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Watercress Rise, MK40

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£359,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,340
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
51
Distinct homes
42
Price range
£159,750£487,500
Sales recorded
2017 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Watercress Rise is a mix of detached houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £359,000 — roughly 18% above the MK40 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £3,340, in line with the district's £3,444. Recent sales have moved in step with the wider district. HM Land Registry records 51 sales across 42 homes since 2017.

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Watercress Rise prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 51 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianMK40 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k201820202022202420262017: £355,000 median · 10 sales2018: £295,000 median · 9 sales2019: £395,000 median · 14 sales2020: £352,700 median · 6 sales2021: £387,000 median · 7 sales2023: £189,750 median · 1 sale2024: £375,000 median · 1 sale2025: £465,000 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the MK40 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Watercress Rise compares

Watercress Rise against the MK40 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Lacewing Drive£420k · 62
Watercress Rise£383k · 32
Dragonfly Crescent£329k · 63
Dudley Street£325k · 63
Bower Street£320k · 62
George Street£315k · 63
Greenkeepers Road£295k · 64
Goldington Road£220k · 55
Linden Road£190k · 61
Warwick Avenue£177k · 117

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£359,000
median · all recorded sales
MK40 district
£305,000
median · last 8 years · street +18%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Watercress Rise's £359,000 median sits about 18% above MK40's £305,000; on floor space it runs £3,340/m² against the district's £3,444/m².

Street and MK40 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Watercress Rise.

Detached
£415,000
30 sales
Semi-detached
£295,000
21 sales

Every recorded sale on Watercress Rise

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
2 Dec 202514 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£159,750
24 Nov 202556 · MK40 4USDetached£465,000
5 Mar 202560 · MK40 4USDetached£487,500
20 Dec 202455 · MK40 4USDetached£375,000
19 Apr 202465 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detached£337,500
21 Jul 202365 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detached£440,000
23 Feb 202311 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£189,750
20 Aug 20214 · MK40 4USDetached£358,000
3 Jul 202112 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£387,000
28 Jun 202114 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detached£135,000
1 Jun 202148 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£300,000
29 Mar 20211 · MK40 4USDetached£465,000
26 Feb 202140 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£427,000
18 Feb 202149 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£280,000
12 Feb 20212 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£460,000
11 Dec 202054 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£258,000
20 Nov 202067 · MK40 4USSemi-detached£305,000
25 Sept 202036 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£455,000
28 Aug 20204 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£325,400
31 Jul 202049 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detached£295,000
30 Apr 202038 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£465,000
28 Feb 202039 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£380,000
20 Dec 201923 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
20 Dec 201921 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
20 Dec 201927 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
20 Dec 201925 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
19 Dec 201919 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£450,000
15 Nov 201910 · MK40 4USSemi-detachedYes£360,000
1 Nov 201929 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£405,000
30 Oct 201933 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
30 Oct 201935 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£300,000
30 Oct 201931 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£260,000
30 Oct 201937 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£300,000
30 Oct 201917 · MK40 4USnon-standardDetachedYes£300,000
30 Oct 201915 · MK40 4USnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£300,000
23 Sept 201942 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£385,000
30 Aug 201946 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£405,000
26 Jul 201944 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£462,500
28 Jun 20196 · MK40 4USSemi-detachedYes£275,000
28 Jun 20198 · MK40 4USSemi-detachedYes£296,000
28 Jun 201914 · MK40 4USnon-standardOther£1,578,000
28 May 201926 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£340,000
24 May 201924 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£340,000
24 May 201922 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£437,500
5 Apr 20193 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£450,000
15 Mar 20195 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£340,000
4 Jan 20191 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£450,000
4 May 201850 · MK40 4USSemi-detachedYes£295,000
29 Mar 201851 · MK40 4USSemi-detachedYes£294,500
27 Mar 201853 · MK40 4USDetachedYes£415,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in MK40

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider MK40 area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.