Photo: Kev747 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0The median home in Groby sells for £290,000
That is the middle of 258 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.8 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Groby’s sales are detached houses
258 homes sold in three years: 121 detached houses, 87 semi-detached houses, 47 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 121 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £319K–£440K
- Last 12 months
- £380K37 sold
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £230K–£300K
- Last 12 months
- £265K25 sold
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £190K–£263K
- Last 12 months
- £235K11 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Groby’s homes sold for between £237K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £465K. 29% sold for under £250K.
The median, £290,000, sits in the £250–300K band
258 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,000 in 1995 to £276,375 in the last 12 months (£237,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
74 sales in the last 12 months, against 201 in 2001, the busiest year, and 55 in 2020. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 107% more sales than 2020.
Groby costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Groby, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £78K | £115K | £193K | £203K | £250K | £325K | £380K |
| Semi-detached houses | £50K | £69K | £140K | £149K | £165K | £223K | £265K |
| Terraced houses | £40K | £60K | £119K | £115K | £140K | £195K | £235K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
198 new homes have been sold in Groby since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2008.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Groby. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Leicester Road is Groby’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
15 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester Road | LE6 | 18 | £300,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Ratby Road | LE6 | 16 | £225,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Windsor Avenue | LE6 | 10 | £177,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Percival Way | LE6 | 8 | £259,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Lawnwood Road | LE6 | 8 | £215,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Flaxfield Close | LE6 | 7 | £475,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Woodlands Drive | LE6 | 7 | £380,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | Highfield Road | LE6 | 6 | £421,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Castell Drive | LE6 | 6 | £383,708 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Parklands Avenue | LE6 | 6 | £268,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Border Close | LE3 | 6 | £247,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Sycamore Drive | LE6 | 5 | £319,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 13 | Woodbank Road | LE6 | 5 | £280,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 14 | Queensmead Close | LE6 | 5 | £278,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Field Court Road | LE6 | 5 | £275,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Flaxfield Close: £475,000
Windsor Avenue: £177,500
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.7 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Groby is the 16th most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Groby is in the middle of Leicestershire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Leicestershire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Groby’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Ratby and Markfield.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groby | — | £290K | 74 | +46% |
| Ratby | 1.1 | £255K | 60 | +42% |
| Anstey | 1.9 | £265K | 101 | +39% |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 2.5 | £328K | 151 | +46% |
| Markfield | 2.6 | £257K | 81 | +57% |
| Cropston | 3.2 | £515K | 12 | +66% |
| Thornton | 3.5 | £340K | 6 | +60% |
| Thurcaston | 3.6 | £346K | 34 | +47% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Groby
What is the average house price in Groby?
The median home in Groby sold for £290,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 258 standard sales (£276,375 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £260,000 and terraced houses £235,000.
Are house prices going up in Groby?
The median was £302,500 in 2025, up 14% on 2024 (£265,000), and £276,375 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Groby each year?
74 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 97 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Groby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Flaxfield Close (LE6, £475,000), Highfield Road (LE6, £421,000) and Castell Drive (LE6, £383,708).
Is Groby expensive for Leicestershire?
Groby is the 16th most expensive of 50 towns of 2,500 or more in Leicestershire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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