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Castle market report MK42 6, Bedford
The MK42 6 (Castle) house price history in full, 2000 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,360 sales registered with HM Land Registry in MK42 6 (Bedford) since 2000, 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.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: 48 registered 2026 sales put the MK42 6 (Bedford) median at £363,000, up 9% on five years earlier, with a mean of £372,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,700 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 2,360 completed HM Land Registry sales since 2000, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.
MK42 6 is one sector of MK42 (Bedford): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where MK42 6 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in MK42 6
48 sales were registered in MK42 6 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £363,000. The mean works out at £372,400, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
Price per square metre in MK42 6
Measured by floor area, the last five years of MK42 6 sales average about £3,700 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving MK42 6 27% above the national figure.
The price of a typical MK42 6 home, 2000 to 2026
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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £363,000 | £363,000 | 48 |
| 2025 | £375,000 | £383,967 | 138 |
| 2024 | £358,100 | £380,734 | 182 |
| 2023 | £395,000 | £434,009 | 155 |
| 2022 | £385,000 | £451,456 | 210 |
| 2021 | £332,500 | £420,988 | 195 |
| 2020 | £311,000 | £403,529 | 209 |
| 2019 | £301,000 | £394,539 | 234 |
| 2018 | £300,000 | £399,906 | 91 |
| 2017 | £295,000 | £402,350 | 101 |
| 2016 | £281,200 | £393,402 | 76 |
| 2015 | £277,500 | £392,108 | 106 |
| 2014 | £240,000 | £340,482 | 153 |
| 2013 | £220,000 | £316,558 | 110 |
| 2012 | £220,000 | £323,813 | 85 |
| 2011 | £235,000 | £354,760 | 99 |
| 2010 | £209,000 | £327,766 | 100 |
| 2009 | £205,000 | £329,539 | 64 |
| 2008 | £160,000 | £262,274 | 3 |
| 2000 | £130,000 | £255,125 | 1 |
In cash terms the typical MK42 6 home went from £130,000 in 2000 to £363,000 in 2026, roughly 2.8 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 42%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 20% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the MK42 6 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2009 (+28.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−9.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What MK42 6 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −3.2% | −5.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.8% | −2.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.6% | −0.8% |
| 26 years (since 2000) | +4.0% | +1.4% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Sales activity in MK42 6
How many homes change hands
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The register shows 48 MK42 6 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Unusually, activity here runs above its pre-2008 level: 147 sales a year over the last five years against 1 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 MK42 6
The local authority for MK42 6 is Bedford, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,168 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £796 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,800, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Bedford
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,168 a month is £14,016 a year, which against the £363,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.9%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Reading the MK42 6 market
Only 48 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes MK42 6 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Within MK42, this sector trades 14% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.
Common questions on MK42 6 (Castle)
Is MK42 6 (Castle) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in MK42 6 (Castle)?
Are property prices falling in MK42 6 (Castle)?
Where do MK42 6 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in MK42 right now
Turning to what is actually available: 88 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole MK42 district, not just MK42 6: live asking prices are collected per district.
33% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Abbott Crescent, Kempston, Bedford, B...
- St. Leonards Avenue, Bedford, Bedford...
- Willow Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every MK42 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
What another bedroom costs in MK
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the MK area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £367,500 | £495,000 (+35%) | £675,000 (+36%) | £910,000 (+35%) |
| Semi-detached | £270,000 | £320,000 (+19%) | £375,000 (+17%) | £470,000 (+25%) | £630,000 (+34%) |
| Terraced | £245,000 | £285,000 (+16%) | £330,000 (+16%) | £400,000 (+21%) | £580,000 (+45%) |
| Flat | £160,000 | £225,000 (+41%) | £307,500 (+37%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the MK area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
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.
Other sectors in MK42
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are MK42's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| MK42 0 | £305,500 | 46 |
| MK42 7 | £310,000 | 47 |
| MK42 8 | £315,000 | 37 |
| MK42 9 | £257,500 | 40 |
Zoom out to the full MK42 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how MK42 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in MK42 6? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at MK42 6's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim MK42 6.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with MK42 6 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every MK42 6 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.