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MK1 local market report Milton Keynes

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 442 sales registered with HM Land Registry in MK1 (Milton Keynes) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to October 2024. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

MK1 is the postcode district covering Denbigh, Mount Farm in Milton Keynes. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where MK1 sits

Click the map to open MK1 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

MK17MK3MK7MK4MK5MK1
£405,000median sold price, 2025
+113%five-year change (cash)
43sales in the last 12 months
4.0%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in MK1 sells for

The 2025 median in MK1 is £405,000, from 13 registered sales; the mean, £410,300, sits almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so MK1 trades 48% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical MK1 home, 1995 to 2025

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£500k£1.00M£1.50M£2M199520002005201520202025 1995: £32,000 at the time · £67,938 in today's money · 7 sales1996: £55,000 at the time · £113,284 in today's money · 11 sales1997: £55,500 at the time · £111,161 in today's money · 12 sales1998: £66,500 at the time · £131,100 in today's money · 8 sales1999: £61,500 at the time · £119,704 in today's money · 18 sales2000: £49,500 at the time · £94,875 in today's money · 14 sales2001: £83,500 at the time · £156,776 in today's money · 20 sales2002: £42,000 at the time · £77,177 in today's money · 19 sales2003: £52,000 at the time · £93,559 in today's money · 19 sales2004: £157,500 at the time · £279,370 in today's money · 18 sales2005: £167,500 at the time · £291,121 in today's money · 18 sales2006: £197,500 at the time · £334,828 in today's money · 18 sales2007: £222,000 at the time · £367,779 in today's money · 8 sales2008: £170,000 at the time · £272,158 in today's money · 9 sales2009: £166,500 at the time · £261,399 in today's money · 8 sales2012: £188,000 at the time · £270,250 in today's money · 8 sales2013: £200,000 at the time · £281,059 in today's money · 11 sales2014: £245,000 at the time · £339,458 in today's money · 16 sales2015: £267,500 at the time · £369,150 in today's money · 19 sales2016: £275,000 at the time · £375,743 in today's money · 15 sales2017: £433,200 at the time · £577,042 in today's money · 20 sales2018: £387,500 at the time · £504,481 in today's money · 18 sales2019: £475,000 at the time · £608,071 in today's money · 17 sales2020: £190,000 at the time · £240,771 in today's money · 10 sales2021: £435,000 at the time · £537,903 in today's money · 25 sales2022: £408,000 at the time · £467,253 in today's money · 23 sales2023: £975,000 at the time · £1,046,267 in today's money · 17 sales2024: £370,000 at the time · £384,199 in today's money · 15 sales2025: £405,000 at the time · £405,000 in today's money · 13 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2025£405,000£405,00013
2024£370,000£384,19915
2023£975,000£1,046,26717
2022£408,000£467,25323
2021£435,000£537,90325
2020£190,000£240,77110
2019£475,000£608,07117
2018£387,500£504,48118
2017£433,200£577,04220
2016£275,000£375,74315
2015£267,500£369,15019
2014£245,000£339,45816
2013£200,000£281,05911
2012£188,000£270,2508
2009£166,500£261,3998
2008£170,000£272,1589
2007£222,000£367,7798
2006£197,500£334,82818
2005£167,500£291,12118
2004£157,500£279,37018
2003£52,000£93,55919
2002£42,000£77,17719
2001£83,500£156,77620
2000£49,500£94,87514
1999£61,500£119,70418
1998£66,500£131,1008
1997£55,500£111,16112
1996£55,000£113,28411
1995£32,000£67,9387

In cash terms the typical MK1 home went from £32,000 in 1995 to £405,000 in 2025, roughly 13 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 496%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2023; the current median sits about 61% below that. Someone who bought at the 2023 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the MK1 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+250% -250% 0% 1996 · +71.9% on the year before1997 · +0.9% on the year before1998 · +19.8% on the year before1999 · −7.5% on the year before2000 · −19.5% on the year before2001 · +68.7% on the year before2002 · −49.7% on the year before2003 · +23.8% on the year before2004 · +202.9% on the year before2005 · +6.3% on the year before2006 · +17.9% on the year before2007 · +12.4% on the year before2008 · −23.4% on the year before2009 · −2.1% on the year before2013 · +6.4% on the year before2014 · +22.5% on the year before2015 · +9.2% on the year before2016 · +2.8% on the year before2017 · +57.5% on the year before2018 · −10.5% on the year before2019 · +22.6% on the year before2020 · −60.0% on the year before2021 · +128.9% on the year before2022 · −6.2% on the year before2023 · +139.0% on the year before2024 · −62.1% on the year before2025 · +9.5% on the year before20002005201520202025

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+202.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−62.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2024)+9.5%+5.4%
5 years (since 2020)+16.3%+11.0%
10 years (since 2015)+4.2%+0.9%
20 years (since 2005)+4.5%+1.7%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

1325 1995: 7 sales1996: 11 sales1997: 12 sales1998: 8 sales1999: 18 sales2000: 14 sales2001: 20 sales2002: 19 sales2003: 19 sales2004: 18 sales2005: 18 sales2006: 18 sales2007: 8 sales2008: 9 sales2009: 8 sales2012: 8 sales2013: 11 sales2014: 16 sales2015: 19 sales2016: 15 sales2017: 20 sales2018: 18 sales2019: 17 sales2020: 10 sales2021: 25 sales2022: 23 sales2023: 17 sales2024: 15 sales2025: 13 sales199520002005201520202025

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

510 May 1996 · 4 sales registeredOctober 1999 · 3 sales registeredApril 2001 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2001 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2001 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2001 · 3 sales registeredMay 2002 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2002 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2002 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2003 · 3 sales registeredMay 2003 · 3 sales registeredJanuary 2004 · 4 sales registeredMay 2004 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2004 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2004 · 3 sales registeredJanuary 2005 · 5 sales registeredApril 2005 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2005 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2006 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2006 · 3 sales registeredJune 2013 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2013 · 3 sales registeredJanuary 2014 · 3 sales registeredJune 2014 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2015 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2016 · 3 sales registeredJune 2017 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2017 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2018 · 4 sales registeredApril 2019 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2019 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2019 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 4 sales registeredJune 2021 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 6 sales registeredJune 2022 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 3 sales registeredMay 2023 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 3 sales registered

MK1 recorded 43 sales in the last twelve months of data. Unusually, activity here runs above its pre-2008 level: 19 sales a year over the last five years against 17 before the financial crisis. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around MK1

MK1 falls under Milton Keynes, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,336 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £972 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,080, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Milton Keynes

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £972 a month£9721 bed2 bed: £1,210 a month£1,2102 bed3 bed: £1,442 a month£1,4423 bed4+ bed: £2,080 a month£2,0804+ bed

Set against the £405,000 median sold price, £1,336 a month is £16,032 a year, a gross yield of 4.0%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will MK1 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 113% over five years in cash and up 68% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

MK1 ranks 1 of 26 in the MK area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, MK area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

MK1MK1 · +113% over five years · median £405,000+113%MK3MK3 · +20% over five years · median £340,000+20%MK42MK42 · +19% over five years · median £315,000+19%MK40MK40 · +17% over five years · median £326,200+17%MK14MK14 · +15% over five years · median £315,000+15%MK11MK11 · −3% over five years · median £320,000−3%MK16MK16 · −3% over five years · median £310,000−3%MK44MK44 · −11% over five years · median £382,500−11%MK8MK8 · −12% over five years · median £307,500−12%MK9MK9 · −36% over five years · median £150,000−36%

Inside MK1, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
MK1 1£405,00013

How MK1 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the MK area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
MK17£410,000+4%
MK1 (this report)£405,000+113%
MK45£400,000+9%
MK5£395,000+7%
MK46£395,000-2%
MK44£382,500-11%
MK19£375,000+3%
MK43£375,000+7%
MK18£370,000+3%
MK10£350,000+0%
MK4£345,000+6%
MK3£340,000+20%
MK41£335,100+12%
MK40£326,200+17%
MK15£322,500+2%
MK11£320,000-3%
MK14£315,000+15%
MK42£315,000+19%
MK16£310,000-3%
MK8£307,500-12%
MK13£287,500+14%
MK7£277,500-1%
MK12£267,500+1%
MK2£258,500+3%

Dig further

See every individual MK1 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference MK1 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.