MK42 vs MK45: house prices per square metre compared

MK45 (Flitwick) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £4,392 per against £3,594 in MK42 (Kempston)MK42 is 18% cheaper per . The figures come from 396 and 375 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

MK42

Kempston, Bedford

High confidence

£3,594median per

Median sale price
£305,250
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,048 – £4,276
Sales (last 12 months)
431
With a matched floor area
375
Mean floor area (matched sales)
87 m²
Change over 10 years
+33.6%
New-build premium
+15%
All MK42 sold prices

MK45

Flitwick, Bedford

Medium confidence

£4,392median per

Median sale price
£396,750
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,718 – £5,000
Sales (last 12 months)
602
With a matched floor area
396
Mean floor area (matched sales)
103 m²
Change over 10 years
+23.1%
New-build premium
+2%
All MK45 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

MK42 compared with MK45
MeasureMK42MK45Difference
Median price per m²£3,594£4,392+22%
Median sale price£305,250£396,750+30%
Sales (last 12 months)431602+171
Change over 10 years+33.6%+23.1%−10.5 pts

By property type

Median price per for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Property typeMK42MK45
Detached£3,750n = 73£4,358n = 134
Semi-detached£3,645n = 121£4,588n = 118
Terraced£3,585n = 123£4,451n = 104
Flat£3,265n = 58£3,792n = 40

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