That is the middle of 2,934 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 6.5 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.
A third of Bedford’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,934 homes sold in three years: 752 detached houses, 944 semi-detached houses, 739 terraced houses and 499 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 752 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£420K–£625K
Last 12 months
£488K186 sold
New build
£570K
Semi-detached houses£335K
median sale · 944 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£387K
Last 12 months
£350K257 sold
New build
£385K
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 739 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K219 sold
New build
£365K
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 499 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£200K
Last 12 months
£170K139 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Bedford’s homes sold for between £251K and £430K
One sale in ten was under £168K and one in ten over £588K. 24% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
2,934 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,500 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
801 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,521 in 2002, the busiest year, and 928 in 2023. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bedford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bedford, 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
£90K
£148K
£250K
£277K
£310K
£399K
£488K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£88K
£162K
£181K
£225K
£285K
£350K
Terraced houses
£42K
£68K
£134K
£145K
£176K
£229K
£290K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£45K
£108K
£104K
£120K
£159K
£170K
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
Hardly any new homes: 1.5% of sales in the last 12 months
5,255 new homes have been sold in Bedford since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £499,995
against £317,500 for a home sold on, 57% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Bedford. 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
Warwick Avenue is Bedford’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
202 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 70 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
Warwick Avenue
MK40
35
£157,000
Mostly flats
2
Palgrave Road
MK42
29
£172,000
Mostly flats
3
Howard Way
MK40
25
£565,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Dudley Street
MK40
23
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Goldington Road (MK40)
MK40
23
£200,000
Mostly flats
6
King George Avenue
MK40
22
£472,497
Mixed · new builds
7
Gladstone Street
MK41
22
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Kimbolton Road (MK41)
MK41
21
£695,000
Mostly detached houses
9
George Street
MK40
21
£365,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Bower Street
MK40
20
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Bromham Road
MK40
19
£880,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Deep Spinney
MK40
19
£300,000
Mixed
13
Campion Road
MK40
18
£555,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
De Parys Avenue
MK40
18
£187,500
Mostly flats
15
Crowe Road
MK40
18
£165,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Days Lane: £1,035,000
Bedford median£325K
Days Lane£1M
Shaftesbury Avenue£925K
Bromham Road£880K
Darlow Drive£803K
Ronhale Close£723K
Cheapest streets
Dearne Walk: £82,000
Bedford median£325K
Dearne Walk£82K
Linden Road£108K
Redwood Grove£130K
Clapham Road£140K
Shakespeare Road£153K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.6 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
Bedford is the 26th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Bedford is in the middle of Bedfordshire’s 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 Bedford
What is the average house price in Bedford?
The median home in Bedford sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,934 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £335,000, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Bedford?
The median was £330,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£324,000), and £330,000 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 Bedford each year?
801 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,226 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bedford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Days Lane (MK40, £1,035,000), Shaftesbury Avenue (MK40, £925,000) and Bromham Road (MK40, £880,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bedford?
New homes sold for a median £499,995 over three years, against £317,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.5% of sales.
Is Bedford expensive for Bedfordshire?
Bedford 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.