £370,000 | 57 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of LE16 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most LE16 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £209,750 and £640,500, around a typical £340,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in LE16
Detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (102 of 246). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached41%
- Semi-detached30%
- Terraced20%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
225 freehold (90%) and 25 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in LE16. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where LE16 sits in Harborough
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in LE16
7, WESKERS CLOSE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£445,000
35, BROOKFIELD ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
Detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£629,000
27, THE CRESCENT, MARKET HARBOROUGH
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£365,000
7, KILDARE CLOSE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£250,000
78, COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£750,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). LE16 includes the Desborough ward.
In plain English
What the Harborough (LE16) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £447,500 against £186,705 for flats: about 2.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £209,750 and £640,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 43 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 27 February 2026 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on LE16
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in LE16
£2,390
Band D a year in Harborough, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,593 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,859 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,124 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,390 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,921 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,452 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,983 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,780 |
These are Harborough's charges for 2026-27, the authority LE16 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Harborough · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near LE16
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Meadowdale Primary School.
All schools
Meadowdale Primary School
Primary · Academies · LE16 7XQ
549 m
Good · 2014
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · LE16 7HZ
825 m
Outstanding · 2014
Ridgeway Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · LE16 7HQ
1.0 km
Good · 2012
The Robert Smyth Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · LE16 7JG
1.6 km
Good · 2017
The Divergent School Harborough
Special schools · LE16 7JS
1.6 km
Not graded
Little Bowden School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LE16 8AY
1.7 km
Good · 2011
Brooke House College
Independent schools · LE16 7AU
1.9 km
Not graded
Welland Park Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · LE16 9DR
2.0 km
Good · 2019
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the LE16 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near LE16
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around LE16
109
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 October 2026.
Recent applications
Harborough/26/00374/FULPermitted
495 m
Erection of proposed entrance gates and a single storey rear extension
Received 2026-03-12 · decided 2026-05-08
Harborough/26/00359/PCDPermitted
480 m
Discharge of Conditions 6 (Management Plan), 7 (Mechanical Plant and Extraction Equipment) and 8 (External Lighting) of 25/00220/FUL
Received 2026-03-10 · decided 2026-05-01
Harborough/26/00314/ADVPermitted
480 m
Installation of 3 illuminated fascia signs and 1 illuminated totem sign
Received 2026-03-03 · decided 2026-04-29
Harborough/26/00313/FULPermitted
480 m
Installation of 2 AC Condensers and 2 new extraction grilles to the rear of the building
Received 2026-03-03 · decided 2026-04-29
Harborough/26/00026/ADVRejected
385 m
Installation of 2x free-standing non-illuminated signs (retrospective)
Received 2026-01-07 · decided 2026-03-04
Harborough/25/00798/FULPermitted
409 m
Single storey side extension, and installation of new doors
Received 2025-06-09 · decided 2025-07-31
Applications are matched within 500 m of the LE16 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for LE16 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 109 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for LE16
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled LE16 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
LE16 9SD, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so LE16 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in LE16: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in LE16, band by band
Harborough's council tax for 2026-27 set against the LE16 median sold price of £340,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearHarborough | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £340,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,593 | £133 | 0.47% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,859 | £155 | 0.55% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,124 | £177 | 0.62% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,390 | £199 | 0.70% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,921 | £243 | 0.86% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,452 | £288 | 1.02% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,983 | £332 | 1.17% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,780 | £398 | 1.41% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the LE16 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Harborough, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in LE16 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 242 distinct addresses in the records we hold for LE16. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
7, WESKERS CLOSE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9SD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-08-21
35, BROOKFIELD ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9DU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£629,000
2026-08-18
27, THE CRESCENT, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7JJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-08-17
7, KILDARE CLOSE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9JB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-17
78, COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9BZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-08-11
14, GARDINER STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9QW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£427,500
2026-08-10
62, DUNMORE ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 8AZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£306,000
2026-08-10
AVON HOUSE, WELLAND PLACE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7GD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£237,000
2026-08-10
5, SAXON CLOSE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7PR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-08-07
18, MAIN STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9TF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£345,000
2026-08-07
54, MAIN STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 8DT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£850,000
2026-08-05
12, CLAREMONT DRIVE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 8BX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-03
51, BURNMILL ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7JF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-31
2, THE HEIGHTS, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 8BQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-31
21, KELMARSH ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9RX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£695,000
2026-07-31
42, BURTON STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9GH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-30
17, KELMARSH ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9RX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£835,000
2026-07-29
MAXWELL LODGE, NORTHAMPTON ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9HE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£155,000
2026-07-27
10, CORN STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9FR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-07-27
20, POCHIN DRIVE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7LP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-27
41, HARDY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7AW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£515,000
2026-07-24
97, HARVEST ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9FL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-24
57, MAIN STREET, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7RB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£655,000
2026-07-20
19, WILSON GROVE, MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 7EE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-20
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every LE16 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.