Postcode sector

Sector MK40 2 house prices

Harpur · Bedford · district MK40 · 223 postcodes

Median £3,340 per m² over 114 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 4.6% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£3,340/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+4.6%
Sales, 24 months114with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,390/m² to £1,570/m²: 7 sales£1,740/m² to £1,920/m²: 3 sales£1,920/m² to £2,100/m²: 3 sales£2,100/m² to £2,270/m²: 3 sales£2,270/m² to £2,450/m²: 5 sales£2,450/m² to £2,630/m²: 7 sales£2,630/m² to £2,810/m²: 8 sales£2,810/m² to £2,980/m²: 6 sales£2,980/m² to £3,160/m²: 8 sales£3,160/m² to £3,340/m²: 7 sales£3,340/m² to £3,510/m²: 10 sales£3,510/m² to £3,690/m²: 8 sales£3,690/m² to £3,870/m²: 12 sales£3,870/m² to £4,040/m²: 8 sales£4,040/m² to £4,220/m²: 3 sales£4,220/m² to £4,400/m²: 8 sales£4,400/m² to £4,570/m²: 3 sales£4,570/m² to £4,750/m²: 2 sales£4,750/m² to £4,930/m²: 3 salesMK40 2MK40£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k
MK40 2
£3,340/m² middle · £2,630–£3,840/m² middle half · 114 sales
District MK40
£3,760/m² middle · £3,190–£4,290/m² middle half · 939 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025MK40 2, 2026: 103MK40, 2026: 112Bedford houses, 2026: 117
  • MK40 2
  • MK40
  • Bedford houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverMK40 2District MK40
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+4.6%+8.1%−5.0%−1.8%
5 years−0.7%+4.3%−2.5%+2.4%
10 years+0.2%+3.7%−0.2%+3.2%
20 years−0.1%+2.7%+0.2%+3.0%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. MK41 9Newnham£3,470–£4,340/m²
  3. MK40 3Castle & Kingsway£3,490–£4,340/m²
  4. MK40 4Bromham & Biddenham£3,310–£4,340/m²
  5. MK41 7Brickhill£3,240–£3,990/m²
  6. MK40 2Harpur£2,630–£3,840/m²
  7. MK40 1Castle & Kingsway£2,350–£3,070/m²
  8. MK40 9Castle & KingswayToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Warwick Avenue4958 m²£3,140/m²
Linden Road4060 m²£3,330/m²
Shakespeare Road3353 m²£3,000/m²
Chaucer Road2365 m²£3,050/m²
St Andrews Road1856 m²£3,250/m²
Foster Hill Road1779 m²£3,170/m²
Tavistock Street1678 m²£2,720/m²
The Crescent1560 m²£3,200/m²
De Parys Avenue1453 m²£3,670/m²
Lansdowne Road13131 m²£3,240/m²
Spenser Road1391 m²£3,070/m²
Park Avenue12154 m²£4,100/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.