HouseMarketBook

LU5, Houghton Regis and Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire

Postcode district in Central Bedfordshire · 1,474 sales in the last 24 months, 1,281 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£4,0001,281 sales · £372 per sq ft · up 3.2% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in LU5 are up 3.2% on a year ago, at a median of £4,000 (£372 per sq ft).

Half of the 1,281 counted sales were between £3,490 and £4,560 per square metre, and the median price paid was £340,000. HM Land Registry records 23,666 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£340,000
£ per m², middle half£3,490 to £4,560
Sales, 24 months1,4741,281 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area83 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached250£4,290£3,900–4,780£480,000
Flat or maisonette186£3,470£2,940–3,890£197,500
Semi-detached464£4,130£3,630–4,590£366,000
Terraced381£3,970£3,360–4,680£300,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in LU5 by quarter, up 3.2% on a year ago
3,9504,0354,120£4,0802024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6302,3354,040£4,04019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in LU5

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Snowhill Place39£4,700
Luton Road32£3,730
Otterburn Gardens25£4,690
Beauchamp Road24£4,860
Cemetery Road19£4,530
Rye Gardens19£4,250
Tithe Farm Road17£3,640
Seahouses15£3,600
Alnwick Grove14—
Ashington Way14—
Aspen Crescent14—
Bagshawe Way14£4,190
Great Northern Road14£3,440
Jeans Way14£3,960
Russell Road14£5,530
Spindle Close13£4,040
Warkworth Crescent13—
Waterslade Way13£4,340
Dunstable Road12—
Hardings Green12£4,760
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026280£320,000£4,040
2025781£347,500£4,000
2024685£346,800£3,930
2023658£344,800£3,940
2022924£341,000£3,940
2021939£300,000£3,610
2020565£273,000£3,430
2019577£258,000£3,300
2018585£275,000£3,320
2017646£254,500£3,240
2016736£230,000£2,990
2015639£188,000£2,610
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 83 m² · change on a year ago +3.2% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.