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Crownhill market report MK8, Milton Keynes
The MK8 (Crownhill) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 9,574 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in MK8 (Milton Keynes) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in MK8 (Milton Keynes) came in at £345,000, out of 93 registered, down 5% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £362,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,910 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 9,574 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
MK8 is the postcode district covering Crownhill, Grange Farm, Great Holm 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 MK8 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.
What buyers actually paid in MK8
Across 93 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) MK8 home went for £345,000. The mean is £362,100, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
House prices per square metre in MK8
Measured by floor area, the last five years of MK8 sales average about £3,910 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.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, MK8 runs 21% above it.
The price of a typical MK8 home, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £345,000 | £345,000 | 93 |
| 2025 | £412,000 | £421,852 | 328 |
| 2024 | £430,000 | £457,178 | 430 |
| 2023 | £435,000 | £477,959 | 294 |
| 2022 | £424,500 | £497,775 | 308 |
| 2021 | £365,000 | £462,137 | 355 |
| 2020 | £370,000 | £480,083 | 274 |
| 2019 | £365,000 | £478,428 | 375 |
| 2018 | £340,000 | £453,226 | 366 |
| 2017 | £340,000 | £463,726 | 361 |
| 2016 | £314,000 | £439,289 | 290 |
| 2015 | £250,000 | £353,250 | 204 |
| 2014 | £211,500 | £300,050 | 172 |
| 2013 | £185,000 | £266,197 | 155 |
| 2012 | £199,800 | £294,081 | 138 |
| 2011 | £177,500 | £267,957 | 144 |
| 2010 | £180,000 | £282,286 | 142 |
| 2009 | £155,000 | £249,164 | 167 |
| 2008 | £163,000 | £267,191 | 160 |
| 2007 | £170,200 | £288,707 | 390 |
| 2006 | £167,800 | £291,279 | 377 |
| 2005 | £185,000 | £329,225 | 416 |
| 2004 | £174,800 | £317,471 | 454 |
| 2003 | £128,500 | £236,728 | 342 |
| 2002 | £100,000 | £188,149 | 412 |
| 2001 | £87,000 | £167,253 | 328 |
| 2000 | £71,000 | £139,338 | 366 |
| 1999 | £69,000 | £137,513 | 441 |
| 1998 | £65,000 | £131,207 | 341 |
| 1997 | £63,200 | £129,610 | 440 |
| 1996 | £50,000 | £105,448 | 290 |
| 1995 | £48,000 | £104,345 | 221 |
In cash terms the typical MK8 home went from £48,000 in 1995 to £345,000 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 231%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 31% 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 MK8 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 2004 (+36.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−16.3%). 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) | −16.3% | −18.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −1.1% | −5.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.9% | −2.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 39% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £535,000 against £148,500 for a flat, 3.6 times the price.
Median by property type, MK8
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £535,000 | 37 | 3,726 |
| Semi-detached | £300,000 | 25 | 2,784 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | 18 | 1,631 |
| Flats | £148,500 | 13 | 1,433 |
The turnover behind the prices
How many homes change hands
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.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 201 MK8 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 386 sales a year before the financial crisis and 291 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around MK8
MK8 falls under Milton Keynes, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,336 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £972 a month here against £2,080 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Milton Keynes
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £345,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,336 a month (£16,032 a year) works out at a 4.6% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on MK8 (Crownhill)
How much did a house sell for in MK8 (Crownhill)?
Are property prices falling in MK8 (Crownhill)?
Is MK8 (Crownhill) a good place to buy a house?
Are MK8 prices heading up or down?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is down 5% over five years in cash but down 25% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
What you could buy in MK8 now
Everything above is what homes in MK8 sold for. The live side of the market holds 19 homes at the moment, listed by 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 39% below the MK8 median sold price.
16% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
"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 MK8 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
The price of an extra bedroom 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%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
MK8 ranks 25 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.
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.
Inside MK8, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| MK8 0 | £350,000 | 30 |
| MK8 1 | £430,000 | 25 |
| MK8 8 | £265,000 | 25 |
| MK8 9 | £310,000 | 13 |
How MK8 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the MK area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| MK44 | £425,000 | -1% |
| MK17 | £420,000 | +6% |
| MK1 | £405,000 | +17% |
| MK46 | £405,000 | +1% |
| MK5 | £400,000 | +7% |
| MK45 | £397,500 | +6% |
| MK43 | £389,500 | +11% |
| MK19 | £387,500 | +5% |
| MK18 | £370,000 | +1% |
| MK10 | £357,500 | +2% |
| MK3 | £349,000 | +18% |
| MK4 | £347,500 | +2% |
| MK8 (this report) | £345,000 | -5% |
| MK41 | £340,000 | +11% |
| MK16 | £339,000 | +3% |
| MK40 | £327,500 | +11% |
| MK11 | £325,000 | -4% |
| MK14 | £325,000 | +10% |
| MK15 | £325,000 | +1% |
| MK42 | £319,500 | +18% |
| MK7 | £310,000 | +5% |
| MK12 | £295,000 | +10% |
| MK13 | £291,000 | +13% |
| MK2 | £290,000 | +12% |
Thinking of selling in MK8? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in MK8, open the average prices map and zoom from the MK8 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded MK8 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim MK8.
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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.