Sold house prices in Bedford have an overall average of £338,762, based on all 48,929 residential sales on record — drawn from every recorded UK house sale.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Bedford, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £350,000 — it was little changed on the year before. That reflects 3,044 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £500,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £185,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (+5.3%). Within Bedford, the MK41 district saw the strongest recent growth (+1%) and MK44 the softest (-11%).
New-build homes were 0.5% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | £350,000 | +2.3% | 963 |
| Detached | £500,000 | -1% | 910 |
| Terraced | £295,000 | +0% | 732 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £185,000 | +0% | 347 |
| Other | £442,133 | +5.3% | 92 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK40 | +7.1% | -1.3% | +13.5% | +2.7% | -6.4% | £323,000 |
| MK41 | +8.8% | -2% | +1.6% | +2.2% | +0.9% | £335,128 |
| MK42 | +13.2% | -1.7% | +3.4% | +3.3% | -1.6% | £310,000 |
| MK43 | +12.9% | -3.3% | -5.1% | +2.8% | +0.6% | £375,000 |
| MK44 | +4.6% | -8.3% | +3% | +9.4% | -10.8% | £415,000 |
| MK45 | +10.4% | -4.9% | +0% | +1.9% | -1% | £388,750 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.5% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
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