Linmere
From£295,000
- 2-5 beds
- 2-3 baths
Development in Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire LU5 7BT
Deposit contribution, £22,000 builder-stated, on 0 of 19 homes · 3 more
Barratt HomesLiving in Houghton Regis
Living in Houghton Regis, a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England: its new homes, prices and builders, the neighbourhoods, schools and people, and what buying here costs, from today's listings and the official records.
- New homes for sale
- 14
- Developments
- 2
- Middle price
- £435,000
- Builders
- 2
Listings updated 12 Nov 2026
LinmereBarratt Homes
LinmereTilia HomesAbout Houghton Regis
Houghton Regis is a town in Central Bedfordshire, joined to Dunstable and Luton in one built-up area, with the Chiltern Hills along its edge. Its parish also covers the hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell. The name comes from Saxon words for a village on the spur of a hill, and Regis, meaning King's, was added because the land had become royal by the 11th century.
Houghton is older than Dunstable and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Houstone. Straw plaiting long employed many of its people. In the 1950s and 1960s a large overspill estate for Londoners turned the village into a town, and some of its roads, Chelsea Gardens among them, were named after London landmarks. All Saints, the 15th-century parish church with a Norman tower, and Houghton Hall, the squire's 18th-century house, survive from the old village.
Near Sewell lies Maiden Bower, an Iron Age hill fort whose banks can be seen where an old chalk quarry cuts into its edge, and Bronze Age remains of an older fort have been found there. The Icknield Way Path crosses the parish, and the Greenway through the town is part of National Cycle Route 6.
The Luton to Dunstable Busway, a guided busway laid along a disused railway and opened in 2013, connects Houghton Regis with Dunstable, Luton and Luton Airport. In 2017 the A5 was extended to a new junction 11A on the M1, and the A5505 Woodside Link, opened the same year, joins the Woodside industrial estate of Dunstable and Houghton Regis to that junction.
Written by NewHomeSearch and checked on 11 Nov 2026 against: Wikipedia: Houghton Regis; Wikipedia: Luton to Dunstable Busway
Houghton Regis in brief
Houghton Regis has 14 new homes for sale today across 2 developments from 2 builders, priced from £295,000 to £495,000. The middle asking price is £435,000.
That middle price is 3% below the East of England middle of £450,000 and 9% above England's £399,995, across the new homes for sale in each.
Houghton Regis sits in Central Bedfordshire, the council that sets its council tax, runs its planning and is named on its Your First Home cap.
1 more development is coming soon: announced by its builder but not yet released for sale.
Where the new homes are
Every development with homes for sale in Houghton Regis, at its lowest price, inside its boundary.
Boundaries from the ONS; map data from Ordnance Survey OS Open Zoomstack.
New homes in Houghton Regis
3-bedroom homes are the most common, 43% of those for sale and 100% are houses. 4 homes came on the market in the last 30 days. Where the floor area is stated, the middle price is £334 a square foot.
Barratt Homes
Linmere
From£425,000
- 2-4 beds
- 1-3 baths
- 755-1,456 sq ft
Development in Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire LU5 5QZ
Tilia HomesComing soon
New build prices in Houghton Regis
The middle asking price of the homes for sale, by bedrooms and by kind of home.
New homes listed with HomePortfolio and on the builders’ own sites, today.
How Houghton Regis compares
Sold prices, people, schools and costs, ranked among the council areas of England and Wales.
Where Central Bedfordshire stands out
Houghton Regis is in Central Bedfordshire, and these are the council area's figures. Each figure is placed among up to 318 council areas, from the lowest on the left to the highest on the right.
- Homes sold per thousand households333rd highest of 318
- Households with no car11%20th lowest of 318
- Share of sales that were new homes3%26th highest of 318
- Households renting privately14%31st lowest of 318
- Homes owned by the people living in them71%61st highest of 318
- Middle household income£36,62263rd highest of 316
Market trends against East of England
How Central Bedfordshire fares among the council areas of East of England on homes sold in the last twelve months.
- Middle sold price£363,00019th highest of 45 in the region
- Price change in a year-1.5%14th lowest of 45 in the region
- Homes sold per thousand households33highest of 45 in the region
Sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, people from the ONS Census, schools from Ofsted and the Department for Education, crime from data.police.uk, all via HomePortfolio, measured 10 Nov 2026.
Builders in Houghton Regis
Barratt Homes has the most new homes for sale in Houghton Regis: 9 homes across 1 development, from £295,000. Tilia Homes has the next most.
New homes listed with HomePortfolio and on the builders’ own sites, today.
What buying in Houghton Regis costs
At the middle asking price of £435,000, a home mover would pay £11,750 in stamp duty and a first-time buyer £6,750, on the rates in force today. A 5% deposit on that price is £21,750 and a 10% deposit £43,500. All of the homes for sale are priced at or under £500,000, the limit for first-time buyer relief. The Your First Home price cap in Central Bedfordshire is £440,000: 10 homes for sale here are under it. 5 homes have a builder-stated incentive, most often deposit contribution and stamp duty paid.
Before tax
What you could reachYour figures
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Everyday life near the new homes
What is within 1 mile of the 2 developments with the most homes.
Where to live in Houghton Regis
The best place depends on what you need, so this compares rather than ranks: each neighbourhood and town with its new homes for sale today and their middle price.
Other towns in Central Bedfordshire
- Wixams67 homes · £486,000
- Arlesey38 homes · £479,000
- Leighton Buzzard25 homes · £540,000
- Harlington21 homes · £500,000
- Westoning21 homes · £500,000
- Barton-le-Clay11 homes · £715,000
- Apsley End10 homes · £532,500
- Stotfold10 homes · £650,000
- Flitwick8 homes · £619,950
- Langford6 homes · £595,000
- Toddington5 homes
- Lower Stondon2 homes · £408,750
Best places to live in Houghton Regis? The neighbourhoods compared
Living in Houghton Regis: your questions
Answered from today's listings and the official rules.
How many new homes are for sale in Houghton Regis?
14 new homes are for sale in Houghton Regis today, across 2 developments from 2 builders. 1 more development is coming soon.
Is Houghton Regis a good place to live?
That depends on what you need from a place, so this guide sets out the figures rather than a verdict. For a new home, Houghton Regis has 14 new homes for sale across 2 developments, the middle asking price £435,000 (3% below the East of England middle). The guide also shows the schools near the new homes and their Ofsted outcomes, the people from the census, recorded crime, the everyday places within reach and what buying costs here.
What is the average price of a new build home in Houghton Regis?
The middle asking price of the new homes for sale in Houghton Regis is £435,000, and the lowest is £295,000. By bedrooms: 2 bedrooms £295,000, 3 bedrooms £426,250, 4 bedrooms £437,500, 5+ bedrooms £493,750.
Which builders are building new homes in Houghton Regis?
Barratt Homes and Tilia Homes have new homes for sale in Houghton Regis today.
Which development in Houghton Regis has the most homes for sale?
Linmere by Barratt Homes, with 9 homes for sale from £295,000. Then Linmere by Tilia Homes.
How much is stamp duty on a new build in Houghton Regis?
On the middle asking price of £435,000, a home mover pays £11,750 and a first-time buyer £6,750, on the rates in force today. First-time buyer relief applies to homes priced at or under £500,000.
Are there new build incentives in Houghton Regis?
Yes: 5 homes for sale in Houghton Regis have a builder-stated incentive, most often deposit contribution (3) and stamp duty paid (2).
What are the best places to live in Houghton Regis for new homes?
That depends on what you need from a place, so the guide compares its towns rather than ranking them. By new homes for sale, the most are in Wixams (67 homes, middle £486,000), Arlesey (38 homes, middle £479,000), Leighton Buzzard (25 homes, middle £540,000). The lowest middle price is in Lower Stondon, at £408,750.
What is the Your First Home price cap in Central Bedfordshire?
£440,000. 10 new homes for sale in Houghton Regis are under it today. The scheme is not open yet: its rules are on the scheme's page.