MK40 3QZ

Bower Street, Bedford

Median, last 3 years

£336,000

5 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£332,000

14 Nov 2025

Standard sales

118

since 1995 (+2 additional entries)

MK40 district median

£341,045

487 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Terraced median £350,500 (4 sales) · Semi-detached sold for £312,500

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

Show the figures

Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2025 (few sales)	£322,250	2
2024	£365,000	3
2023 (few sales)	£366,000	2
2022	£322,000	5
2021	£312,000	6
2020	£330,000	3
2019 (few sales)	£262,500	2
2018	£276,000	4
2017	£286,250	6
2016 (few sales)	£273,500	2
2015	£217,000	3
2014 (few sales)	£232,500	1
2013 (few sales)	£339,975	2
2012	£184,500	4
2011 (few sales)	£180,000	1
2010	£185,000	3
2009	£163,000	3
2008 (few sales)	£185,000	2
2007	£184,240	5
2006	£167,000	3
2005	£172,000	8
2004	£163,000	5
2003	£147,000	7
2002	£121,250	4
2001	£95,000	3
2000	£94,500	6
1999	£74,250	8
1998	£62,000	6
1997 (few sales)	£63,500	1
1996 (few sales)	£58,500	1
1995	£49,250	7

Sale history (120 records · 29 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
116, BOWER STREET 12 Aug 2010 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £63,500 (Oct 1997) · +191%	12 Aug 2010	Semi-detached · Freehold	£185,000
128, BOWER STREET 2 Oct 2009 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £164,250 (Sep 2005) · −1%	2 Oct 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£163,000
108, BOWER STREET 7 Aug 2009 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £145,000 (Jun 2003) · +21%	7 Aug 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£175,000
94, BOWER STREET 28 Apr 2009 · Terraced · Freehold	28 Apr 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£150,000
110, BOWER STREET 6 Jun 2008 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £93,000 (Dec 2000) · +99%	6 Jun 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£185,000
122, BOWER STREET 11 Apr 2008 · Terraced · Freehold	11 Apr 2008	Terraced · Freehold	£185,000
96, BOWER STREET 14 Aug 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	14 Aug 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£184,240
156, BOWER STREET 8 Jun 2007 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £167,000 (Oct 2006) · +26%	8 Jun 2007	Semi-detached · Freehold	£210,000
74, BOWER STREET 4 Jun 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £148,000 (Oct 2004) · +28%	4 Jun 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£189,000
158, BOWER STREET 30 May 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	30 May 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£150,000
146, BOWER STREET 18 May 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £92,000 (Aug 2001) · +100%	18 May 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£184,000
156, BOWER STREET 16 Oct 2006 · Semi-detached · Freehold	16 Oct 2006	Semi-detached · Freehold	£167,000
148, BOWER STREET 27 Jul 2006 · Terraced · Freehold	27 Jul 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£172,000
88, BOWER STREET 2 Jun 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £136,500 (Aug 2003) · +19%	2 Jun 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£162,000
152, BOWER STREET 16 Dec 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £154,000 (Dec 2003) · +13%	16 Dec 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£174,500
90, BOWER STREET 9 Dec 2005 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Dec 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£164,000
128, BOWER STREET 9 Sep 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £96,000 (Jul 2000) · +71%	9 Sep 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£164,250
120, BOWER STREET 15 Jun 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £72,000 (Apr 1999) · +139%	15 Jun 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£172,000
124, BOWER STREET 10 Jun 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £152,000 (Jul 2003) · +14%	10 Jun 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£174,000
164, BOWER STREET 6 May 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £79,995 (Nov 1999) · +119%	6 May 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£175,000
104, BOWER STREET 29 Apr 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £98,000 (Jun 2000) · +76%	29 Apr 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£172,000
70, BOWER STREET 14 Jan 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £81,500 (Oct 1999) · +96%	14 Jan 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£160,000
78, BOWER STREET 9 Dec 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold	9 Dec 2004	Semi-detached · Freehold	£135,000
140, BOWER STREET 3 Dec 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £139,000 (Oct 2002) · +19%	3 Dec 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£165,000
74, BOWER STREET 25 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	25 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£148,000
102, BOWER STREET 23 May 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £117,000 (Apr 2002) · +39%	23 May 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£163,000
86, BOWER STREET 31 Mar 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £120,000 (Apr 2002) · +38%	31 Mar 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£165,000
152, BOWER STREET 19 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £122,500 (Apr 2002) · +26%	19 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£154,000
144, BOWER STREET 15 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	15 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£145,000
88, BOWER STREET 22 Aug 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £65,000 (Mar 1999) · +110%	22 Aug 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£136,500
124, BOWER STREET 18 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £59,500 (Feb 1998) · +155%	18 Jul 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£152,000
80, BOWER STREET 14 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	14 Jul 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£147,000
108, BOWER STREET 18 Jun 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £95,000 (Nov 2001) · +53%	18 Jun 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£145,000
82, BOWER STREET 29 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £71,000 (Nov 1998) · +125%	29 Apr 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£159,500
140, BOWER STREET 3 Oct 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £108,000 (Dec 2001) · +29%	3 Oct 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£139,000
102, BOWER STREET 30 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £76,500 (Aug 1999) · +53%	30 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£117,000
86, BOWER STREET 18 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	18 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£120,000
152, BOWER STREET 5 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £71,500 (Oct 1998) · +71%	5 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£122,500
140, BOWER STREET 14 Dec 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £43,000 (Jan 1995) · +151%	14 Dec 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£108,000
108, BOWER STREET 26 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £54,000 (Mar 1995) · +76%	26 Nov 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£95,000
146, BOWER STREET 3 Aug 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	3 Aug 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£92,000
110, BOWER STREET 22 Dec 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £81,000 (May 1999) · +15%	22 Dec 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£93,000
142, BOWER STREET 29 Sep 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £58,500 (Jul 1996) · +58%	29 Sep 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£92,500
68, BOWER STREET 5 Sep 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £58,500 (Apr 1998) · +32%	5 Sep 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£77,000
128, BOWER STREET 14 Jul 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £51,950 (Apr 1999) · +85%	14 Jul 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£96,000
136, BOWER STREET 16 Jun 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold	16 Jun 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£132,000
104, BOWER STREET 16 Jun 2000 · Terraced · Freehold	16 Jun 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£98,000
164, BOWER STREET 17 Nov 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	17 Nov 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£79,995
70, BOWER STREET 13 Oct 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £64,500 (Mar 1998) · +26%	13 Oct 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£81,500
102, BOWER STREET 3 Aug 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	3 Aug 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£76,500

Area

Postcode district: MK40
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 8 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01017467
Introduced: Jan 1980

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

Bedford, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £333,824
Change since July 2025: +3.9%
First-time buyers: £275,319

Average by property type

Detached: £567,193
Semi-detached: £351,158
Terraced: £279,834
Flat / maisonette: £160,624

The official index for Bedford as a whole, not MK40 3QZ alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

MK40 3QT £443,000 · 5 sales
MK40 3UR £262,625 · 4 sales
MK40 3QS £343,000 · 8 sales
MK40 3RB £350,000 · 3 sales
MK40 3RA £377,500 · 2 sales
MK40 3RQ £480,000 · 2 sales
MK40 3SR £680,000 · 1 sale
MK40 3QN £890,000 · 1 sale
MK40 3QY no sale since 2008
MK40 3RL £417,500 · 6 sales
MK40 3RN £485,000 · 1 sale
MK40 3ND £545,000 · last sale 2021