Neighbourhood in Bedford

Wilstead & Shortstown

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Wilstead & Shortstown typically sold for £363,000. Half of the 535 sales were between £300k and £441k, against a typical £340,250 across Bedford.

Postcodes MK42, MK45

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £363k half sold for £300k to £441k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 535 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +19.0% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 40% of sales · 10% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Bedford.

Detached £450,000 typical
Half between £390k and £495k · 245 sales · Bedford £489k
Semi-detached £340,000 typical
Half between £312k and £365k · 161 sales · Bedford £335k
Terraced £290,000 typical
Half between £260k and £325k · 83 sales · Bedford £285k
Flat £191,250 typical
Half between £166k and £202k · 46 sales · Bedford £180k

Since 1995

Each year in Wilstead & Shortstown

This neighbourhood Bedford Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Detached46% · Bedford 33%
Semi-detached30% · Bedford 32%
Terraced16% · Bedford 23%
Flat9% · Bedford 13%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales40% · Bedford 12%

Leaseholds, share of sales10% · Bedford 14%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Wilstead & Shortstown

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.