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Sowerby Avenue, LU2

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

Median sold price
£271,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,205
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
40
Distinct homes
29
Price range
£132,000 – £455,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Sowerby Avenue are mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £271,250 — roughly 7% below the LU2 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,205 per square metre, below the district's £3,726. Recent sales have tracked the wider LU2 trend. HM Land Registry records 40 sales across 29 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Sowerby Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 40 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU2 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k2000200520102015202020252000: £132,000 median · 1 sale2002: £235,000 median · 1 sale2003: £249,998 median · 2 sales2004: £224,998 median · 2 sales2006: £160,500 median · 2 sales2007: £272,500 median · 1 sale2008: £150,000 median · 1 sale2009: £145,000 median · 1 sale2010: £184,000 median · 1 sale2011: £175,000 median · 1 sale2012: £135,000 median · 1 sale2013: £212,500 median · 2 sales2014: £210,000 median · 1 sale2015: £250,000 median · 2 sales2016: £235,000 median · 2 sales2017: £285,000 median · 1 sale2018: £321,750 median · 2 sales2019: £316,000 median · 2 sales2020: £294,750 median · 4 sales2021: £370,000 median · 3 sales2022: £455,000 median · 1 sale2023: £310,998 median · 2 sales2024: £342,500 median · 2 sales2025: £392,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the LU2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Sowerby Avenue compares

Sowerby Avenue against the LU2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Old Bedford Road£540k · 79
Armstrong Road£430k · 183
Telscombe Way£281k · 64
Hitchin Road£280k · 99
Sowerby Avenue£271k · 40*
Devon Road£265k · 71
Chesford Road£264k · 87
Kimpton Road£259k · 118
Stirling Drive£240k · 210
Handcross Road£151k · 81

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
£271,250
median · all recorded sales
LU2 district
£292,000
median · last 8 years · street -7%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Sowerby Avenue's £271,250 median sits about 7% below LU2's £292,000; on floor space it runs £3,205/m² against the district's £3,726/m² (-14%).

Street and LU2 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 Sowerby Avenue.

Semi-detached
£250,000
24 sales
Detached
£320,000
13 sales
Terraced
£295,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Sowerby Avenue

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
10 Jun 202536 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£355,000
7 Feb 202524 · LU2 8AFDetached—£430,000
29 Nov 202428 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£300,000
11 Oct 202413 · LU2 8AFDetached—£385,000
19 Dec 202319 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£279,995
3 Apr 202321 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£342,000
14 Mar 202222 · LU2 8AFDetached—£455,000
17 Dec 202117 · LU2 8AFDetached—£370,000
22 Oct 202114 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£320,000
26 Aug 202121 · LU2 8AFnon-standardSemi-detached—£325,000
27 May 202146 · LU2 8AFDetached—£410,000
4 Dec 202023 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£270,000
27 Feb 202044 · LU2 8AFDetached—£290,000
6 Feb 20201 · LU2 8AFTerraced—£299,500
6 Feb 202018 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£350,000
26 Jun 20197 · LU2 8AFDetached—£352,000
30 Apr 201915a · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£280,000
21 Sept 201816 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£323,500
24 Aug 201820 · LU2 8AFDetached—£320,000
14 Sept 201712 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£285,000
30 Mar 201625 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£250,000
23 Mar 201614 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£220,000
4 Dec 201531 · LU2 8AFTerraced—£295,000
20 Mar 201526 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£205,000
19 Nov 201431 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£210,000
25 Apr 201333 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£175,000
18 Mar 201340 · LU2 8AFDetached—£250,000
16 Jul 201233 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£135,000
21 Oct 201136 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£175,000
9 Apr 201038 · LU2 8AFDetached—£184,000
11 Aug 200921 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£145,000
30 Jun 200827 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£150,000
10 Aug 200718a · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£272,500
19 Apr 200626 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£150,000
10 Mar 200610 · LU2 8AFDetached—£171,000
16 Sept 200446 · LU2 8AFDetached—£249,995
10 Sept 20044 · LU2 8AFDetached—£200,000
14 Nov 200318 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£250,000
22 Aug 200318a · LU2 8AFSemi-detachedYes£249,995
6 Dec 200222 · LU2 8AFTerraced—£235,000
7 Jul 200025 · LU2 8AFSemi-detached—£132,000

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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More streets in LU2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU2 area guide.

Hitchin RoadHandcross RoadKimpton RoadOld Bedford RoadChesford RoadHigh Town RoadCrawley Green RoadDevon RoadMidland RoadAshcroft RoadStirling DriveRidgway Road
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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.