That is the middle of 688 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 6.7 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 Kempston’s sales are semi-detached houses
688 homes sold in three years: 136 detached houses, 244 semi-detached houses, 199 terraced houses and 109 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£389K
median sale · 136 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£435K
Last 12 months
£392K38 sold
Semi-detached houses£305K
median sale · 244 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£279K–£335K
Last 12 months
£320K64 sold
Terraced houses£265K
median sale · 199 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£295K
Last 12 months
£276K54 sold
Flats and maisonettes£205K
median sale · 109 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£259K
Last 12 months
£210K23 sold
New build
£330K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Kempston’s homes sold for between £250K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £418K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £290,000, sits in the £250–300K band
688 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,500 in 1995 to £312,500 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
179 sales in the last 12 months, against 474 in 1999, the busiest year, and 201 in 2008. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kempston costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Kempston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£73K
£110K
£210K
£228K
£295K
£320K
£392K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£78K
£155K
£155K
£204K
£250K
£320K
Terraced houses
£41K
£60K
£128K
£125K
£174K
£215K
£276K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£36K
£90K
£96K
£142K
£148K
£210K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 37% in 2015
1,012 new homes have been sold in Kempston since 1995; the share peaked at 37% in 2015.
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 £329,825
against £290,000 for a home sold on, 14% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Kempston. 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
Spring Road is Kempston’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
49 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Spring Road
MK42
21
£325,000
Mixed
2
Manor Drive
MK42
20
£329,825
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Wilkinson Road
MK42
20
£260,000
Mixed
4
Chantry Avenue
MK42
15
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Margetts Road
MK42
14
£253,500
Mixed
6
Hilton Close
MK42
13
£320,000
Mixed
7
Hillgrounds Road
MK42
13
£270,000
Mixed
8
Orchard Drive
MK42
12
£272,500
Mixed
9
Ditmas Avenue
MK42
11
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Mill Lane
MK42
10
£218,750
Mostly flats
11
Martell Drive
MK42
10
£215,500
Mostly flats
12
Westminster Gardens
MK42
9
£290,000
Mixed
13
The Links
MK42
9
£285,000
Mixed
14
Lilac Walk
MK42
9
£275,000
Mixed
15
Camford Court
MK42
9
£170,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Lichfield Close: £405,000
Kempston median£290K
Lichfield Close£405K
Elstow Road£400K
Ashdale Avenue£380K
Bedford Road£364K
Crowsley Road£350K
Cheapest streets
Farrer Street: £130,000
Kempston median£290K
Farrer Street£130K
Camford Court£170K
High Street£213K
Martell Drive£216K
Mill Lane£219K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.1 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
Kempston is the 33rd most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Kempston 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 Kempston
What is the average house price in Kempston?
The median home in Kempston sold for £290,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 688 standard sales (£312,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £388,750, semi-detached houses £305,000, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £205,000.
Are house prices going up in Kempston?
The median was £310,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£280,000), and £312,500 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 Kempston each year?
179 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 313 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kempston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lichfield Close (MK42, £405,000), Elstow Road (MK42, £400,000) and Ashdale Avenue (MK42, £380,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kempston?
New homes sold for a median £329,825 over three years, against £290,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.9% of sales.
Is Kempston expensive for Bedfordshire?
Kempston is the 33rd 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.
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