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Downs Road, LU1

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£88,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,253
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
330
Distinct homes
173
Price range
£11,850 – £440,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Downs Road are mostly flats. Homes here typically change hands around £88,500 — roughly 68% below the LU1 norm. Recent sales here have lagged the wider LU1 market. HM Land Registry records 330 sales across 173 homes since 2000.

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Downs Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 330 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU1 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k2000200520102015202020252000: £36,500 median · 13 sales2001: £42,500 median · 29 sales2002: £59,998 median · 36 sales2003: £80,500 median · 30 sales2004: £84,000 median · 29 sales2005: £88,500 median · 24 sales2006: £108,000 median · 22 sales2007: £107,000 median · 25 sales2008: £106,000 median · 13 sales2009: £81,500 median · 2 sales2010: £83,500 median · 5 sales2011: £55,250 median · 8 sales2012: £72,000 median · 4 sales2013: £55,750 median · 6 sales2014: £74,500 median · 4 sales2015: £99,000 median · 14 sales2016: £100,000 median · 9 sales2017: £123,500 median · 8 sales2018: £125,500 median · 6 sales2019: £125,000 median · 5 sales2020: £122,500 median · 12 sales2021: £113,000 median · 2 sales2022: £130,000 median · 11 sales2023: £140,000 median · 6 sales2024: £109,000 median · 2 sales2025: £136,300 median · 4 sales2026: £76,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the LU1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Downs Road compares

Downs Road against the LU1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Magpie Meadows£540k · 52
Mallard Crescent£441k · 74
Manor Road£425k · 44
Cutenhoe Road£385k · 57
Farley Hill£275k · 58
Runley Road£271k · 57
Cypress Road£225k · 47
Dallow Road£221k · 64
Downs Road£128k · 46

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£88,500
median · all recorded sales
LU1 district
£275,000
median · last 8 years · street -68%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Downs Road's £88,500 median sits about 68% below LU1's £275,000.

Street and LU1 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Downs Road.

Flat
£85,000
282 sales
Terraced
£135,000
29 sales
Semi-detached
£169,950
13 sales
Detached
£277,498
6 sales

Every recorded sale on Downs Road

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
25 Mar 2026Flat 10, 4 · LU1 1QRFlat—£76,000
12 Feb 2026Flat 11, Hilltop Court · LU1 1QEnon-standardFlat—£70,000
25 Nov 20251, Startpoint · LU1 1XWFlat—£122,000
8 Oct 2025Flat 7, 4 · LU1 1QRnon-standardFlat—£100,000
17 Sept 202530, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£90,000
23 Jul 202530, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£76,000
13 Jun 202532a · LU1 1QRnon-standardTerraced—£205,000
30 May 20256 · LU1 1QRSemi-detached—£270,000
16 May 2025Flat 11, Great Downs, 2b · LU1 1QDFlat—£144,600
6 Mar 202538, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£140,000
3 Feb 202521 · LU1 1QPnon-standardSemi-detached—£475,000
13 Jan 2025Flat 80, Hilltop Court · LU1 1QFFlat—£128,000
9 Aug 202468, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£130,000
23 May 2024Garden Flat, 11 · LU1 1QPnon-standardOther—£210,000
28 Mar 202469, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£88,000
22 Jan 202423 · LU1 1QPnon-standardSemi-detached—£490,000
30 Oct 2023Flat D, 2 · LU1 1QRFlat—£153,000
13 Oct 20232a · LU1 1QRnon-standardOther—£180,000
12 Oct 202324, Startpoint · LU1 1XWFlat—£109,000
12 Oct 2023Flat 45, Hilltop Court · LU1 1QFFlat—£190,000
24 Aug 202324, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£70,000
21 Jul 20231, Startpoint · LU1 1XWFlat—£112,000
16 Feb 202312 · LU1 1QRTerraced—£337,500
14 Feb 202368, Startpoint · LU1 1XNnon-standardFlat—£99,000
13 Feb 20231, Idenbury Court · LU1 1QWFlat—£127,000
30 Nov 202260, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£130,000
7 Oct 2022Flat 7, Great Downs, 2b · LU1 1QDFlat—£138,000
30 Sept 202214 · LU1 1QRTerraced—£360,000
22 Sept 202272, Startpoint · LU1 1XNnon-standardSemi-detached—£135,000
30 Aug 202221, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£130,000
15 Aug 2022Flat 10, Great Downs, 2b · LU1 1QDFlat—£105,000
2 Aug 20226, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£116,000
28 Jul 202240 · LU1 1QRTerraced—£270,000
16 Jun 202258, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£123,000
16 Jun 2022Flat E, 2 · LU1 1QRFlat—£175,000
25 Apr 202261, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£125,000
5 Apr 20224, Idenbury Court · LU1 1QWnon-standardFlat—£130,000
1 Apr 2022Flat 1, Great Downs, 2b · LU1 1QDFlat—£146,000
14 Mar 202265, Startpoint · LU1 1XNFlat—£130,000
10 Jan 202221, Startpoint · LU1 1XWFlat—£125,000
13 Aug 2021Flat B, 2 · LU1 1QRFlat—£115,000
6 Jan 202121 · LU1 1QPnon-standardSemi-detached—£420,000
5 Jan 20219, Idenbury Court · LU1 1QWFlat—£111,000
21 Dec 2020Flat 71, Hilltop Court · LU1 1QFFlat—£151,500
16 Dec 2020Flat 1, Beacon Lodge, 8 · LU1 1QRFlat—£120,000
4 Dec 202028 · LU1 1QRnon-standardSemi-detached—£338,000
20 Nov 202034 · LU1 1QRnon-standardTerraced—£181,000
18 Nov 202069, Downs Court · LU1 1QNFlat—£155,000
12 Nov 202019, Startpoint · LU1 1XWnon-standardFlat—£114,250
6 Nov 202016, Startpoint · LU1 1XWFlat—£125,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.