Postal town · East of England
House prices in Bedford
Royal Mail postal town · 6 postcode districts
- Sales completed to 31 Jul 2026, registered by 7 Sep 2026
- Figures use sales to Mar 2026; later months are still registering
- Updated 15 Sep 2026
- 6 postcode districts
Half of the existing homes sold in Bedford in the 12 months to March 2026 went for £350,000 or less.
Against the same months a year earlier (May to December), the median terraced house stayed at £290,000, semi-detached moved from £330,000 to £350,000, detached from £492,500 to £520,000 and flat from £190,000 to £180,000.
14% of registrations of existing homes in the 12 months to March 2026 were additional-price transfers, such as portfolio sales and repossessions, which these figures leave out.
New builds reach HM Land Registry months or years after completion, so recent months hold few of them.
Where prices sit
Existing homes · standard sales · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 · 2,656 sales. Share of sales in each £25,000 band.
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| Price band | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £50,001-£75,000 | 4 | under 1% |
| £75,001-£100,000 | 23 | 1% |
| £100,001-£125,000 | 21 | 1% |
| £125,001-£150,000 | 55 | 2% |
| £150,001-£175,000 | 70 | 3% |
| £175,001-£200,000 | 87 | 3% |
| £200,001-£225,000 | 69 | 3% |
| £225,001-£250,000 | 137 | 5% |
| £250,001-£275,000 | 180 | 7% |
| £275,001-£300,000 | 202 | 8% |
| £300,001-£325,000 | 237 | 9% |
| £325,001-£350,000 | 269 | 10% |
| £350,001-£375,000 | 209 | 8% |
| £375,001-£400,000 | 155 | 6% |
| £400,001-£425,000 | 125 | 5% |
| £425,001-£450,000 | 119 | 4% |
| £450,001-£475,000 | 78 | 3% |
| £475,001-£500,000 | 84 | 3% |
| £500,001-£525,000 | 65 | 2% |
| £525,001-£550,000 | 72 | 3% |
| £550,001-£575,000 | 49 | 2% |
| £575,001-£600,000 | 44 | 2% |
| £600,001-£625,000 | 35 | 1% |
| £625,001-£650,000 | 40 | 2% |
| £650,001-£675,000 | 26 | 1% |
| £675,001-£700,000 | 27 | 1% |
| £700,001-£725,000 | 12 | under 1% |
| £725,001-£750,000 | 19 | 1% |
| £750,001-£775,000 | 19 | 1% |
| £775,001-£800,000 | 19 | 1% |
| £800,001-£825,000 | 13 | under 1% |
| £825,001-£850,000 | 14 | 1% |
| £850,001-£875,000 | 9 | under 1% |
| £875,001-£900,000 | 6 | under 1% |
| £900,001-£925,000 | 5 | under 1% |
| £925,001-£950,000 | 7 | under 1% |
| £950,001-£975,000 | 5 | under 1% |
| £975,001-£1,000,000 | 6 | under 1% |
| £1,000,001-£1,500,000 | 37 | 1% |
| £1,500,001-£2,000,000 | 3 | under 1% |
What sells here
- Detached 31% 815
- Semi-detached 34% 897
- Terraced 25% 671
- Flat 10% 273
Existing homes · standard sales · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 · 2,656 sales
- 12%leasehold, of all 8,769 sales held
- 10%new builds, of all sales held (every month; new builds register late, so recent months hold few)
- 13%additional-price transfers, of all sales held
Inside Bedford
Median and middle half of existing homes, standard sales, all types, Apr 2025-Mar 2026. Whole-district figures, so they match each district's own page.
The districts are Bedford's own; compared places are not listed here.
How prices moved
Monthly median of existing homes, all types, any tenure, standard sales; England and Wales dashed, for the same type and tenure; grey bars are all registrations each month. Months after Mar 2026 are still registering.
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| Month | Bedford median | All registrations | England and Wales median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | £328,750 | 252 | £270,000 |
| Apr 2024 | £315,000 | 238 | £273,000 |
| May 2024 | £325,000 | 304 | £280,000 |
| Jun 2024 | £320,000 | 301 | £280,000 |
| Jul 2024 | £340,000 | 321 | £290,000 |
| Aug 2024 | £338,500 | 396 | £295,000 |
| Sep 2024 | £350,000 | 313 | £292,500 |
| Oct 2024 | £346,250 | 450 | £295,000 |
| Nov 2024 | £346,500 | 377 | £287,000 |
| Dec 2024 | £346,000 | 397 | £287,000 |
| Jan 2025 | £348,750 | 293 | £292,105 |
| Feb 2025 | £345,000 | 352 | £292,000 |
| Mar 2025 | £360,000 | 657 | £323,000 |
| Apr 2025 | £312,500 | 180 | £245,000 |
| May 2025 | £340,000 | 238 | £265,000 |
| Jun 2025 | £340,000 | 342 | £280,000 |
| Jul 2025 | £350,000 | 352 | £290,000 |
| Aug 2025 | £345,000 | 353 | £297,000 |
| Sep 2025 | £350,000 | 378 | £292,500 |
| Oct 2025 | £360,000 | 331 | £293,000 |
| Nov 2025 | £363,000 | 320 | £295,000 |
| Dec 2025 | £360,750 | 288 | £290,000 |
| Jan 2026 | £375,000 | 208 | £294,000 |
| Feb 2026 | £351,000 | 210 | £287,000 |
| Mar 2026 | £350,000 | 232 | £285,000 |
| Apr 2026 (still registering) | £368,000 | 190 | £285,000 |
| May 2026 (still registering) | £336,000 | 197 | £285,000 |
| Jun 2026 (still registering) | £352,500 | 198 | £285,000 |
| Jul 2026 (still registering) | £355,000 | 101 | £295,000 |
Against the same months a year earlier
| Type | May-Dec 2024 | May-Dec 2025 | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £492,500 | £520,000 | 670 / 610 | +5.6% |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | £350,000 | 746 / 685 | +6.1% |
| Terraced | £290,000 | £290,000 | 536 / 497 | 0.0% |
| Flat | £190,000 | £180,000 | 230 / 196 | -5.3% |
All types: +3.2% - each type compared with the same months a year earlier, combined by how many of each type sold.
Latest sales held
Sales appear once HM Land Registry registers them, often weeks or months after completion. Every category is shown; badges mark leasehold, new-build and additional-price sales.
| Completed | Address | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2026 | 4 Brittons Close Bedford MK44 1PN | Detached | £545,000 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 116 Bedford Road Bedford MK45 4LR | Detached | £625,000 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 52 Wooding Way Bedford MK45 3PG | Semi-detached | £355,000 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 8 Hilldene Close Bedford MK45 1AQ | Terraced | £265,000 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 5 Brize Gardens Bedford MK42 0JQ | Detached | £510,000 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 36 Burr Close Bedford MK42 7FF | Detached Additional price | £450,000 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 17 Belfry Close Bedford MK42 9RQ | Semi-detached | £275,000 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 20 Williams Way Bedford MK45 1XD | Terraced | £282,500 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 41 Appledine Way Bedford MK41 0FP | Detached | £390,000 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 1 Grange Road Bedford MK45 4RE | Detached | £582,500 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 21 Greenkeepers Road Bedford MK40 4FS | Terraced | £370,000 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 5 Ladybird Way Bedford MK42 6BB | Terraced | £355,000 |
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How these figures are made
- Figures describe the homes that sold, not what any one home is worth. The median is the middle price: half of the homes sold went for that or less. No average (mean) price is shown anywhere, because a handful of very large transfers would distort it.
- The headline counts existing homes and standard sales. New builds are shown separately because they reach HM Land Registry months or years after completion. Additional-price transfers (HM Land Registry's category B, such as repossessions, buy-to-let purchases identified by a mortgage and transfers to companies) are counted under "All registrations".
- Sales take weeks or months to be registered, so the four most recent months are still registering. They are hatched on the charts and left out of the headline, which covers the 12 settled months (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026), and out of every change figure.
- Like-for-like change compares May to December 2025 against the same months a year earlier, stepping round the rush before the 1 April 2025 stamp duty change. Each type is compared with the same months a year earlier, combined by how many of each type sold.
- The middle half runs from the lower to the upper quartile, each a price actually paid. A median needs 20 sales and the middle half 40; below that the page says so instead of showing a number.
- Sales are grouped by the town and postcode on the registration. A place is a Royal Mail postal town, so neighbouring towns such as Salford have their own pages. A postcode district is listed inside a place when at least 20% of its sales are there, and district figures always cover the whole district.
- Sales are placed by postcode, never on a particular house, and nobody is named. We hold sales completed from 7 Mar 2024 to 31 Jul 2026 that HM Land Registry had registered by 7 Sep 2026, refreshed monthly.
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