That is the middle of 237 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 7.8 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.
237 homes sold in three years: 82 detached houses, 78 semi-detached houses, 54 terraced houses and 23 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£476K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£405K–£575K
Last 12 months
£515K21 sold
Semi-detached houses£343K
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£297K–£400K
Last 12 months
£335K21 sold
Terraced houses£275K
median sale · 54 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£252K–£325K
Last 12 months
£300K17 sold
Flats and maisonettes£138K
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£170K
Last 12 months
£170K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses23%
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 Potton’s homes sold for between £265K and £450K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £565K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £355,500, sits in the £300–400K band
237 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7.8 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,750 in 1995 to £357,250 in the last 12 months (£399,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
64 sales in the last 12 months, against 186 in 2000, the busiest year, and 47 in 2008. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 66% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Potton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Potton, 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
£86K
£151K
£268K
£275K
£295K
£500K
£515K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£95K
£200K
£190K
£245K
£302K
£335K
Terraced houses
£40K
£72K
£155K
£155K
£192K
£216K
£300K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£40K
£87K
£80K
£113K
£128K
£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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 50% in 2019
481 new homes have been sold in Potton since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2019.
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, 4.7% sold leasehold in Potton. 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
Willow Road is Potton’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Willow Road
SG19
12
£220,000
Mixed
2
Horslow Street
SG19
11
£300,000
Mixed
3
Everton Road
SG19
10
£385,000
Mixed
4
Wingfield Drive
SG19
10
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Spencer Close
SG19
8
£406,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Ibbett Lane
SG19
8
£377,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Biggleswade Road
SG19
7
£325,000
Mixed
8
King Street
SG19
7
£285,000
Mixed
9
Burmo Way
SG19
6
£564,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Tear Crescent
SG19
6
£555,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Judith Gardens
SG19
6
£427,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Langley Gardens
SG19
6
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Newtown
SG19
6
£255,000
Mixed
14
Myers Road
SG19
5
£450,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Byards Green
SG19
5
£388,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Burmo Way: £564,500
Potton median£356K
Burmo Way£565K
Tear Crescent£555K
Myers Road£450K
Judith Gardens£428K
Spencer Close£407K
Cheapest streets
Willow Road: £220,000
Potton median£356K
Willow Road£220K
Sun Street£245K
Newtown£255K
Sandy Road£280K
King Street£285K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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
Potton is the 17th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Potton 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 Potton
What is the average house price in Potton?
The median home in Potton sold for £355,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 237 standard sales (£357,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £476,250, semi-detached houses £342,500, terraced houses £275,000 and flats and maisonettes £137,500.
Are house prices going up in Potton?
The median was £342,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£370,000), and £357,250 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 Potton each year?
64 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 107 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Potton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Burmo Way (SG19, £564,500), Tear Crescent (SG19, £555,000) and Myers Road (SG19, £450,000).
Is Potton expensive for Bedfordshire?
Potton is the 17th 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.
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0