Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Slip End sell for a median £392,500
That is the middle of 48 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 4.6 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.
40% of Slip End’s sales are terraced houses
48 homes sold in three years: 15 detached houses, 14 semi-detached houses and 19 terraced houses.
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £411K–£480K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £340K–£425K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £281K–£350K
- Last 12 months
- £313K7 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
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.
Half of Slip End’s homes sold for between £320K and £456K
One sale in ten was under £280K and one in ten over £485K. 2% sold for under £250K.
The median, £392,500, sits in the £300–400K band
48 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £72,500 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£347,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
13 sales in the last 12 months, against 52 in 1999, the busiest year, and 12 in 2012. Sales fell by 26% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 24%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 78% more sales than 2020.
Slip End costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Slip End, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £57K | £95K | £177K | £178K | £218K | £320K | £313K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 21% in 2017
15 new homes have been sold in Slip End since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2017.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Slip End. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Front Street is Slip End’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Front Street | LU1 | 11 | £291,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Markyate Road | LU1 | 6 | £430,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Summer Street | LU1 | 6 | £379,375 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Church Road | LU1 | 6 | £316,250 | Mostly terraced houses |
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.
Slip End’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Luton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slip End | — | £393K | 13 | +38% |
| Caddington | 1.4 | £425K | 46 | +33% |
| Markyate | 1.7 | £405K | 55 | +31% |
| Flamstead | 2.4 | £645K | 8 | — |
| Luton | 2.9 | £315K | 1,481 | +40% |
| Kensworth | 2.9 | £515K | 18 | +62% |
| Redbourn | 3.9 | £585K | 63 | +19% |
| Harpenden | 4.3 | £775K | 349 | +36% |
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 Slip End
What is the average house price in Slip End?
The median home in Slip End sold for £392,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 48 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £464,444, semi-detached houses £392,500 and terraced houses £325,000.
Are house prices going up in Slip End?
The median was £397,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£395,000), and £330,000 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 Slip End each year?
13 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 24 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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