HouseMarketBook

Bedford

Council area · 5,276 sales in the last 24 months, 4,314 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,7704,314 sales · £350 per sq ft · up 3.9% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Bedford are up 3.9% on a year ago, at a median of £3,770 (£350 per sq ft).

Half of the 4,314 counted sales were between £3,300 and £4,260 per square metre, and the median price paid was £350,000. HM Land Registry records 97,301 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£350,000
£ per m², middle half£3,300 to £4,260
Sales, 24 months5,2764,314 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area91 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached1,451£3,950£3,540–4,370£492,500
Flat or maisonette498£3,240£2,790–3,690£186,500
Semi-detached1,376£3,820£3,370–4,280£340,000
Terraced989£3,640£3,230–4,180£293,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in Bedford by quarter, up 3.9% on a year ago
3,7003,7653,830£3,8202024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6402,2153,790£3,79019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in Bedford

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
High Street67£3,890
High Street61£3,790
Southern Cross35£3,630
Fisherswood Road32£3,510
Icel Way25£4,290
Palgrave Road25£2,940
Warwick Avenue25£2,870
Bedford Road23—
Bedford Road22£3,860
Brooklands Avenue22£3,280
Mason Road22£4,250
Wallis Avenue21£4,780
Harlequin Crescent20£3,540
Howard Close20£3,680
Wilkinson Road20£3,500
Cackett Way19£4,340
Spring Road19£3,220
Elderberry Way18£4,390
Emmer Drive18£3,780
Gladstone Street18£3,550
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
20261,084£345,000£3,790
20252,503£350,000£3,770
20242,300£335,000£3,690
20232,015£330,000£3,710
20222,704£335,000£3,690
20213,368£307,100£3,330
20202,422£290,000£3,140
20192,633£280,000£3,110
20182,743£283,000£3,160
20172,933£272,500£3,090
20163,030£245,000£2,810
20152,946£230,000£2,520
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 91 m² · change on a year ago +3.9% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.