Sold Price History


MK3 5 house prices

MK3 5 house prices are built from 5,496 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £212,623. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +25.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.5%.

Median price paid

£212,623

Change in cash, 2016–2026

+25.0%

Change in real terms

-10.5%

Median per m²

£3,785

HM Land Registry5,496 sales86 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2026

Section 01

How MK3 5 prices moved

The chart tracks the median MK3 5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

MK3 5 house prices by year, median price paid 1995 to 2026
Solid line: the median price actually paid. Dashed line: the same medians restated in 2026 money using ONS CPIH.
DecadeYears with salesMedian paidIn today's money
1990s5£55,725£123,736
2000s10£147,000£267,791
2010s10£235,000£331,350
2020s7£332,500£339,728
Median of the yearly medians in each decade.

The highest yearly median on record for MK3 5 is £350,000 in 2026; the lowest is £52,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £52,000 to £350,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £115,465, so the real change over the whole record is +203.1% — about +3.64% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.

Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +25.0% in cash against -10.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.

Section 02

The most recent sales

Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.

AddressSoldTypePrice paidIn today's money
2 Kelso Close16 Jun 2026Detached£362,500£362,500
21 Cottingham Grove12 Jun 2026Semi-detached£412,500£412,500
5 Milton Grove12 Jun 2026Semi-detached£270,000£270,000
37 St Helena Avenue12 Jun 2026Flat or maisonette£112,750£112,750
15 Wetherby Gardens11 Jun 2026Semi-detached£335,000£335,000
28 Fontwell Drive5 Jun 2026Detached£370,000£370,000
30 Cartmel Close3 Jun 2026Detached£485,000£485,000
89 St Clements Drive3 Jun 2026Semi-detached£390,000£390,000
36 Cottingham Grove1 Jun 2026Semi-detached£375,000£375,000
19 Curacao Crescent29 May 2026Detached£455,000£455,000
21 St Vincent Avenue29 May 2026Detached£435,000£435,000
39 Aintree Close27 May 2026Semi-detached£263,000£263,000
32 Denny Lane27 May 2026Terraced£166,500£166,500
53 Galapagos Grove18 May 2026Terraced£370,000£370,000
75 Chepstow Drive12 May 2026Detached£647,000£647,000
8 Burns Road12 May 2026Semi-detached£360,000£360,000
18 Wordsworth Drive11 May 2026Semi-detached£340,000£340,000
26 Galapagos Grove1 May 2026Semi-detached£375,000£375,000
48 Aintree Close1 May 2026Semi-detached£330,000£330,000
11 Thorney Avenue30 Apr 2026Semi-detached£375,000£375,000
41 Chepstow Drive30 Apr 2026Semi-detached£99,000£99,000
5 Jura Way29 Apr 2026Semi-detached£366,000£366,000
10 Sumatra Crescent24 Apr 2026Semi-detached£369,000£369,000
31 Curacao Crescent24 Apr 2026Semi-detached£350,000£350,000
FLAT 6 36 Galapagos Grove24 Apr 2026Flat or maisonette£210,000£210,000
The 25 most recent sales on the record.

Section 03

Homes that sold twice

These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to MK3 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

AddressFirst recorded saleMost recent saleCash a yearReal a year
2 Kelso Close£120,500 (2001)£362,500 (2026)+4.5%+1.7%
5 Milton Grove£82,500 (2002)£270,000 (2026)+5.1%+2.2%
21 Cottingham Grove£175,000 (2008)£412,500 (2026)+4.9%+1.9%
15 Wetherby Gardens£53,000 (1996)£335,000 (2026)+6.3%+3.6%
28 Fontwell Drive£114,995 (2000)£370,000 (2026)+4.6%+1.8%
30 Cartmel Close£71,995 (1995)£485,000 (2026)+6.3%+3.6%
89 St Clements Drive£210,000 (2015)£390,000 (2026)+5.8%+2.5%
21 St Vincent Avenue£397,500 (2021)£435,000 (2026)+1.8%-2.8%
19 Curacao Crescent£372,000 (2016)£455,000 (2026)+2.0%-1.3%
39 Aintree Close£57,000 (1998)£263,000 (2026)+5.6%+2.9%
32 Denny Lane£162,000 (2022)£166,500 (2026)+0.7%-3.0%
53 Galapagos Grove£366,000 (2018)£370,000 (2026)+0.1%-3.4%
Annualised change between the first and last recorded sale of the same address.

Section 04

What sells here

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. MK3 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

Property typeSalesShareMedian paidRange
Semi-detached2,55846.5%£194,950£12,000 – £510,000
Detached1,31423.9%£320,000£17,500 – £905,000
Terraced87315.9%£215,000£12,000 – £445,000
Flat or maisonette75113.7%£179,000£10,200 – £535,000
Property types as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Section 05

How big homes are in MK3 5

Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,159 certificates cover MK3 5, and their median floor area is 79 m².

The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +3.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.

MeasureFloor areaSample
Median floor area79 m²about 850 sq ft
Smaller quarter, up to60 m²about 646 sq ft
Larger quarter, from103 m²about 1,109 sq ft
Under 60 m²23.0%266 homes
150 m² and over4.5%52 homes
EPC certificates inspected between 10 Jan 2022 and 30 Jun 2026.

Section 06

Ownership and new build in MK3 5

948 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4,548 freehold — 17.2% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.

The median leasehold sale is £162,500 and the median freehold sale £240,000 — a gap of +47.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

CategorySalesShareMedian paid
Leasehold94817.2%£162,500
Freehold4,54882.8%£240,000
New build1,40025.5%£270,000
Existing home4,09674.5%£180,000
Shares are of the sales used on this page.

New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +50.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.

A further 353 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.

Section 07

Living in MK3 5

Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Buckinghamshire, 47.8% of 262,827 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.

Energy bandCertificatesShare
A1,1460.4%
B36,29713.8%
C88,28933.6%
D90,04934.3%
E35,48613.5%
F9,3813.6%
G2,1790.8%
Domestic Energy Performance Certificates registered in Buckinghamshire.

The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Buckinghamshire at £1,476 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,035 for a one-bedroom home and £1,603 for three bedrooms.

Against the median sale of £212,623 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.33% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.

Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of MK3, 192 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 70 violent, 10 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 29 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.

Against the 553,078 residents the 2021 census counted in Buckinghamshire, that is 0.35 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.

A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.

Section 08

The neighbourhood around MK3 5

The 2021 census counted 553,078 residents in Buckinghamshire across 220,327 households. 71.3% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.

9 state and independent schools have a MK3 postcode: 8 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.

SchoolPhaseTypePupils
Lord Grey AcademySecondaryAcademy sponsor led1,446
Newton Leys Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school643
Rickley Park Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter447
Chestnuts Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter400
Abbeys Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school298
Holne Chase Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led204
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school201
Barleyhurst Park PrimaryPrimaryCommunity school198
Cold Harbour Church of England SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter
Open establishments recorded by the Department for Education, largest first.
StationModeDistance from the district centre
Bletchley Rail StationRail1.1 km
Fenny Stratford Rail StationRail2.6 km
Bow Brickhill Rail StationRail4.0 km
Milton Keynes Central Rail StationRail4.8 km
Straight-line distance from the centre of the postcode district, not walking distance.

Section 09

How MK3 5 compares

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. MK3 5 sits above that national figure — +35.0%.

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,785 per square metre, across 86 of the 5,496 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.

The full range on record runs from £10,200 to £905,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.

MK3 5 sits in Buckinghamshire, in the South East.

The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Buckinghamshire at 11.3 times median local earnings of £40,365 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.

Section 10

Nearby on the record

Other sectors in MK3

The wider district is MK3.

Quick answers

Common questions about this data

What is the average house price in MK3 5?

The median price paid in MK3 5 across every sale on the register is £212,623. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.

How many homes have sold in MK3 5?

5,496 sales are on record for MK3 5, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have MK3 5 house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +25.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were MK3 5 house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £350,000, set in 2026. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.

What is the price per square metre in MK3 5?

£3,785 per square metre, from the 86 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.

How current is this data?

The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.

Cite this page: Sold Price History, “MK3 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.