MK43 0LR

Franklin Close, Bedford

Median, last 3 years

£332,500

2 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£390,000

9 Aug 2024

Standard sales

since 1995

MK43 district median

£380,000

507 sales, 12 months to May 2026

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

2010 to 2024. 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
2024 (few sales)	£390,000	1
2023 (few sales)	£275,000	1
2021 (few sales)	£275,000	1
2019 (few sales)	£230,000	1
2017 (few sales)	£211,135	1
2016 (few sales)	£205,000	1
2014 (few sales)	£156,998	2
2010 (few sales)	£142,000	2
2009 (few sales)	£136,000	1
2007 (few sales)	£146,995	2
2005	£134,000	3
2004	£126,000	7
2003 (few sales)	£124,000	1
2002	£98,000	3
2001	£81,500	5
2000 (few sales)	£64,000	1
1999	£63,500	4
1998 (few sales)	£55,000	2
1997	£52,750	4
1995 (few sales)	£36,000	1

Sale history (44 records · 12 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
5, FRANKLIN CLOSE 9 Aug 2024 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Aug 2024	Terraced · Freehold	£390,000
6, FRANKLIN CLOSE 30 Nov 2023 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £230,000 (May 2019) · +20%	30 Nov 2023	Terraced · Freehold	£275,000
8A, FRANKLIN CLOSE 24 Sep 2021 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £134,000 (Oct 2005) · +105%	24 Sep 2021	Terraced · Freehold	£275,000
6, FRANKLIN CLOSE 9 May 2019 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £159,995 (Jul 2014) · +44%	9 May 2019	Terraced · Freehold	£230,000
9, FRANKLIN CLOSE 9 May 2017 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £146,995 (Feb 2007) · +44%	9 May 2017	Terraced · Freehold	£211,135
7, FRANKLIN CLOSE 4 Oct 2016 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £126,000 (Jun 2004) · +63%	4 Oct 2016	Terraced · Freehold	£205,000
6, FRANKLIN CLOSE 18 Jul 2014 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £138,000 (Oct 2004) · +16%	18 Jul 2014	Terraced · Freehold	£159,995
3, FRANKLIN CLOSE 10 Jan 2014 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £136,000 (Nov 2009) · +13%	10 Jan 2014	Terraced · Freehold	£154,000
10, FRANKLIN CLOSE 18 Nov 2010 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,500 (Dec 1997) · +210%	18 Nov 2010	Terraced · Freehold	£144,000
12, FRANKLIN CLOSE 13 Aug 2010 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £95,000 (Oct 2002) · +47%	13 Aug 2010	Terraced · Freehold	£140,000
3, FRANKLIN CLOSE 6 Nov 2009 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £136,500 (Aug 2004) · 0%	6 Nov 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£136,000
9, FRANKLIN CLOSE 28 Feb 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £129,000 (Dec 2004) · +14%	28 Feb 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£146,995
2, FRANKLIN CLOSE 26 Jan 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Jan 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£146,995
13, FRANKLIN CLOSE 21 Nov 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £125,000 (Jun 2004) · +6%	21 Nov 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£133,000
17, FRANKLIN CLOSE 28 Oct 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £81,500 (Dec 1999) · +90%	28 Oct 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£154,995
8A, FRANKLIN CLOSE 21 Oct 2005 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	21 Oct 2005	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£134,000
9, FRANKLIN CLOSE 10 Dec 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £82,495 (Jul 2001) · +56%	10 Dec 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£129,000
6, FRANKLIN CLOSE 29 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £64,000 (Mar 2000) · +116%	29 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£138,000
3, FRANKLIN CLOSE 20 Aug 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	20 Aug 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£136,500
7, FRANKLIN CLOSE 11 Jun 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £83,000 (Nov 2001) · +52%	11 Jun 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£126,000
13, FRANKLIN CLOSE 7 Jun 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £100,000 (Jan 2004) · +25%	7 Jun 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£125,000
8, FRANKLIN CLOSE 13 Feb 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold	13 Feb 2004	Semi-detached · Freehold	£77,600
13, FRANKLIN CLOSE 30 Jan 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £81,500 (Jul 2001) · +23%	30 Jan 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£100,000
16, FRANKLIN CLOSE 14 Mar 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £67,000 (Apr 1999) · +85%	14 Mar 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£124,000
15, FRANKLIN CLOSE 22 Nov 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £77,000 (Jul 2001) · +45%	22 Nov 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£112,000
12, FRANKLIN CLOSE 11 Oct 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £60,000 (Jul 1999) · +58%	11 Oct 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£95,000
11, FRANKLIN CLOSE 13 Sep 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £78,000 (Jun 2001) · +26%	13 Sep 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£98,000
7, FRANKLIN CLOSE 23 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	23 Nov 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£83,000
9, FRANKLIN CLOSE 27 Jul 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £53,000 (Sep 1998) · +56%	27 Jul 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£82,495
15, FRANKLIN CLOSE 20 Jul 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £57,000 (Oct 1997) · +35%	20 Jul 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£77,000
13, FRANKLIN CLOSE 20 Jul 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £57,000 (Jul 1998) · +43%	20 Jul 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£81,500
11, FRANKLIN CLOSE 8 Jun 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £54,500 (Mar 1999) · +43%	8 Jun 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£78,000
6, FRANKLIN CLOSE 3 Mar 2000 · Terraced · Freehold	3 Mar 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£64,000
17, FRANKLIN CLOSE 23 Dec 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £58,500 (May 1997) · +39%	23 Dec 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£81,500
12, FRANKLIN CLOSE 22 Jul 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £48,500 (May 1997) · +24%	22 Jul 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£60,000
16, FRANKLIN CLOSE 30 Apr 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	30 Apr 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£67,000
11, FRANKLIN CLOSE 31 Mar 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	31 Mar 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£54,500
9, FRANKLIN CLOSE 18 Sep 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	18 Sep 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£53,000
13, FRANKLIN CLOSE 13 Jul 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Jul 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£57,000
10, FRANKLIN CLOSE 3 Dec 1997 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £36,000 (Nov 1995) · +29%	3 Dec 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£46,500
15, FRANKLIN CLOSE 10 Oct 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	10 Oct 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£57,000
12, FRANKLIN CLOSE 9 May 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	9 May 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£48,500
17, FRANKLIN CLOSE 2 May 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	2 May 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£58,500
10, FRANKLIN CLOSE 20 Nov 1995 · Terraced · Freehold	20 Nov 1995	Terraced · Freehold	£36,000

Area

Postcode district: MK43
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 9 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01033821
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

Central Bedfordshire, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £356,758
Change since July 2025: +1.2%
First-time buyers: £300,772

Average by property type

Detached: £609,817
Semi-detached: £377,901
Terraced: £299,825
Flat / maisonette: £173,264

The official index for Central Bedfordshire as a whole, not MK43 0LR 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.

MK43 0LN £377,500 · 10 sales
MK43 0LW £385,000 · 1 sale
MK43 0LJ £327,500 · 4 sales
MK43 0GW £340,000 · last sale 2020
MK43 0GN £470,000 · 1 sale
MK43 0NB £460,000 · 1 sale
MK43 0LF £280,000 · 1 sale
MK43 0RF £480,000 · last sale 2017
MK43 0LP £547,500 · 4 sales
MK43 0LE £448,000 · 3 sales
MK43 0WT £520,000 · 1 sale
MK43 0LL £242,500 · 1 sale