Buy-to-let in Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire in figures

Gross rental yield

4.7%

On terraced houses across Central Bedfordshire

Entry price, across its towns

£309,000 to £335,000

The cheapest postcode district's median sale

Price move, 12 months

+1.7%

UK House Price Index, across Central Bedfordshire

Price move, 10 years

+29.5%

UK House Price Index, across Central Bedfordshire

Population

321,605

Central Bedfordshire, +11.2% growth

• Terraced houses across Central Bedfordshire let for £1,200/mo against a median sale of £311,000 there: 4.7% gross before costs, on ONS rents and sold prices for the whole authority.
• ONS puts the median rent across the whole local authority at £1,250/mo, which is the figure to check an asking rent against.
• Prices across Central Bedfordshire rose 1.7% over the last year on the mix-adjusted UK HPI, which is measured for the whole local authority.

• Prices +30% over ten years (Central Bedfordshire)
• £20,900 stamp duty with the 5% surcharge on a £309,000 buy-to-let
• 1 regeneration award (Central Bedfordshire)
• 1,626 homes added across Central Bedfordshire
• Band D £2,516 (Central Bedfordshire)
• 1.0% long-term empty across Central Bedfordshire
• +19% five-year forecast for East of England as a whole (Savills), not this area

These figures are from Clarity's monthly ranking dataset, one method across every place so they compare. The Central Bedfordshire report measures the area in more depth over its own twelve months, so its figures are the ones to quote.

What sits behind the figures

Prices across Central Bedfordshire moved +29.5% over ten years on the UK House Price Index, and prices are at or near their highest.

Employee jobs across Central Bedfordshire moved +17.3% from 2015 to 2024 (ONS Business Register and Employment Survey).

43% of the energy performance certificates lodged across Arlesey's postcode districts are below band C (2,156 certificates). Clarity measures areas rather than individual homes, so this is the share of the local stock likely to need energy-efficiency work before it meets a band C standard, not a survey of any one property.

A buy-to-let at £309,000 pays £20,900 in Stamp Duty Land Tax, including the 5% surcharge on additional homes.

The five-year forecast quoted above (Savills, East of England) is a regional figure for East of England as a whole, not a forecast for Central Bedfordshire, and Clarity does not rank on it.

Towns in Central Bedfordshire

Each yield is Central Bedfordshire's, for the kind of home that town's prices point to, and the year's price move is measured across Central Bedfordshire as a whole, so towns pointing to the same kind of home share a yield.

The Central Bedfordshire report

The full report measures Central Bedfordshire from its own sales: sold prices and rents for each type of home, the year's price move, crime per resident and worker, flood risk, planning designations, housing delivery and regeneration funding, with a worked buy-to-let deal on your own budget. This edition was built in October 2026.

Read the cover of the Central Bedfordshire report, free, with its headline figures, before you decide.

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Compare it with everywhere else

The investment map ranks Central Bedfordshire against every other place we cover, on your own budget and strategy. Questions about the figures or about us are answered here.