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Wixams & Elstow

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Wixams & Elstow typically sold for £360,000. Half of the 531 sales were between £308k and £435k, against a typical £340,250 across Bedford.

Postcodes MK42, MK45

All of Bedford
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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £360k half sold for £308k to £435k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 531 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +16.1% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 41% of sales · 17% 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 £474,665 typical
    Half between £410k and £544k · 192 sales · Bedford £489k
  • Semi-detached £354,000 typical
    Half between £330k and £376k · 155 sales · Bedford £335k
  • Terraced £330,000 typical
    Half between £290k and £354k · 106 sales · Bedford £285k
  • Flat £237,500 typical
    Half between £221k and £270k · 78 sales · Bedford £180k

Since 1995

Each year in Wixams & Elstow

This neighbourhood Bedford Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £67,9501996: £60,0001997: £69,0001998: £85,0001999: £85,7452000: £153,5002001: £122,5502002: £195,0002003: £159,5002004: £210,0002005: £180,0002006: £187,0002007: £208,0002008: £214,5002009: £214,9502010: £204,9502011: £215,0002012: £216,0002013: £218,0002014: £235,0002015: £265,0002016: £280,0002017: £296,9952018: £300,0002019: £299,9982020: £310,9952021: £329,9722022: £375,9952023: £390,0002024: £345,0002025: £380,000 1995: 73 sold1996: 35 sold1997: 41 sold1998: 105 sold1999: 120 sold2000: 83 sold2001: 129 sold2002: 115 sold2003: 130 sold2004: 102 sold2005: 59 sold2006: 109 sold2007: 65 sold2008: 28 sold2009: 91 sold2010: 143 sold2011: 139 sold2012: 110 sold2013: 145 sold2014: 191 sold2015: 159 sold2016: 116 sold2017: 168 sold2018: 126 sold2019: 264 sold2020: 263 sold2021: 276 sold2022: 283 sold2023: 161 sold2024: 206 sold2025: 201 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £67,9501996: £60,0001997: £69,0001998: £85,0001999: £85,7452000: £153,5002001: £122,5502002: £195,0002003: £159,5002004: £210,0002005: £180,0002006: £187,0002007: £208,0002008: £214,5002009: £214,9502010: £204,9502011: £215,0002012: £216,0002013: £218,0002014: £235,0002015: £265,0002016: £280,0002017: £296,9952018: £300,0002019: £299,9982020: £310,9952021: £329,9722022: £375,9952023: £390,0002024: £345,0002025: £380,000 1995: 73 sold1996: 35 sold1997: 41 sold1998: 105 sold1999: 120 sold2000: 83 sold2001: 129 sold2002: 115 sold2003: 130 sold2004: 102 sold2005: 59 sold2006: 109 sold2007: 65 sold2008: 28 sold2009: 91 sold2010: 143 sold2011: 139 sold2012: 110 sold2013: 145 sold2014: 191 sold2015: 159 sold2016: 116 sold2017: 168 sold2018: 126 sold2019: 264 sold2020: 263 sold2021: 276 sold2022: 283 sold2023: 161 sold2024: 206 sold2025: 201 sold 199520102025

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

  • Detached36% · Bedford 33%
  • Semi-detached29% · Bedford 32%
  • Terraced20% · Bedford 23%
  • Flat15% · Bedford 13%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales41% · Bedford 12%
Leaseholds, share of sales17% · 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.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Wixams & Elstow

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

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.