House prices

House prices in Leiden

The Leiden housing market in up-to-date figures: asking prices, price per square metre, what is for sale right now and (unique to Huisverklikker) which homes are dropping in price.

The municipality of Leiden has, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 130,638 residents. There are currently 353 homes for sale, with an average asking price of € 622,845. Over the past 90 days, 87 asking prices were reduced, by -7.1% on average.

Current supply in Leiden

The key figures right now: what is for sale, at what price, and how much has recently been sold or reduced.

Avg. asking price
€ 622,845
current supply
Price per m²
€ 6,081
current supply
For sale
353
homes now
Price reductions
87
past 90 days · avg. -7.1%
Sold
394
past 90 days
Avg. sale price
€ 492,047
CBS, 2025

Overbidding in Leiden

How often homes sell above the asking price in the Leiden region, by property type and nationally.

In the NVM region of Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, which includes Leiden, 72% of homes sold above the asking price in Q3 2026, on average 3.9% above the last asking price. Nationally that share was 66%, down from 71% a year earlier.

By property type

The region Leiden belongs to (Q3 2026), alongside the national average.

Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek regionWhole of the Netherlands
Above asking% gapAbove asking% gap
terraced houses77%+4.3%73.8%+4.3%
end-of-terrace houses65%+2.6%67.9%+3.1%
semi-detached houses55%+1%62.5%+2.3%
detached houses35%-1.4%43.7%-0.1%
apartments81%+5.8%70.1%+4.5%

The “% gap” is the average difference between the last asking and sale price (positive means sold above asking). National = weighted average across all 40 NVM regions by number of transactions, Q3 2026.

Source: NVM, Market overview per region Q3 2026 (the Leiden region and the property-type-weighted national average across all 40 regions) and Housing market analysis Q3 2026 (national total).

Price drops in Leiden

Homes whose asking price was recently reduced, each with our full dossier.

Over the past 30 days we tracked 160 price cuts in and around Leiden, averaging −5.5%. The biggest cut was € 955,000 (Dennenweg 8, Noordwijk (ZH)). Last updated 17 October.

In Leiden, an average of 6.2 homes come onto the market each day, against 1 price reductions per day. That is a ratio of 15.5%: the higher this share, the more the market is cooling.

All price drops in Leiden →

The Leiden housing market in charts

At the top, the price distribution of the current supply; below it, the multi-year price trend compared with the Netherlands.

Price distribution of the supply

Number of homes for sale per price band (× € 1,000). Hover over a bar for the exact count.

5< 200k22200–300k66300–400k70400–500k72500–600k47600–750k38750k–1M191–1.5M14> 1.5M

Price trend vs. the Netherlands

Average sale price per year (CBS, existing owner-occupied homes). Hover over a point for the year and amount.

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The top chart shows the price distribution of the homes currently for sale in Leiden, so you can see which price band the supply mostly sits in. The bottom chart shows how the average sale price has developed over the past years (CBS) and compares Leiden (orange) with the national average (grey). Notably, the price per m² in Leiden is significantly higher than the national average, at € 6,081 versus € 5,092 nationally.

Between 2019 and 2025, the average sale price in the municipality of Leiden rose from € 349,233 to € 492,047 (+40.9%). That puts Leiden 2.6% above the national average. Source: CBS StatLine, existing owner-occupied homes.

Current market and outlook

The average asking price in Leiden currently stands at € 622,845. Over the past year, we saw a rise of 3.8% (CBS), pointing to an active housing market in Leiden. How tight that market is exactly, you can read further down under Market pressure. For up-to-date information on specific homes, see the supply and recent price drops below.

Market pressure in Leiden

How tight is the market right now, based on our own current supply and sales data.

At the current pace of sales, Leiden has roughly 2.7 months of supply. That makes it a seller's market (tight) right now.

For comparison, the official NVM market-tightness indicator for the whole Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek region stood at 2.2 in Q3 2026.

Ever reduced
14.2%
of the current supply
Longer than 90 days
28.6%
still for sale

Property types in Leiden

The current supply in Leiden, broken down by property type.

parking4×€ 51,125
apartment209×€ 466,992
house140×€ 871,846

Asking price of the current supply; NL = NVM transaction price. Most common in Leiden: apartment (209 of the current supply).

Leiden vs. the Netherlands

Current supply based on our own market data.

MetricLeidenNetherlands
Average asking price€ 622,845€ 646,031
Price per m²€ 6,081€ 5,092
Price reductions (90 days)8713,650

NVM quarterly figures for the Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek region (Q3 2026)

Sales figures from NVM agents in the region of this city, as a benchmark alongside the current supply above.

In the NVM region of Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, which includes Leiden, the average transaction price in Q3 2026 was € 571,000 (-1.5% year on year). 970 homes changed hands in the region. Nationally, the average transaction price in Q3 2026 was € 503,000.

Most expensive home for sale in Leiden

Based on the current supply.

Rapenburg 45 · Leiden€ 2,750,000

Frequently asked questions about Leiden

The average asking price of homes in Leiden is currently € 622,845. That is 2.6% above the national average.

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Sources: our own Huisverklikker market data (updated daily), CBS StatLine (residents; sale prices of existing owner-occupied homes), NVM market information and regional NVM market overviews (Q3 2026), supplemented with public market data (reference date 2026-07-19). No rights can be derived from these figures.