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Get started26 Leicester Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Market Harborough (LE16 7AX). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in October 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £546,000 sits 62.5% above the 2008 sale of £336,000. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
26 Leicester Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Latest sale on 26 Leicester Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£546,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.3% per year over 12 years.
£336,000
Growth on file: 14.3% per year over 12 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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3 October 2008Most recent
£336,000
+46.7%over 5 years21 February 2003
£229,000
+990.5%over 6 years21 January 1997
£21,000
-70.0%21 January 1997
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE16 7AX: £150,000 (2022–1998).
LE16 7EJ
St Lukes Hospital — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Robert Smyth Academy. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB
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