HouseMarketBook

LU5 5, Central Bedfordshire

Postcode sector in Central Bedfordshire · 429 sales in the last 24 months, 368 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,860368 sales · £359 per sq ft · up 4.4% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in LU5 5 are up 4.4% on a year ago, at a median of £3,860 (£359 per sq ft).

Half of the 368 counted sales were between £3,350 and £4,530 per square metre, and the median price paid was £300,000. HM Land Registry records 10,026 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£300,000
£ per m², middle half£3,350 to £4,530
Sales, 24 months429368 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area78 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached41£4,210£3,590–4,750£440,000
Flat or maisonette27£3,460£2,900–3,740£143,000
Semi-detached115£4,140£3,510–4,580£330,000
Terraced185£3,800£3,280–4,460£290,000
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 5 by quarter, up 4.4% on a year ago
3,6003,8804,160£3,9002024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6002,3054,010£4,01019952026
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 5

By sales in the last 24 months
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
202698£305,000£4,010
2025222£305,000£3,800
2024177£292,000£3,720
2023154£290,000£3,920
2022252£287,000£3,820
2021265£257,000£3,480
2020158£245,000£3,200
2019210£231,500£3,150
2018229£235,000£3,320
2017244£230,000£3,140
2016288£210,000£2,920
2015281£172,000£2,530
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in LU5 5

247 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

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 78 m² · change on a year ago +4.4% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.