That is the middle of 748 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 5.2 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.
748 homes sold in three years: 260 detached houses, 291 semi-detached houses, 167 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 260 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£398K
Last 12 months
£330K62 sold
New build
£381K
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 291 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£255K
Last 12 months
£225K86 sold
New build
£252K
Terraced houses£177K
median sale · 167 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£207K
Last 12 months
£175K56 sold
New build
£261K
Flats and maisonettes£101K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£84K–£122K
Last 12 months
£110K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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.
Price range
Half of Shepshed’s homes sold for between £190K and £304K
One sale in ten was under £147K and one in ten over £385K. 56% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £234,250, sits in the £200–250K band
748 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,750 in 1995 to £226,000 in the last 12 months (£204,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
213 sales in the last 12 months, against 412 in 2004, the busiest year, and 147 in 2008. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Shepshed costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Shepshed, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£66K
£86K
£194K
£197K
£203K
£271K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£59K
£125K
£124K
£144K
£188K
£225K
Terraced houses
£35K
£44K
£113K
£110K
£117K
£155K
£175K
Flats and maisonettes
£25K
£25K
£81K
£85K
£82K
—
£110K
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.
New builds
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,259 new homes have been sold in Shepshed since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2020.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £352,748
against £224,500 for a home sold on, 57% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Shepshed. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Buttercup Lane is Shepshed’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
50 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 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
Buttercup Lane
LE12
24
£328,916
Mixed
2
Marigold Crescent
LE12
23
£335,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Woodpecker Way
LE12
22
£240,000
Mixed
4
Hawkins Lane
LE12
21
£262,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Charnian Way
LE12
18
£338,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Chamomile Road
LE12
17
£363,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Conway Drive
LE12
17
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Charnwood Road
LE12
17
£167,000
Mixed
9
Windmill View
LE12
16
£360,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Cumbrian Way
LE12
15
£200,000
Mixed
11
Griffin Close
LE12
13
£110,000
Mixed
12
Paterson Place
LE12
12
£213,750
Mixed
13
Anson Road
LE12
11
£275,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Leicester Road
LE12
11
£255,000
Mixed
15
Northwood Drive
LE12
10
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Iveshead Road: £442,500
Shepshed median£234K
Iveshead Road£443K
Brick Kiln Lane£422K
Marjoram Close£403K
Chamomile Road£364K
Windmill View£360K
Cheapest streets
Nook Close: £85,500
Shepshed median£234K
Nook Close£86K
Griffin Close£110K
Kirkhill£163K
Charnwood Road£167K
Springfield Road£168K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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.
Across Leicestershire
Shepshed is the 48th most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Shepshed is one of Leicestershire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Shepshed
What is the average house price in Shepshed?
The median home in Shepshed sold for £234,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 748 standard sales (£226,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £177,000 and flats and maisonettes £101,000.
Are house prices going up in Shepshed?
The median was £245,540 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£229,497), and £226,000 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 Shepshed each year?
213 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 292 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shepshed?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Iveshead Road (LE12, £442,500), Brick Kiln Lane (LE12, £422,000) and Marjoram Close (LE12, £403,475).
How much does a new build cost in Shepshed?
New homes sold for a median £352,748 over three years, against £224,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Shepshed expensive for Leicestershire?
Shepshed is the 48th 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.