Overview
Urban and Rural Property Services is an estate and letting agent based at 72 Bromham Road, Bedford, MK40 2QH. It is an independent, single-office business on our register. The registered business name is Urban & Rural (Bedford) Limited. Companies House number 11177521. It has been trading since 1997. It belongs to The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.
Today it has 10 homes for sale at a median asking price of £950,000. The largest share of its stock is detached property. Half of its listings have been on the market for 1 days or less.
Homes in the MK40 postcode district sold for a median £337,500 across 391 sales in the last 12 months. Across Bedford the average price is £333,824 (July 2026), +38.4% over ten years and 6.2× its January 1995 level. 62 estate and letting agent offices on the register are based in MK40.
Market position and ranking
No league history on record yet
home.co.uk did not list this branch in any of the 1,452 town league tables we recovered from the Internet Archive. Its position will build up from our own daily reading of agents’ websites.
Stock on the market
The homes Urban and Rural Property Services is advertising, broken down the way home.co.uk used to show it, and more. Source: Homes for sale on bedford.urbanandrural.com, 17 October 2026.
| Homes for sale | 10 | Listed in the last 14 days | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average asking price | £1,151,000 | Median asking price | £950,000 |
| Average time on market | 1 days | Median time on market | 1 days |
| Sold subject to contract or under offer | 0% | Homes to let | — |
Homes for sale by price
Number of homes in each asking-price band
By property type
Share of homes for sale
| Homes | Average | Median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 5 | £937k | £895k |
| Terraced | 3 | £1.96m | £1.30m |
Time on the market
How long its current homes for sale have been listed
Sales performance
Asking price achieved and time to sell
We match each home an agent lists to its HM Land Registry completion to measure the price achieved against asking and the time from listing to completion. Results appear here once enough of this branch’s listings have completed, usually three to six months after we first read its website.
Reviews
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Online presence
Profiles are found by reading the links on the agent’s own website. Follower counts and posting activity will be added as they are collected.
The local market
Average prices across Bedford since January 1995, and what has sold in MK40 in the last year. Bedford averages £333,824 in July 2026, +20.6% over five years and +38.4% over ten.
Average house price, Bedford
UK House Price Index, monthly
Homes sold each year, Bedford
Completed sales recorded in the House Price Index
Sales per month in MK40
HM Land Registry completions, last 12 months
What sold in MK40
Completions by property type, last 12 months
| Median sold price, MK40 | £337,500 | Sales, last 12 months | 391 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £541,700 | Semi-detached | £360,000 |
| Terraced | £335,000 | Flat | £185,000 |
Other agents in MK40
| Office | Type and group | Homes for sale |
|---|---|---|
| Artistry Property Agents | Estate agentIndependent | 4today |
| Elevation Estate Agents | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 3home.co.uk 2025 |
| Absolute Estate Agents Ltd | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 2today |
| Belvoir Bedford | Estate and letting agentThe Property Franchise Group | — |
| BrightPath Accommodation Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| CLA | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Central letting Agents Limited | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Cloud Real Estate Ltd T/A Cloud Sales and Lettings | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Compass | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Connells | Estate and letting agentConnells Group | — |
| Cooper Beard Estate Agents | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Cooper Wallace Estate Agents | Estate and letting agentIndependent | — |
| Country Properties | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Fraser Property Management Ltd T/A Martin & Co (Bedford) | Letting agentThe Property Franchise Group | — |
| Front Row Property Services Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Fry Estate Agents Limited | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Gary Lion Estates Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Giles Cardwell Residential Lettings | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Gold Crown Letting Services Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Goodacres | Estate agentIndependent | — |
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Questions and answers
How many homes does Urban and Rural Property Services have for sale?
10 (Homes for sale on bedford.urbanandrural.com, 17 October 2026).
How long do Urban and Rural Property Services's homes take to sell?
The median listing has been on the market 1 days (average 1 days).
How long has Urban and Rural Property Services been trading?
Since 1997, about 29 years.
Which redress scheme is Urban and Rural Property Services a member of?
The Property Ombudsman.
What do homes sell for near Urban and Rural Property Services?
A median £337,500 in MK40 over the last 12 months (HM Land Registry, 391 sales).
Sources and freshness
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| The agent's own website, read daily by our crawler | 10 homes for sale, 0 to let, checked 17 October 2026 |
| UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry (OGL) | Bedford, January 1995 to July 2026 |
| HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL) | MK40, last 12 months |
| The Property Ombudsman and Property Redress Scheme registers | Office details, February 2026 |
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