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Housing in Milton Ernest · HM Land Registry

Homes in Milton Ernest sell for a median £432,500

That is the middle of 25 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.

Median sale
£433K
25 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £330K to £515K
Sold in 12 months
6
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
New builds
0%
of sales in 3 years
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Half of Milton Ernest’s sales are detached houses

25 homes sold in three years: 12 detached houses, 4 semi-detached houses, 8 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.

Detached houses£510K

median sale · 12 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£448K–£730K
Fewer sales

Semi-detached houses: 4 sold
Terraced houses: 8 sold, median £268K
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold

Too few sales for a card of their own.

The mix

Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot

Detached houses48%
Semi-detached houses16%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes4%

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.

New builds

Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months

50 new homes have been sold in Milton Ernest since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 1997.

New-build share of sales1995: 0%’951996: 30%1997: 46%1998: 41%’981999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%’012002: 14%2003: 20%2004: 38%’042005: 10%2006: 9.5%2007: 0%’072009: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0%’142015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%’172019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0%’212022: 0%2023: 0%Last 12 months: 0%Now

Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.

New builds and tenure · 3 years

8% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.2% sold leasehold in Milton Ernest. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.

Milton Ernest’s neighbours

Cheaper nearby: Oakley, Clapham and Bedford.

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OakleyClaphamSharnbrookBromhamHarroldBedfordRiseleyOakleyClaphamSharnbrookBromhamHarroldBedfordRiseleyMilton Ernest
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Milton Ernest—£433K6+19%
Oakley1.5£367K18+31%
Clapham2£295K46+32%
Sharnbrook2.8£374K19+13%
Bromham3.3£415K52+40%
Harrold4.1£330K24+24%
Bedford4.4£325K801+51%
Riseley4.4£425K12+79%

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 Milton Ernest

What is the average house price in Milton Ernest?

The median home in Milton Ernest sold for £432,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 25 standard sales. By type: detached houses £510,000 and terraced houses £267,500.

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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