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 312 homes for sale, with an average asking price of € 643,362. Over the past 90 days, 64 asking prices were reduced, by -9.5% 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.
Overbidding in Leiden
How often homes sell above the asking price in the Leiden region, by property type and nationally.
For 71% of the homes sold through an NVM agent in Q2 2026, the buyer paid more than the asking price. That share has hovered around 70% for two years.
By property type (whole of the Netherlands)
| Above asking | % gap asking vs. sale price | |
|---|---|---|
| terraced houses | 80.4% | +5.9% |
| end-of-terrace houses | 73.2% | +4.4% |
| semi-detached houses | 68.5% | +3.5% |
| detached houses | 48.3% | +0.6% |
| apartments | 73.2% | +5.7% |
Weighted average across all 40 NVM regions (by number of transactions), Q2 2026.
Source: NVM, Market overview per region Q2 2026 (the Leiden region and the property-type-weighted national average across all 40 regions) and Housing market analysis Q2 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 60 price cuts in and around Leiden, averaging −5.5%. The biggest cut was € 300.000 (Rapenburg 83 A, Leiden). Last updated 2 September.
In Leiden, an average of 25.2 homes come onto the market each day, against 0.7 price reductions per day. That is a ratio of 2.8%: the higher this share, the more the market is cooling.
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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.
Price trend vs. the Netherlands
Average sale price per year (CBS, existing owner-occupied homes). Hover over a point for the year and amount.
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 € 6,227 versus € 5,096 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 € 643,362. 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 1.7 months of supply. That makes it a seller's market (tight) right now.
Property types in Leiden
The current supply in Leiden, broken down by property type.
| parking | 4× | € 51,125 |
| apartment | 182× | € 486,365 |
| house | 126× | € 888,937 |
Asking price of the current supply; NL = NVM transaction price. Most common in Leiden: apartment (182 of the current supply).
Leiden vs. the Netherlands
Current supply based on our own market data.
| Metric | Leiden | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Average asking price | € 643,362 | € 658,254 |
| Price per m² | € 6,227 | € 5,096 |
| Price reductions (90 days) | 64 | 11,089 |
NVM quarterly figures (Q2 2026)
Sales figures from NVM agents in the region of this city, as a benchmark alongside the current supply above.
Nationally, the average transaction price in Q2 2026 was € 506,000 (+2.1% year on year), with an average selling time of 28 days. 45,241 homes changed hands.
Most expensive home for sale in Leiden
Based on the current supply.
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See all price dropsSources: 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 (Q2 2026), supplemented with public market data (reference date 2026-07-19). No rights can be derived from these figures.