Merlin Drive, Sandy house prices are built from 229 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 10 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £170,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +57.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +13.8%.
Median price paid
£170,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+57.1%
Change in real terms
+13.8%
Median per m²
£1,602
HM Land Registry229 sales46 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Merlin Drive, Sandy prices moved
The chart tracks the median Merlin Drive, Sandy house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. 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 | 3 | £103,000 | £228,709 |
| 2000s | 7 | £183,000 | £333,372 |
| 2010s | 5 | £320,000 | £451,200 |
| 2020s | 3 | £395,000 | £403,587 |
The highest yearly median on record for Merlin Drive, Sandy is £420,000 in 2023; the lowest is £102,000 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £102,000 to £395,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £216,271, so the real change over the whole record is +86.6% — about +2.25% 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: +57.1% in cash against +13.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 16 | 17 Dec 2025 | Detached | £390,000 | £398,478 |
| 5 | 12 Dec 2025 | Detached | £499,950 | £510,818 |
| 17 | 10 Nov 2025 | Detached | £386,500 | £394,902 |
| 27 | 26 Aug 2025 | Detached | £615,000 | £628,370 |
| 7 | 22 Aug 2025 | Detached | £395,000 | £403,587 |
| 9 | 21 Mar 2025 | Detached | £399,995 | £408,691 |
| 48 | 7 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £363,000 | £370,891 |
| 2c | 12 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £335,000 | £352,500 |
| 57 | 27 Nov 2024 | Detached | £402,000 | £423,000 |
| 41 | 4 Oct 2024 | Detached | £467,000 | £491,396 |
| 11 | 17 Nov 2023 | Detached | £465,000 | £502,414 |
| 36 | 17 Nov 2023 | Detached | £420,000 | £453,793 |
| 19 | 17 Nov 2023 | Detached | £399,950 | £432,130 |
| 24 | 19 Oct 2023 | Detached | £445,000 | £480,805 |
| 12 | 26 May 2023 | Detached | £395,000 | £426,782 |
| 48 | 17 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 47 | 24 Aug 2022 | Detached | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 39 | 4 Mar 2022 | Detached | £442,500 | £512,675 |
| 93 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 71 | 22 Apr 2021 | Detached | £489,950 | £619,023 |
| 6 | 24 Feb 2021 | Detached | £435,000 | £549,597 |
| 58 | 22 Feb 2021 | Detached | £450,000 | £568,548 |
| 55 | 21 Dec 2020 | Detached | £395,000 | £511,433 |
| 81 | 11 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £330,165 |
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 Merlin Drive, Sandy values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 Merlin Drive | £118,000 (1998) | £410,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 16 Merlin Drive | £99,995 (1998) | £390,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 5 Merlin Drive | £88,000 (1997) | £499,950 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 17 Merlin Drive | £98,995 (1997) | £386,500 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 27 Merlin Drive | £160,000 (1997) | £615,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 7 Merlin Drive | £87,000 (1997) | £395,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 9 Merlin Drive | £92,500 (1997) | £399,995 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 48 Merlin Drive | £87,000 (1998) | £363,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 2C Merlin Drive | £189,995 (2003) | £335,000 (2024) | +2.7% | -0.1% |
| 57 Merlin Drive | £76,000 (1997) | £402,000 (2024) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| 41 Merlin Drive | £94,995 (2000) | £467,000 (2024) | +6.9% | +4.0% |
| 11 Merlin Drive | £99,950 (1997) | £465,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Merlin Drive, Sandy 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 | 194 | 84.7% | £170,000 | £59,500 – £615,000 |
| Semi-detached | 31 | 13.5% | £154,950 | £59,950 – £365,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 1.7% | £189,995 | £139,000 – £335,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Merlin Drive, Sandy
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 229 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 229 | 100.0% | £170,000 |
| New build | 81 | 35.4% | £110,250 |
| Existing home | 148 | 64.6% | £224,998 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -51.0%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Merlin Drive, Sandy
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Central Bedfordshire, 54.5% of 139,601 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,405 | 1.0% |
| B | 28,531 | 20.4% |
| C | 46,180 | 33.1% |
| D | 45,015 | 32.2% |
| E | 14,404 | 10.3% |
| F | 3,286 | 2.4% |
| G | 780 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Central Bedfordshire at £1,250 a month as of Jun 2026 — £864 for a one-bedroom home and £1,374 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £170,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.82% 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 SG19, 16 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 6 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 10.4 times quieter.
Against the 294,252 residents the 2021 census counted in Central Bedfordshire, that is 0.05 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 Merlin Drive, Sandy
The 2021 census counted 294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire across 120,754 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a SG19 postcode: 10 primary, 1 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Secondary School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,259 |
| Gamlingay Village Primary | Primary | Academy converter | 387 |
| Potton Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 387 |
| Robert Peel Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 386 |
| Maple Tree Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 241 |
| Laburnum Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 174 |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 172 |
| Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 144 |
| Sutton CofE VA Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 98 |
| Everton Heath Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 82 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Biggleswade Rail Station | Rail | 6.3 km |
| St Neots Rail Station | Rail | 10.3 km |
| Arlesey Rail Station | Rail | 12.8 km |
| Ashwell & Morden Rail Station | Rail | 15.0 km |
Section 09
How Merlin Drive, Sandy compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Merlin Drive, Sandy sits above that national figure — +7.9%.
Within Sandy the street ranks 214 of 363 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £173,000 (-1.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,602 per square metre, across 46 of the 229 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 £59,500 to £615,000. 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.
Merlin Drive, Sandy sits in Central Bedfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Central Bedfordshire at 9.7 times median local earnings of £37,704 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
Streets nearby
- High Street£215,000 median
- St Neots Road£171,500 median
- Kestrel Way£151,500 median
- Station Road£190,000 median
- Laburnum Road£125,000 median
- Everton Road£185,000 median
- Church Street£190,000 median
- Chapel Field£144,998 median
- Willow Road£79,250 median
- Banks Drive£203,000 median
- Weavers Green£99,250 median
- London Road£137,250 median
- Horslow Street£170,000 median
- King Street£182,000 median
- Wingfield Drive£181,000 median
- Winchester Road£119,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 48 Merlin Drive8 sales
- 81 Merlin Drive6 sales
- 7 Merlin Drive5 sales
- 6 Merlin Drive5 sales
- 79 Merlin Drive5 sales
- 97 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 41 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 11 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 12 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 71 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 58 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 18 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 87 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 52 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 99 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 42 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 38 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 37 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 83 Merlin Drive4 sales
- 9 Merlin Drive3 sales
- 2C Merlin Drive3 sales
- 57 Merlin Drive3 sales
- 19 Merlin Drive3 sales
- 36 Merlin Drive3 sales
Back to Sandy house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Merlin Drive, Sandy?
The median price paid in Merlin Drive, Sandy across every sale on the register is £170,000. 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 Merlin Drive, Sandy?
229 sales are on record for Merlin Drive, Sandy, the most recent completing on 10 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Merlin Drive, Sandy house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +57.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +13.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Merlin Drive, Sandy house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £420,000, set in 2023. 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 Merlin Drive, Sandy?
£1,602 per square metre, from the 46 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 10 Apr 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, “Merlin Drive, Sandy 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.