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Downs Road, LU5

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

Median sold price
£230,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,520
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
90
Distinct homes
50
Price range
£55,000 – £570,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Downs Road is a mix of semi-detached houses and detached houses. The median sale price is £230,000, about 26% below the typical LU5 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £3,520, below the district's £3,712. Recent sales here have lagged the wider LU5 market. HM Land Registry records 90 sales across 50 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Downs Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 90 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU5 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k2000200520102015202020252000: £108,500 median · 2 sales2001: £127,500 median · 4 sales2002: £146,000 median · 8 sales2003: £138,000 median · 5 sales2004: £165,000 median · 5 sales2005: £177,500 median · 4 sales2006: £230,000 median · 3 sales2007: £242,000 median · 8 sales2008: £228,000 median · 1 sale2009: £224,930 median · 3 sales2011: £145,250 median · 2 sales2012: £230,000 median · 5 sales2013: £335,000 median · 1 sale2014: £242,500 median · 2 sales2015: £269,995 median · 7 sales2016: £221,250 median · 4 sales2017: £385,000 median · 1 sale2018: £236,250 median · 2 sales2020: £285,000 median · 2 sales2021: £372,500 median · 4 sales2022: £430,000 median · 7 sales2023: £330,000 median · 6 sales2024: £455,000 median · 1 sale2025: £313,000 median · 2 sales2026: £325,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the LU5 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 LU5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Skye Gardens£470k · 58
Box Crescent£380k · 62
Jeans Way£325k · 57
Fauna Field£285k · 68
Luton Road£266k · 121
Cemetery Road£261k · 80
Downs Road£230k · 90*
Tilling Green£217k · 111
Dukeminster Road£213k · 63
Bagshawe Way£210k · 91

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£230,000
median · all recorded sales
LU5 district
£310,000
median · last 8 years · street -26%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Downs Road's £230,000 median sits about 26% below LU5's £310,000; on floor space it runs £3,520/m² against the district's £3,712/m² (-5%).

Street and LU5 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.

Semi-detached
£230,000
41 sales
Detached
£315,000
20 sales
Terraced
£155,000
20 sales
Flat
£137,500
9 sales

Every recorded sale on Downs Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
20 Mar 202666 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£325,000
28 Mar 202575 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£450,000
14 Jan 202517a · LU5 4DDFlat—£176,000
8 Oct 202483 · LU5 4DEDetached—£455,000
27 Oct 202326 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£400,000
31 Jul 202339 · LU5 4DDFlat—£245,000
30 Jun 20234 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£250,000
21 Jun 202311 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£310,000
9 Jun 202334 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£350,000
2 Feb 202338a · LU5 4DDDetached—£488,000
13 Dec 202224 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£430,000
21 Oct 202240 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£440,000
25 Sept 20226 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£300,000
7 Sept 202221 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£460,000
2 Sept 202217 · LU5 4DDFlat—£175,500
8 Jun 202253 · LU5 4DDDetached—£570,000
21 Mar 202238 · LU5 4DDDetached—£390,000
17 Nov 202173 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£315,000
16 Sept 202127 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£430,000
23 Jun 202170 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£300,000
16 Jun 202141 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£432,000
23 Oct 20208 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£260,000
3 Feb 202027 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£310,000
12 Oct 201839 · LU5 4DDFlat—£185,000
2 Mar 201872 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£287,500
19 Oct 201781 · LU5 4DEDetached—£385,000
24 May 20168 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£212,500
29 Apr 201617a · LU5 4DDFlat—£137,500
14 Mar 201636 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£292,500
12 Feb 201639 · LU5 4DDnon-standardFlat—£140,000
29 Jan 20167 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£230,000
1 Dec 201587 · LU5 4DEDetached—£470,000
28 Oct 201537 · LU5 4DDFlat—£100,000
28 Aug 201517 · LU5 4DDFlat—£136,500
28 Aug 201560 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£269,995
1 May 201538 · LU5 4DDDetached—£312,000
13 Feb 201531 · LU5 4DDDetached—£315,000
6 Feb 201517a · LU5 4DDFlat—£134,995
30 Sept 201485 · LU5 4DEDetached—£325,000
2 Jun 20148 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£160,000
21 Aug 201329 · LU5 4DDDetached—£335,000
19 Dec 20122 · LU5 4DDTerraced—£154,000
26 Oct 201276 · LU5 4DEDetached—£391,000
29 Jun 201275 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£230,000
29 Jun 201261 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£195,000
18 Jan 201258 · LU5 4DEDetached—£250,000
24 Nov 20118 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£123,000
6 Jul 201160 · LU5 4DESemi-detached—£167,500
30 Nov 200930 · LU5 4DDSemi-detached—£215,000
5 Aug 200985 · LU5 4DEDetached—£235,000

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.