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Bourne End market report MK43 7, Bedford
The MK43 7 (Bourne End) 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: 3,593 sales registered with HM Land Registry in MK43 7 (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.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the 2026 median for MK43 7 (Bedford) is £330,000, from 27 registered sales, down 12% on five years earlier; the mean is £417,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,840 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,593 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
A postcode sector like MK43 7 is a single group of streets within MK43 (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 MK43 7 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 MK43 7
In the MK43 7 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £330,000, from 27 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £417,400, sitting well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
What a square metre costs in MK43 7
Per square metre, MK43 7 homes have averaged around £3,840 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving MK43 7 16% above the national figure.
A typical MK43 7 home, priced year by year (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 | £330,000 | £330,000 | 27 |
| 2025 | £436,200 | £446,631 | 98 |
| 2024 | £358,000 | £380,628 | 82 |
| 2023 | £377,500 | £414,780 | 62 |
| 2022 | £391,000 | £458,492 | 109 |
| 2021 | £375,000 | £474,798 | 123 |
| 2020 | £371,200 | £481,640 | 114 |
| 2019 | £325,000 | £425,997 | 83 |
| 2018 | £316,000 | £421,234 | 104 |
| 2017 | £325,000 | £443,267 | 117 |
| 2016 | £295,000 | £412,708 | 113 |
| 2015 | £290,000 | £409,770 | 115 |
| 2014 | £265,000 | £375,949 | 108 |
| 2013 | £255,000 | £366,920 | 87 |
| 2012 | £263,500 | £387,839 | 82 |
| 2011 | £247,000 | £372,875 | 93 |
| 2010 | £270,500 | £424,214 | 111 |
| 2009 | £249,000 | £400,270 | 88 |
| 2008 | £218,000 | £357,348 | 77 |
| 2007 | £235,000 | £398,625 | 159 |
| 2006 | £220,300 | £382,413 | 178 |
| 2005 | £227,500 | £404,858 | 122 |
| 2004 | £185,000 | £335,996 | 143 |
| 2003 | £197,500 | £363,843 | 125 |
| 2002 | £155,000 | £291,631 | 162 |
| 2001 | £120,500 | £231,655 | 132 |
| 2000 | £123,800 | £242,958 | 114 |
| 1999 | £121,500 | £242,143 | 123 |
| 1998 | £84,000 | £169,560 | 136 |
| 1997 | £81,000 | £166,115 | 142 |
| 1996 | £79,500 | £167,662 | 134 |
| 1995 | £70,000 | £152,169 | 130 |
In cash terms the typical MK43 7 home went from £70,000 in 1995 to £330,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 117%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2020; the current median sits about 31% below that. Someone who bought at the 2020 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the MK43 7 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 1999 (+44.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−24.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −24.3% | −26.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −2.5% | −7.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.1% | −2.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.0% | −0.7% |
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.
How many homes change hands in MK43 7
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 27 sales completed in MK43 7. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 142 sales a year before the financial crisis and 76 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.
The shape of the MK43 7 market
Only 27 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes MK43 7 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Against the MK43 district median, MK43 7 sits 15% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.
What tenants pay around MK43 7
MK43 7 falls under Bedford, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,168 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £796 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,800 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Bedford
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £330,000 median sold price, £1,168 a month is £14,016 a year, a gross yield of 4.2%: 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.
What people ask about MK43 7 (Bourne End)
Are property prices falling in MK43 7 (Bourne End)?
Is MK43 7 (Bourne End) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in MK43 7 (Bourne End)?
Where do MK43 7 prices go next?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is down 12% over five years in cash but down 30% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
What is for sale in MK43 right now
Turning to what is actually available: 64 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole MK43 district, not just MK43 7: live asking prices are collected per district.
37% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
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"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every MK43 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Bedroom by bedroom: MK prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the MK area, straight from the Land Registry record. 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%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
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
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in MK43
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are MK43's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| MK43 0 | £375,000 | 72 |
| MK43 1 | £415,800 | 4 |
| MK43 2 | £372,000 | 5 |
| MK43 8 | £466,400 | 35 |
| MK43 9 | £390,000 | 49 |
Zoom out to the full MK43 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how MK43 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in MK43 7? 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 MK43 7'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.
Estate agents working MK43 7: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim MK43 7.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with MK43 7 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual MK43 7 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. 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.