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Chalton market report LU4 9, Luton
The LU4 9 (Chalton) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 8,261 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in LU4 9 (Luton) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the typical home in LU4 9 (Luton) sold for £302,500 in 2026, the median of 40 registered sales, up 8% on five years earlier. The mean was £299,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,760 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 8,261 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
A postcode sector like LU4 9 is a single group of streets within LU4 (Luton), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where LU4 9 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in LU4 9
In the LU4 9 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £302,500, from 40 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £299,300, sitting practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
LU4 9 prices by floor area
The last five years of sales put LU4 9 at roughly £3,760 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so LU4 9 trades 6% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical LU4 9 home, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £302,500 | £302,500 | 40 |
| 2025 | £315,000 | £322,533 | 163 |
| 2024 | £320,000 | £340,226 | 158 |
| 2023 | £295,000 | £324,133 | 119 |
| 2022 | £310,000 | £363,510 | 219 |
| 2021 | £280,000 | £354,516 | 220 |
| 2020 | £250,000 | £324,380 | 149 |
| 2019 | £249,500 | £327,035 | 160 |
| 2018 | £251,200 | £334,854 | 186 |
| 2017 | £257,000 | £350,522 | 180 |
| 2016 | £224,000 | £313,378 | 211 |
| 2015 | £195,000 | £275,535 | 261 |
| 2014 | £170,500 | £241,884 | 243 |
| 2013 | £149,500 | £215,116 | 184 |
| 2012 | £150,000 | £220,781 | 149 |
| 2011 | £150,000 | £226,442 | 135 |
| 2010 | £153,500 | £240,728 | 150 |
| 2009 | £150,000 | £241,126 | 143 |
| 2008 | £160,000 | £262,274 | 160 |
| 2007 | £160,000 | £271,405 | 368 |
| 2006 | £147,000 | £255,173 | 385 |
| 2005 | £141,500 | £251,813 | 318 |
| 2004 | £136,000 | £247,003 | 433 |
| 2003 | £125,000 | £230,280 | 521 |
| 2002 | £99,000 | £186,268 | 513 |
| 2001 | £80,000 | £153,796 | 430 |
| 2000 | £69,000 | £135,413 | 371 |
| 1999 | £63,400 | £126,353 | 509 |
| 1998 | £53,000 | £106,984 | 335 |
| 1997 | £47,000 | £96,388 | 387 |
| 1996 | £42,500 | £89,631 | 252 |
| 1995 | £44,000 | £95,649 | 209 |
In cash terms the typical LU4 9 home went from £44,000 in 1995 to £302,500 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 216%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 17% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the LU4 9 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+26.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−6.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −4.0% | −6.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.6% | −3.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.0% | −0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Transaction volumes
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The register shows 40 LU4 9 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 417 sales a year before the financial crisis and 140 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around LU4 9
The local authority for LU4 9 is Luton, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,217 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £904 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,811, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Luton
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,217 a month is £14,604 a year, which against the £302,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.8%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Reading the LU4 9 market
Only 40 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes LU4 9 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
What people ask about LU4 9 (Chalton)
How much did a house sell for in LU4 9 (Chalton)?
Are property prices falling in LU4 9 (Chalton)?
Is LU4 9 (Chalton) a good place to buy a house?
Are LU4 9 prices heading up or down?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 15% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
LU4's current homes for sale
Turning to what is actually available: 52 homes on the market right now, from 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole LU4 district, not just LU4 9: live asking prices are collected per district.
21% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Rodeheath, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4
- Toland Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4
- Chester Avenue, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU4
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every LU4 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Bedroom by bedroom: LU prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the LU area, straight from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £375,000 | £480,000 (+28%) | £690,000 (+44%) | £955,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | £330,000 (+18%) | £381,000 (+15%) | £458,000 (+20%) | £555,000 (+21%) |
| Terraced | £260,000 | £295,000 (+13%) | £330,000 (+12%) | £407,500 (+23%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the LU area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the LU area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in LU4
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of LU4, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| LU4 0 | £322,000 | 61 |
| LU4 8 | £285,000 | 24 |
Zoom out to the full LU4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how LU4 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in LU4 9? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at LU4 9's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim LU4 9.
Keep digging
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about LU4 9. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every LU4 9 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.