LU2 — Luton
Luton's LU2 postcode sits in Luton. The board behind it is assembled from 34,907 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical LU2 sale went from £49,500 in 1995 to £304,500 in 2026 — 6.2× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +23.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -9.1%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in LU2
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £49,500 | 1,005 |
| 2000 | £75,000 | 1,462 |
| 2005 | £145,000 | 1,199 |
| 2010 | £156,000 | 658 |
| 2015 | £210,000 | 1,014 |
| 2020 | £260,000 | 809 |
| 2025 | £310,000 | 859 |
| 2026 | £304,500 | 150 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Luton (LU2 7) (39% of local sales) — busiest streets: Old Bedford Road, Hitchin Road, Earls Meade
- Luton (LU2 0) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Crawley Green Road, Devon Road, High Town Road
- Luton (LU2 8) (21% of local sales) — busiest streets: Handcross Road, Chesford Road, Telscombe Way
- Luton (LU2 9) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ashcroft Road, Brendon Avenue, Buckingham Drive
- Lilley (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: East Street, West Street, Hexton Road
- Cockernhoe (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Elmtree Avenue, Mangrove Road, Mangrove Green
- Stopsley (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Putteridge Road, Turners Road North, Lambert Close
- East Hyde (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hambro Close, Farrs Lane, Southern Rise
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the LU2 board.
Local business? Put your name on the LU2 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.