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Postcode sector

MK42 7 · Kempston West & South

Bedford · district MK42 · 250 postcodes

Median £/m²£3,580/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+4.0%
Sales, 24 months223with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,870/m² to £2,060/m²: 9 sales£2,060/m² to £2,260/m²: 5 sales£2,260/m² to £2,460/m²: 4 sales£2,460/m² to £2,650/m²: 4 sales£2,650/m² to £2,850/m²: 5 sales£2,850/m² to £3,050/m²: 19 sales£3,050/m² to £3,240/m²: 13 sales£3,240/m² to £3,440/m²: 27 sales£3,440/m² to £3,630/m²: 29 sales£3,630/m² to £3,830/m²: 20 sales£3,830/m² to £4,030/m²: 28 sales£4,030/m² to £4,220/m²: 13 sales£4,220/m² to £4,420/m²: 17 sales£4,420/m² to £4,620/m²: 11 sales£4,620/m² to £4,810/m²: 9 sales£4,810/m² to £5,010/m²: 5 sales£5,010/m² to £5,210/m²: 1 sale£5,600/m² to £5,790/m²: 4 salesMK42 7MK42£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
MK42 7
£3,580/m² middle · £3,230–£4,080/m² middle half · 223 sales
District MK42
£3,650/m² middle · £3,200–£4,120/m² middle half · 1310 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025MK42 7, 2026: 119MK42, 2026: 115Bedford houses, 2026: 117
  • MK42 7
  • MK42
  • 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
OverMK42 7District MK42
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+4.0%+7.4%−1.8%+1.5%
5 years−1.1%+3.9%−1.7%+3.3%
10 years−0.2%+3.3%+0.4%+3.8%
20 years+0.8%+3.7%+0.4%+3.3%

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. MK43 8Bromham & Biddenham£3,740–£4,560/m²
  3. MK43 9Wootton & Stewartby£3,490–£4,210/m²
  4. MK45 3Houghton Conquest & Clophill£3,550–£4,280/m²
  5. MK42 0Kingsbrook£3,330–£4,270/m²
  6. MK40 4Bromham & Biddenham£3,310–£4,340/m²
  7. MK42 8Kempston Central & East£3,220–£4,290/m²
  8. MK42 6Wixams & Elstow£3,380–£3,960/m²
  9. MK42 7Kempston West & South£3,230–£4,080/m²
  10. MK42 9Cauldwell£2,980–£3,730/m²
  11. MK42 5CauldwellToo 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
Wilkinson Road4270 m²£3,390/m²
Hilton Close2977 m²£3,400/m²
Martell Drive2756 m²£3,630/m²
Chantry Avenue2270 m²£4,230/m²
Eaton Road1880 m²£3,660/m²
Mill Lane1864 m²£3,330/m²
Crowsley Road1593 m²£3,980/m²
Ditmas Avenue1576 m²£3,880/m²
Saunders Field1554 m²£3,920/m²
The Links1472 m²£3,680/m²
High Street1363 m²£2,990/m²
Lilac Walk1373 m²£3,520/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.