That is the middle of 136 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 3.5 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.
136 homes sold in three years: 45 detached houses, 37 semi-detached houses, 31 terraced houses and 23 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£567K
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£690K
Last 12 months
£615K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£400K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£458K
Last 12 months
£391K14 sold
Terraced houses£312K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£263K–£360K
Last 12 months
£310K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes£240K
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£263K
Last 12 months
£225K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses23%
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 Silsoe’s homes sold for between £300K and £525K
One sale in ten was under £198K and one in ten over £690K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £397,500, sits in the £300–400K band
136 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £115,000 in 1995 to £405,000 in the last 12 months (£357,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
49 sales in the last 12 months, against 142 in 2014, the busiest year, and 6 in 2008. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 21% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Silsoe costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Silsoe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£123K
£221K
£335K
£430K
£460K
£578K
£615K
Semi-detached houses
—
—
—
£265K
£295K
£326K
£391K
Terraced houses
—
£77K
£170K
—
£238K
£275K
£310K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
—
£125K
—
£215K
£225K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
499 new homes have been sold in Silsoe since 1995; the share peaked at 73% in 2014.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8% sold leasehold in Silsoe. 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 Silsoe’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
MK45
14
£251,750
Mostly flats
2
West End Road
MK45
10
£545,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Ampthill Road
MK45
8
£487,250
Mixed
4
Alder Wynd
MK45
8
£398,750
Mixed
5
Chestnut Avenue
MK45
8
£391,000
Mixed
6
Mander Farm Road
MK45
8
£320,500
Mixed
7
Newbury Lane
MK45
7
£404,000
Mixed
8
The Coppice
MK45
5
£520,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Aspen Way
MK45
5
£350,000
Mixed
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
Silsoe is the 11th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Silsoe 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 Silsoe
What is the average house price in Silsoe?
The median home in Silsoe sold for £397,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 136 standard sales (£405,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £567,000, semi-detached houses £400,000, terraced houses £312,000 and flats and maisonettes £240,000.
Are house prices going up in Silsoe?
The median was £404,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£405,000), and £405,000 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 Silsoe each year?
49 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 64 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Silsoe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: West End Road (MK45, £545,000), The Coppice (MK45, £520,000) and Ampthill Road (MK45, £487,250).
Is Silsoe expensive for Bedfordshire?
Silsoe is the 11th 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.