That is the middle of 1,244 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.1 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Dunstable’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,244 homes sold in three years: 147 detached houses, 426 semi-detached houses, 367 terraced houses and 304 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£480K
median sale · 147 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£550K
Last 12 months
£480K37 sold
Semi-detached houses£370K
median sale · 426 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£328K–£418K
Last 12 months
£370K130 sold
Terraced houses£300K
median sale · 367 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£330K
Last 12 months
£310K116 sold
Flats and maisonettes£184K
median sale · 304 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£210K
Last 12 months
£175K93 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses12%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes24%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Dunstable’s homes sold for between £234K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £161K and one in ten over £466K. 29% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £320,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,244 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £322,250 in the last 12 months (£247,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
376 sales in the last 12 months, against 933 in 2006, the busiest year, and 344 in 2010. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dunstable costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dunstable, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£104K
£185K
£250K
£278K
£344K
£381K
£480K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£97K
£178K
£186K
£249K
£300K
£370K
Terraced houses
£48K
£77K
£147K
£150K
£205K
£258K
£310K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£47K
£105K
£99K
£123K
£180K
£175K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 28% in 2019
2,029 new homes have been sold in Dunstable since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
26% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Dunstable. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
High Street South is Dunstable’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
102 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 29 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
High Street South
LU6
30
£104,500
Mostly flats
2
Watling Gardens
LU6
26
£188,500
Mostly flats
3
Frances Drive
LU6
25
£271,000
Mostly flats
4
Victoria Street
LU6
23
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Lowther Road
LU6
18
£367,500
Mixed
6
Chiltern Road
LU6
18
£341,000
Mixed
7
High Street North
LU6
16
£265,000
Mixed
8
Frenchs Avenue
LU6
16
£193,250
Mostly flats
9
London Road
LU6
15
£300,000
Mixed
10
Westfield Road
LU6
15
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Langdale Road
LU6
14
£378,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Northview Road
LU5
14
£274,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Tilling Green
LU5
14
£233,500
Mostly flats
14
Bowmans Way
LU6
13
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Bagshawe Way
LU5
13
£227,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Bullpond Lane: £618,500
Dunstable median£320K
Bullpond Lane£619K
Tring Road£615K
Coombe Drive£565K
Oldhill£517K
First Avenue£501K
Cheapest streets
High Street South: £104,500
Dunstable median£320K
High Street South£105K
Albion Street£122K
Peppercorn Way£145K
Falcon Close£151K
The Mall£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.9 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Bedfordshire
Dunstable is the 29th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Dunstable is one of Bedfordshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Dunstable
What is the average house price in Dunstable?
The median home in Dunstable sold for £320,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,244 standard sales (£322,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £480,000, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £300,000 and flats and maisonettes £183,500.
Are house prices going up in Dunstable?
The median was £330,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£315,000), and £322,250 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Dunstable each year?
376 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 584 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dunstable?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bullpond Lane (LU6, £618,500), Tring Road (LU6, £615,000) and Coombe Drive (LU6, £565,000).
Is Dunstable expensive for Bedfordshire?
Dunstable is the 29th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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