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Castle market report MK42 8, Bedford
The MK42 8 (Castle) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 5,311 sales registered with HM Land Registry in MK42 8 (Bedford) 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.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: a typical MK42 8 (Bedford) home changed hands for £315,000 in 2026 (median of 37 registered sales, up 29% on five years earlier), with the mean at £311,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,640 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 5,311 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
A postcode sector like MK42 8 is a single group of streets within MK42 (Bedford), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where MK42 8 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.
Today's MK42 8 prices, from the sold record
Across 37 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) MK42 8 home went for £315,000. The mean is £311,600, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
House prices per square metre in MK42 8
The last five years of sales put MK42 8 at roughly £3,640 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so MK42 8 trades 11% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical MK42 8 home, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £315,000 | £315,000 | 37 |
| 2025 | £301,000 | £308,198 | 135 |
| 2024 | £280,000 | £297,698 | 119 |
| 2023 | £280,000 | £307,652 | 99 |
| 2022 | £290,000 | £340,058 | 136 |
| 2021 | £243,800 | £308,682 | 150 |
| 2020 | £237,500 | £308,161 | 99 |
| 2019 | £229,000 | £300,164 | 121 |
| 2018 | £270,000 | £359,915 | 115 |
| 2017 | £218,700 | £298,285 | 100 |
| 2016 | £217,000 | £303,585 | 115 |
| 2015 | £180,000 | £254,340 | 136 |
| 2014 | £162,500 | £230,535 | 156 |
| 2013 | £145,000 | £208,641 | 124 |
| 2012 | £151,000 | £222,253 | 106 |
| 2011 | £141,200 | £213,158 | 118 |
| 2010 | £150,000 | £235,239 | 125 |
| 2009 | £146,200 | £235,018 | 116 |
| 2008 | £147,000 | £240,964 | 117 |
| 2007 | £150,000 | £254,442 | 200 |
| 2006 | £144,000 | £249,966 | 261 |
| 2005 | £134,500 | £239,356 | 197 |
| 2004 | £134,500 | £244,278 | 232 |
| 2003 | £126,100 | £232,307 | 220 |
| 2002 | £97,000 | £182,505 | 275 |
| 2001 | £80,000 | £153,796 | 273 |
| 2000 | £71,500 | £140,319 | 217 |
| 1999 | £60,000 | £119,577 | 270 |
| 1998 | £52,500 | £105,975 | 256 |
| 1997 | £49,500 | £101,515 | 271 |
| 1996 | £47,500 | £100,175 | 225 |
| 1995 | £44,900 | £97,606 | 190 |
In cash terms the typical MK42 8 home went from £44,900 in 1995 to £315,000 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 223%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2018. The market now sits about 12% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the MK42 8 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 2003 (+30.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2019 (−15.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +4.7% | +2.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +5.3% | +0.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
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 37 MK42 8 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 234 sales a year before the financial crisis and 105 a year over the last five. 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.
How MK42 8 trades
Only 37 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes MK42 8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching.
What tenants pay around MK42 8
MK42 8 falls under Bedford, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,168 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £796 a month here against £1,800 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Bedford
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £315,000 median sold price, £1,168 a month is £14,016 a year, a gross yield of 4.4%: 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.
Asked and answered: MK42 8 (Castle)
Is MK42 8 (Castle) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in MK42 8 (Castle)?
Are property prices falling in MK42 8 (Castle)?
Where do MK42 8 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 29% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in MK42 today
This is what you could actually buy today: 88 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole MK42 district, not just MK42 8: 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
What homes of each size actually sold for across the MK area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| 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.
Winners and losers across the MK area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full 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 6 | £363,000 | 48 |
| MK42 7 | £310,000 | 47 |
| 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 8? 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 8'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.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim MK42 8.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with MK42 8 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every MK42 8 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.