HouseMarketBook

MK40 4, Bedford

Postcode sector in Bedford · 592 sales in the last 24 months, 525 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,830525 sales · £356 per sq ft · up 3.9% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in MK40 4 are up 3.9% on a year ago, at a median of £3,830 (£356 per sq ft).

Half of the 525 counted sales were between £3,320 and £4,340 per square metre, and the median price paid was £370,000. HM Land Registry records 8,628 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£370,000
£ per m², middle half£3,320 to £4,340
Sales, 24 months592525 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area99 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached210£4,230£3,830–4,450£560,000
Flat or maisonette67£3,410£2,920–3,770£205,000
Semi-detached133£3,690£3,190–4,340£345,000
Terraced115£3,450£3,160–4,110£335,000
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 MK40 4 by quarter, up 3.9% on a year ago
3,5403,8004,060£3,8502024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6102,2203,830£3,69019952026
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 MK40 4

By sales in the last 24 months
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
2026111£349,000£3,690
2025341£370,000£3,830
2024260£395,000£3,830
2023212£366,500£3,800
2022288£335,000£3,760
2021331£300,000£3,370
2020278£305,000£3,210
2019300£336,000£3,180
2018409£316,000£3,280
2017425£296,000£3,080
2016343£275,000£2,910
2015259£235,000£2,640
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in MK40 4

315 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

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 99 m² · change on a year ago +3.9% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.