Dexter Close, Luton house prices are built from 216 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £116,000. Across the 10 years from 2013 to 2023 the median moved +32.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -1.8%.
Median price paid
£116,000
Change in cash, 2013–2023
+32.5%
Change in real terms
-1.8%
Median per m²
£1,903
HM Land Registry216 sales71 with floor areaLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How Dexter Close, Luton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Dexter Close, Luton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2023. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £61,500 | £136,559 |
| 2000s | 7 | £123,000 | £224,070 |
| 2010s | 2 | £166,000 | £234,060 |
| 2020s | 2 | £220,000 | £224,783 |
The highest yearly median on record for Dexter Close, Luton is £288,000 in 2016; the lowest is £57,000 in 1996. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £57,000 to £220,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £123,646, so the real change over the whole record is +92.2% — about +2.45% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +32.5% in cash against -1.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 43 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £358,000 | £365,783 |
| 13 | 1 May 2025 | Terraced | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 87 | 20 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £322,000 | £329,000 |
| 38 | 8 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 39 | 31 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 72 | 9 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £157,500 | £165,728 |
| 75 | 20 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £334,943 |
| 90 | 20 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 86 | 6 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £215,000 | £232,299 |
| 44 | 22 Sep 2023 | Detached | £425,000 | £459,195 |
| 71 | 13 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 16 | 2 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| 48 | 11 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £155,000 | £179,581 |
| 7 | 28 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £330,197 |
| 69 | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £351,000 | £443,468 |
| 50 | 21 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| 59 | 15 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £353,763 |
| 85 | 7 May 2021 | Terraced | £175,000 | £221,102 |
| 67 | 12 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 57 | 1 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £288,500 | £364,503 |
| 6 | 12 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £160,000 | £202,151 |
| 60 | 27 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £297,000 | £384,545 |
| 2 | 28 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £178,500 | £231,116 |
| 84 | 21 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £227,000 | £293,912 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Dexter Close, Luton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Dexter Close | £150,000 (2012) | £360,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.4% |
| 43 Dexter Close | £77,995 (1997) | £358,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 13 Dexter Close | £55,000 (1998) | £285,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.5% |
| 87 Dexter Close | £54,000 (1996) | £322,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| 38 Dexter Close | £81,750 (1998) | £350,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 39 Dexter Close | £177,000 (2012) | £365,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.2% |
| 90 Dexter Close | £40,000 (1999) | £220,000 (2023) | +7.4% | +4.6% |
| 86 Dexter Close | £38,000 (1999) | £215,000 (2023) | +7.5% | +4.7% |
| 44 Dexter Close | £86,000 (1996) | £425,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 71 Dexter Close | £74,500 (1996) | £135,000 (2023) | +2.2% | -0.4% |
| 48 Dexter Close | £33,500 (1997) | £155,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.8% |
| 7 Dexter Close | £54,000 (1997) | £285,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Dexter Close, Luton is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 110 | 50.9% | £108,000 | £33,500 – £288,500 |
| Semi-detached | 87 | 40.3% | £120,995 | £37,750 – £365,000 |
| Detached | 18 | 8.3% | £165,000 | £81,000 – £425,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 0.5% | £96,000 | £96,000 – £96,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Dexter Close, Luton
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 216 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 216 | 100.0% | £116,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.5% | £69,500 |
| Existing home | 215 | 99.5% | £117,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -40.6%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 4 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Dexter Close, Luton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Central Bedfordshire, 54.5% of 139,601 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,405 | 1.0% |
| B | 28,531 | 20.4% |
| C | 46,180 | 33.1% |
| D | 45,015 | 32.2% |
| E | 14,404 | 10.3% |
| F | 3,286 | 2.4% |
| G | 780 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Central Bedfordshire at £1,250 a month as of Jun 2026 — £864 for a one-bedroom home and £1,374 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £116,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.93% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of LU3, 237 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 96 violent, 3 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 38 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 294,252 residents the 2021 census counted in Central Bedfordshire, that is 0.81 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Dexter Close, Luton
The 2021 census counted 294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire across 120,754 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
20 state and independent schools have a LU3 postcode: 15 primary, 4 secondary, 1 nursery. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icknield High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,452 |
| Denbigh High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,130 |
| Lealands High School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,025 |
| Lea Manor High School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 916 |
| River Bank Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 793 |
| Icknield Primary School | Primary | Community school | 612 |
| Denbigh Primary School | Primary | Community school | 610 |
| Parklea Primary School | Primary | Community school | 547 |
| The Meads Primary School | Primary | Community school | 513 |
| William Austin Junior School | Primary | Community school | 498 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Leagrave Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Luton Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Luton Airport Parkway Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
| Luton Airport DART Station | Metro or underground | 5.8 km |
Section 09
How Dexter Close, Luton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Dexter Close, Luton sits below that national figure — -26.3%.
Within Luton the street ranks 1134 of 1468 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £135,000 (-14.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,903 per square metre, across 71 of the 216 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £33,500 to £425,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Dexter Close, Luton sits in Central Bedfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Central Bedfordshire at 9.7 times median local earnings of £37,704 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Turnpike Drive£205,000 median
- New Bedford Road£148,000 median
- Gardenia Avenue£118,500 median
- Marsh Road£99,000 median
- Fourth Avenue£115,000 median
- Brussels Way£97,748 median
- Third Avenue£124,999 median
- Repton Close£93,000 median
- Lucas Gardens£148,475 median
- Dorrington Close£94,000 median
- Bishopscote Road£108,000 median
- Sundon Park Road£147,500 median
- Biscot Road£100,000 median
- Leagrave Road£115,000 median
- Grampian Way£155,000 median
- Limbury Road£150,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 48 Dexter Close6 sales
- 7 Dexter Close6 sales
- 69 Dexter Close6 sales
- 2 Dexter Close6 sales
- 44 Dexter Close5 sales
- 10 Dexter Close5 sales
- 43 Dexter Close4 sales
- 13 Dexter Close4 sales
- 90 Dexter Close4 sales
- 71 Dexter Close4 sales
- 50 Dexter Close4 sales
- 41 Dexter Close4 sales
- 8 Dexter Close4 sales
- 88 Dexter Close4 sales
- 18 Dexter Close4 sales
- 14 Dexter Close4 sales
- 9 Dexter Close4 sales
- 87 Dexter Close3 sales
- 38 Dexter Close3 sales
- 86 Dexter Close3 sales
- 59 Dexter Close3 sales
- 85 Dexter Close3 sales
- 67 Dexter Close3 sales
- 6 Dexter Close3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Dexter Close, Luton?
The median price paid in Dexter Close, Luton across every sale on the register is £116,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Dexter Close, Luton?
216 sales are on record for Dexter Close, Luton, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Dexter Close, Luton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.5% between 2013 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -1.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Dexter Close, Luton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £288,000, set in 2016. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Dexter Close, Luton?
£1,903 per square metre, from the 71 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 29 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Dexter Close, Luton house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.