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Buying at LE10 1JB

Before you offer on a home at LE10 1JB: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £246k. In Hinckley Central.

3 clear£246k typical on Spa Lane

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Note
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£246ktypical sale on Spa Lane, last 10 years

£2,362typical price per m² in Hinckley Central

£1,490–£2,740per m² for homes at LE10 1JB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,362 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £213k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Hinckley Central

Hinckley Central

+63% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	46	£350k	£180k – £630k
Semi-detached	79	£243k	£105k – £430k
Terraced	124	£190k	£82k – £425k
Flat	43	£130k	£81k – £240k

Standard sales in Hinckley Central. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

1sales on Spa Lane in the last two years

292sales in Hinckley Central in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LE10 1JB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Spa LaneTerraced	£530,000, Sept 2023	228 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Spa LaneTerraced	£325,000, May 2010	158 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Spa LaneTerraced	£393,000, Mar 2016	239 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Spa LaneTerraced	£425,000, Dec 2025	155 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Spa LaneTerraced	£220,000, Jul 2015	114 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Spa LaneTerraced	£180,000, Jul 2015	121 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Spa LaneTerraced	£190,000, Oct 2016	112 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Spa LaneTerraced	£295,000, Jul 2022	123 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Spa LaneSemi-detached	£50,000, Nov 2000	125 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Spa LaneTerraced	£190,500, Jun 2013

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Buying at LE10 1JB

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £246k. In Hinckley Central.

3 clear£246k typical on Spa Lane

Before you make an offer

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£246ktypical sale on Spa Lane, last 10 years

£2,362typical price per m² in Hinckley Central

£1,490–£2,740per m² for homes at LE10 1JB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,362 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £213k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Hinckley Central, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£122k	£107k	£650 a month	6.4%
2 beds	£173k	£140k	£790 a month	5.5%
3 beds	£216k	£186k	£960 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£326k	£248k	£1,310 a month	4.8%
All homes	£208k	£172k	£850 a month	4.9%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places