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Typical sold price, MK42
£310,500
250 real sales, 27 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £217,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £264,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Kempston / south: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Kempston / south is neither busy nor quiet, at about 43 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
Before you accept anything, most sales in Kempston / south fell between £185,000 and £445,000, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsWith a steady flow of sales, you can sell the usual way if you have time, and keep a cash route in mind if you do not; expect a cash offer of about 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £310,500 home means roughly £217,000 to £264,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), and test it against sold prices.
Missing paperwork slows many sales, so pull together paperwork for any damp, roof or window work; proof of ownership and the title plan; and gas and electrical safety certificates now, and ask your conveyancer what else will be wanted.
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Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
Kempston / south at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£185,000 to £445,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
4.5%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,173 a month
Bedford, August 2026
Planning applications
496
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Kempston / south homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for MK42, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in MK42
Detached homes had the highest typical price in MK42 at £415,000, from 47 sales; flats came to £185,000.
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced31%
- Flats16%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £415,000 | 47 |
| Semi-detached | £311,000 | 82 |
| Terraced | £292,500 | 74 |
| Flats | £185,000 | 39 |
HM Land Registry, 27 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Bedford homes rent for
Average private rent in Bedford was £1,173 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 4.5% on the MK42 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £800, 2 bed £1,029, 3 bed £1,260, 4+ bed £1,806 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just MK42.
Planning activity
Planning near Kempston / south
496 planning applications within 500 m of the MK42 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 8 are still undecided.
- Decided60%
- Undecided40%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Kempston / south
496 planning applications within 500 m of the MK42 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 29 Apr 2025 and 31 Mar 2026, and 8 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 22 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Affordable southern areas.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Kempston / south (Bedford), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Kempston / south actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for MK42.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Bedford, up 3.0% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just MK42. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £800, 2 bed £1,029, 3 bed £1,260, 4+ bed £1,806.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the MK42 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for MK42, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in MK42
Filter by property type and radius around the MK42 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, MARINA COURT, BEDFORDMK42 9EE | £260,000 | 2026-08-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 22A, FARRER STREET, BEDFORDMK42 8JH | £326,000 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 5, PEARCEY ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 9LY | £263,122 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 29, SWAN ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 6BW | £320,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 37, ROMSEY WAY, BEDFORDMK42 9FA | £309,500 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 13, ROCHESTER WAY, BEDFORDMK42 0GB | £272,250 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 48, MAGNOLIA CLOSE, BEDFORDMK42 7RY | £305,001 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 6, BRAMBLING GARDENS, BEDFORDMK42 6BN | £500,000 | 2026-08-13 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 2, REDWING MEWS, BEDFORDMK42 6BS | £330,000 | 2026-08-13 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 4, WESTMINSTER GARDENS, BEDFORDMK42 8TX | £355,000 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| BRITANNIA HOUSE, PALGRAVE ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 9BX | £245,000 | 2026-08-12 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 9, FYLINGDALES AVENUE, BEDFORDMK42 0LG | £415,000 | 2026-08-11 | Detached | Freehold |
| 247, LONDON ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 0PX | £380,000 | 2026-08-11 | Detached | Freehold |
| 94A, BUNYAN ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 8EX | £383,000 | 2026-08-10 | Detached | Freehold |
| 15, FYLINGDALES AVENUE, BEDFORDMK42 0LG | £365,000 | 2026-08-07 | Detached | Freehold |
| 64, REDDALL CLOSE, BEDFORDMK42 0LY | £311,000 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 53, HILLESDEN AVENUE, BEDFORDMK42 9AJ | £385,000 | 2026-08-05 | Detached | Freehold |
| 85, WOBURN ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 7QR | £240,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 27, FIRBANK ROAD, BEDFORDMK42 9LL | £275,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 13, COLEMORE GRANGE, BEDFORDMK42 0GW | £425,000 | 2026-08-03 | Detached | Freehold |
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