The median home in Lea sells for £240,000
That is the middle of 64 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.
Three quarters of Lea’s sales are detached houses
64 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 15 semi-detached houses and 2 terraced houses.
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £230K–£295K
- Last 12 months
- £250K16 sold
- New build
- £268K
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £159K–£210K
Terraced houses: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: three quarters 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 Lea’s homes sold for between £200K and £291K
One sale in ten was under £159K and one in ten over £345K. 55% sold for under £250K.
The median, £240,000, sits in the £200–250K band
64 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 £48,972 in 1995 to £235,000 in the last 12 months (£170,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
19 sales in the last 12 months, against 32 in 2021, the busiest year, and 9 in 2012. Sales fell by 26% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 26%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 146% more sales than 2020.
Lea costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lea, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £64K | £94K | £157K | £155K | £170K | £213K | £250K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 45% in 2024
40 new homes have been sold in Lea since 1995; the share peaked at 45% in 2024.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £255,000
against £235,000 for a home sold on, 9% 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.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Lea. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Mulberry Close is Lea’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Mulberry Close | DN21 | 9 | £240,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Gainsborough Road | DN21 | 8 | £272,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | The Grove | DN21 | 7 | £165,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Meadow Rise | DN21 | 6 | £254,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Cromwell Avenue | DN21 | 5 | £287,000 | Mostly detached houses |
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.
Lea’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Gainsborough.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea | — | £240K | 19 | +63% |
| Gainsborough | 2.1 | £147K | 277 | +55% |
| Beckingham | 3.6 | £270K | 18 | +69% |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 4.1 | £230K | 18 | +46% |
| Sturton by Stow | 5.5 | £240K | 29 | +62% |
| Misterton | 5.9 | £245K | 34 | +48% |
| Clarborough | 6.6 | £220K | 18 | +31% |
| Saxilby | 8.1 | £267K | 87 | +52% |
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 Lea
What is the average house price in Lea?
The median home in Lea sold for £240,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 64 standard sales (£235,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £250,000 and semi-detached houses £199,950.
Are house prices going up in Lea?
The median was £232,500 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£245,000), and £235,000 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 Lea each year?
19 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 22 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Lea?
New homes sold for a median £255,000 over three years, against £235,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
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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