Living in Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Leeds - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Leeds cost 6.48 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Leeds a year earlier: 6.53 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Leeds over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Leeds, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Recent sold prices near Leeds (postcode LS1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 9, 30, YORK PLACE | £182,500 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| APARTMENT 1, THE CHAMBERS, 45 - 47, GREAT GEORGE STREET | £221,500 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 138, CANDLE HOUSE, 1, WHARF APPROACH | £175,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| FLAT 78, CANDLE HOUSE, 1, WHARF APPROACH | £120,000 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| APARTMENT 10, THE ST GEORGE BUILDING, 60, GREAT GEORGE STREET | £135,000 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| 59, ST PAULS STREET | £850,000 | Terraced | Jun 2026 |
| FLAT 37, 3, LITTLE NEVILLE STREET | £186,000 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| 20, RIVERSIDE COURT | £200,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| FLAT 16, 8, NEW STATION STREET | £142,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| 39, WEST POINT, WELLINGTON STREET | £77,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.