23 Howard Close

LU3 2PGTerracedFreehold

Last sold

£178,000

January 2025

Previous sales

Every sale of this address since 1995, newest first.

January 2025 Freehold £178,000

July 2006 Freehold £107,000

January 2005 Freehold £99,000

February 2000 Freehold £42,000

October 1996 Freehold £24,000

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Schools nearby

The nearest primary and secondary schools, as the crow flies, with their latest Ofsted inspection.

Primary schools

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Ages 5 to 11 · Roman Catholic

No grade

0.1 miles

Norton Road Primary School Ages 5 to 11 · 347 pupils

Good, 2024

0.2 miles

Icknield Primary School Ages 4 to 11 · 612 pupils

No grade

0.5 miles

Secondary schools

Icknield High School Ages 11 to 16 · 1,452 pupils

Good, 2024

0.8 miles

Challney High School for Girls Ages 11 to 16 · 1,062 pupils

Outstanding, 2020

1.0 miles

Challney High School for Boys Ages 11 to 16 · 1,197 pupils

Outstanding, 2023

1.1 miles

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Recently sold nearby

Sold prices, from the area on the map, last two years.

54 Gardenia Avenue

August 2026

£250,000

119 Blundell Road

July 2026

£370,000

186 Westmorland Avenue

July 2026

£360,000

82 Gardenia Avenue

July 2026

£300,000

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Flipometer

Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.

18 Norton Road, Luton

Bought November 2024£200,000

Sold December 2025£230,000

+£30,000 12 months Developed

10 Gardenia Avenue, Luton

Bought July 2022£200,000

Sold July 2023£265,000

+£65,000 11 months Flipped

26 Windermere Crescent, Luton

Bought July 2020£197,000

Sold August 2022£290,000

+£93,000 24 months Flipped

A gap between two sale prices does not prove work was done, and a planning application near a sale does not prove the two are connected. Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.

How this area has changed

Typical prices for terraced houses, now and in years gone by. The twelve months to August 2026 against the same twelve months back then.

Area	Now	5 years ago	10 years ago	15 years ago	20 years ago
Howard Close	–	Not enough sales	Not enough sales	Not enough sales	Not enough sales
Postcode sector LU3 2	£311,500	£245,000 +27% since	£187,000 +67% since	£137,500 +127% since	£136,000 +129% since
Luton	£277,500	£237,000 +17% since	£197,250 +41% since	£136,000 +104% since	£133,500 +108% since

The typical price is the middle sale of the twelve months, not the average, so one very dear or very cheap sale cannot pull it about. Standard sales only. A figure needs at least 15 sales behind it; with fewer, it says so.

Sector LU3 2 Luton Typical price each year, terraced houses. A gap is a year with too few sales.

House prices across LU3 →

How homes change hands in LU3 2, over the last five years (966 sales):

What sells: 53% semi-detached, 20% terraced, 15% detached, 10% flats, 2% other.
10% sold leasehold, and 4% were new builds.
140 sales in the last twelve months, against 269 in the same twelve months five years ago.

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Buying it Price £ Stamp duty at second-home rates £

Includes a £500 survey and £1,500 legal fees — Detailed to change them.

Total to buy£0

Paying for it

75% mortgage at 5.5%, interest only, 25 years — Detailed to change it.

Mortgage needed£0

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Doing it up

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Refinancing

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