Postcode district

MK42 rental market

Name: MK42
Address: GB

Asking rent £1,269 a month · Gross yield 4.5% · 12 months, listings to Aug 2026

What is MK42?

Buildings: 14,920
Mixed-use buildings: 79%
HMO-shaped units: 72%

What does MK42 earn?

MK42: asking rent £1,269 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 449 lets).

Asking rent

£1,269 a month 12 months to Jul 2026

449 lets

Gross yield, asking basis

4.5% 12 months to Aug 2026

876 lets

+2% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.

Homes to rent

155 on 20 Sep 2026

Asking rent: £1,250 pcm in Aug 2025 to £1,189 pcm in Jul 2026.

Gross yield, asking basis: 3.4% in Jan 2022 to 4.6% in Aug 2026.

Homes to rent: 53 in Sep 2026 to 155 in Sep 2026.

Asking rent index: 87.3 in Jan 2022 to 114.8 in Aug 2026.

How does MK42 vary by home size?

Asking rent in MK42 runs from £916 a month for 1 bedroom to £1,911 a month for 4 bedrooms.

Asking rent by bedroom band in MK42, 12 months to Aug 2026. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Homes	Asking rent	Window	Change	Listings
1 bedroom	£916 a month	12 months to Aug 2026	+7.3% on the previous 12 months	171
2 bedrooms	£1,211 a month	12 months to Aug 2026	+2.1% on the previous 12 months	316
3 bedrooms	£1,496 a month	12 months to Aug 2026	+5.1% on the previous 12 months	276
4 bedrooms	£1,911 a month	12 months to Aug 2026	—	90
5+ bedrooms	Not published	—	—	—

Asking rent per calendar month by bedroom band: the monthly medians of lettings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.

Who owns MK42?

Corporate landlords hold 96% of the 2,193 units in MK42 whose freeholder is classified; 91% of all units are not yet classified.

Corporate landlords96% of classified · 2,097 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)2.5% of classified · 54 units
Housing associations1.7% of classified · 37 units
RMC0.2% of classified · 5 units

Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.

Where does MK42 rank?

MK42 ranks 4th of 6 postcode districts in Bedford for asking rent, at £1,269 a month.

Asking rent · postcode districts in Bedford

MK42 ranks 4th of 6 postcode districts in Bedford for asking rent, at £1,269 a month.

Asking rent across postcode districts in Bedford, 12 months to Jul 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
#	Area	Asking rent	Sample	Tier
1	MK44	£1,556 a month	67	indicative
2	MK43	£1,401 a month	193	measured
3	MK41	£1,338 a month	306	measured
4	MK42	£1,269 a month	449	measured
5	NN29	£1,183 a month	72	indicative

Full table: asking rent across postcode districts in Bedford →

Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Bedford

MK42 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Bedford for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.5%.

Gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Bedford, 12 months to Aug 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
#	Area	Gross yield, asking basis	Sample	Tier

Where next from MK42?

BedfordThe wider market this area sits in.
MK40Neighbouring postcode district · £3,761/m²
MK41Neighbouring postcode district · £3,717/m²
MK43Neighbouring postcode district · £4,335/m²
MK44Neighbouring postcode district · £4,448/m²
NN29Neighbouring postcode district · £3,824/m²
MK45Next door, in another authority · £4,461/m²
Homes for sale in MK42Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
Homes to rent in MK42Live lettings, the same place.
Completed sales in MK42Registered completions, newest first.
Planning applications in MK42Applications and decisions on record.
Buildings in MK42Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
Land in MK42Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
Properties in MK42Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
Estate agents in MK42Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.

Questions about MK42

What is the average rent in MK42?: Homes to let in MK42 asked a median £1,269 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 449 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
What is the gross rental yield in MK42?: 4.5% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 876 lets. +2% on the previous 12 months.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page: the dataset behind it, the window it covers, the last month in it and its sample. A monthly point is never a figure here.
Figure	Dataset	Window	Last month	Sample
Asking rent	MarketCode market evidence	12 months to Jul 2026	Jul 2026	449 lets
Gross yield, asking basis	MarketCode market evidence	12 months to Aug 2026	Aug 2026	876 lets
Homes to rent	portal listings; observed forwards from 5 Sep 2026	on 20 Sep 2026	20 Sep 2026	—