MK43 house prices are built from 21,392 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £233,995. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +36.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -2.0%.
Median price paid
£233,995
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+36.8%
Change in real terms
-2.0%
Median per m²
£3,922
HM Land Registry21,392 sales361 with floor areaLatest sale 22 Jun 2026
Section 01
How MK43 prices moved
The chart tracks the median MK43 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.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £69,725 | £154,822 |
| 2000s | 10 | £179,995 | £327,898 |
| 2010s | 10 | £245,000 | £345,450 |
| 2020s | 7 | £380,000 | £388,261 |
The highest yearly median on record for MK43 is £396,000 in 2022; the lowest is £64,050 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £66,000 to £390,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £146,551, so the real change over the whole record is +166.1% — about +3.21% 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: +36.8% in cash against -2.0% 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.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Northampton Road | 22 Jun 2026 | Detached | £545,000 | £545,000 |
| 2 Howkin Close | 22 Jun 2026 | Detached | £405,500 | £405,500 |
| 28 Hillson Close | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 43 Box End Road | 10 Jun 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 4 Flitt Leys Close | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| HILL END HOUSE Millers Lane | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £835,000 | £835,000 |
| 10 Blenheim Croft | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 8 Butler Drive | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 1 Cranes Close | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 62 Tithe Barn Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 18 Waite Meadows | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 12 High Street | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £900,000 | £900,000 |
| 46 Dewlands | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 69A Bedford Road | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2 the Green | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £780,000 | £780,000 |
| 77A Hall End Road | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 43 Park Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 45 Lorraine Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 20 Ellis Green | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 23 Molivers Lane | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £458,000 | £458,000 |
| FLAT 3 188 High Street | 20 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 38 Cornwallis Close | 19 May 2026 | Terraced | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 8 Flitt Leys Close | 18 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 74 Kings Grove | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 61 Fields Road | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £515,000 | £515,000 |
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 MK43 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Howkin Close | £204,995 (2005) | £405,500 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 15 Northampton Road | £445,000 (2021) | £545,000 (2026) | +4.1% | -0.6% |
| 43 Box End Road | £90,000 (1997) | £500,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 4 Flitt Leys Close | £204,950 (2009) | £325,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| HILL END HOUSE Millers Lane | £140,000 (2004) | £835,000 (2026) | +8.5% | +5.5% |
| 8 Butler Drive | £180,000 (2006) | £325,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 10 Blenheim Croft | £335,000 (2024) | £380,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 62 Tithe Barn Road | £79,500 (2000) | £370,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 1 Cranes Close | £135,000 (1998) | £500,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 18 Waite Meadows | £220,995 (2017) | £295,000 (2026) | +3.3% | -0.2% |
| 69A Bedford Road | £162,000 (2002) | £375,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 2 the Green | £135,000 (1996) | £780,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. MK43 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 9,125 | 42.7% | £321,000 | £13,000 – £2,700,000 |
| Semi-detached | 6,984 | 32.6% | £206,000 | £3,000 – £1,000,000 |
| Terraced | 4,812 | 22.5% | £159,000 | £1,519 – £925,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 471 | 2.2% | £120,000 | £10,000 – £762,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in MK43
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,794 certificates cover MK43, and their median floor area is 88 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +15.8%. 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.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 88 m² | about 947 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 122 m² | about 1,313 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 16.7% | 634 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 14.2% | 540 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in MK43
936 of the sales on record are leasehold and 20,456 freehold — 4.4% 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 £139,998 and the median freehold sale £237,498 — a gap of +69.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 936 | 4.4% | £139,998 |
| Freehold | 20,456 | 95.6% | £237,498 |
| New build | 4,536 | 21.2% | £299,950 |
| Existing home | 16,856 | 78.8% | £210,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +42.8%. 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 769 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 MK43
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bedford, 53.4% of 89,810 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 533 | 0.6% |
| B | 15,837 | 17.6% |
| C | 31,561 | 35.1% |
| D | 27,652 | 30.8% |
| E | 10,931 | 12.2% |
| F | 2,620 | 2.9% |
| G | 676 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bedford at £1,169 a month as of Jun 2026 — £797 for a one-bedroom home and £1,255 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £233,995 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.99% 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.
No street-level crime was published for MK43 in Jun 2026 by Bedfordshire. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around MK43
The 2021 census counted 185,225 residents in Bedford across 74,949 households. 64.6% of those households own their home and 35.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
18 state and independent schools have a MK43 postcode: 13 primary, 2 secondary, 2 middle deemed secondary, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincroft Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 923 |
| Wootton Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 822 |
| Kimberley 16 – 19 Stem College | 16 plus | Free schools 16 to 19 | 749 |
| Wootton Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 731 |
| Holywell School | Middle deemed secondary | Academy converter | 668 |
| Marston Moreteyne VC School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 624 |
| Marston Vale Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | Academy converter | 563 |
| Cranfield Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 511 |
| Bromham CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 496 |
| Oakley Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 210 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kempston Hardwick Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Stewartby Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
| Bedford Rail Station | Rail | 6.1 km |
| Bedford St Johns Rail Station | Rail | 6.6 km |
Section 09
How MK43 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. MK43 sits above that national figure — +48.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,922 per square metre, across 361 of the 21,392 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 £1,519 to £2,700,000. 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.
MK43 sits in Bedford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bedford at 9.1 times median local earnings of £37,994 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
Sectors inside MK43
- MK43 0£200,000 median
- MK43 1£432,500 median
- MK43 2£374,685 median
- MK43 7£227,500 median
- MK43 8£242,000 median
- MK43 9£250,000 median
The closest districts
- MK426.0 km · £151,000
- MK406.3 km · £157,000
- MK418.9 km · £170,000
- MK4511.6 km · £218,750
- MK1012.3 km · £230,000
- MK1715.4 km · £319,995
- MK318.6 km · £180,000
- MK819.1 km · £170,000
This district mostly covers Bedford.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in MK43?
The median price paid in MK43 across every sale on the register is £233,995. 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 MK43?
21,392 sales are on record for MK43, the most recent completing on 22 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have MK43 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +36.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -2.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were MK43 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £396,000, set in 2022. 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 MK43?
£3,922 per square metre, from the 361 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 22 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, “MK43 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.