That is the middle of 267 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
267 homes sold in three years: 45 detached houses, 73 semi-detached houses, 122 terraced houses and 27 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£505K
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£600K
Last 12 months
£534K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£355K
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£417K
Last 12 months
£340K20 sold
Terraced houses£286K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£259K–£340K
Last 12 months
£306K26 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£164K–£200K
Last 12 months
£178K7 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 46% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses46%
Flats and maisonettes10%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Arlesey’s homes sold for between £260K and £417K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £515K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
267 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,000 in 1995 to £338,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
69 sales in the last 12 months, against 206 in 2004, the busiest year, and 65 in 2023. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 48% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Arlesey costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Arlesey, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£91K
£143K
£273K
£244K
£313K
£431K
£534K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£98K
£166K
£190K
£253K
£322K
£340K
Terraced houses
£44K
£71K
£143K
£151K
£195K
£267K
£306K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£49K
£100K
£91K
£136K
£159K
£178K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 36% in 2020
387 new homes have been sold in Arlesey since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 2020.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5% sold leasehold in Arlesey. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
High Street is Arlesey’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
19 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
High Street
SG15
32
£282,475
Mixed
2
Hitchin Road
SG15
27
£300,000
Mixed
3
Ramerick Gardens
SG15
16
£322,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
House Lane
SG15
11
£416,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Chase Hill Road
SG15
10
£377,500
Mixed
6
Hospital Road
SG15
10
£252,125
Mostly terraced houses
7
Stotfold Road
SG15
9
£563,000
Mostly detached houses
8
St Johns Road
SG15
9
£230,000
Mixed
9
Church Lane
SG15
8
£324,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
The Granary
SG15
6
£617,500
Mixed
11
Weavers Orchard
SG15
6
£396,250
Mixed
12
Chase Close
SG15
6
£347,500
Mixed
13
The Poplars
SG15
6
£326,250
Mostly terraced houses
14
The Hermitage
SG15
5
£540,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Howberry Green
SG15
5
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
The Granary: £617,500
Arlesey median£325K
The Granary£618K
Stotfold Road£563K
The Hermitage£540K
Howberry Green£435K
House Lane£416K
Cheapest streets
The Rally: £150,000
Arlesey median£325K
The Rally£150K
Thompson Road£176K
St Johns Road£230K
Hospital Road£252K
Lamb Meadow£256K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Bedfordshire
Arlesey is the 28th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Arlesey is one of Bedfordshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Arlesey
What is the average house price in Arlesey?
The median home in Arlesey sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 267 standard sales (£338,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £505,000, semi-detached houses £355,000, terraced houses £286,000 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Arlesey?
The median was £322,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£318,000), and £338,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Arlesey each year?
69 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 114 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Arlesey?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Granary (SG15, £617,500), Stotfold Road (SG15, £563,000) and The Hermitage (SG15, £540,000).
Is Arlesey expensive for Bedfordshire?
Arlesey is the 26th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.