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Sector AL1 1 house prices

St Albans Central · St Albans · district AL1 · 190 postcodes

Median £6,920 per m² over 208 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 1.5% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,920/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−1.5%
Sales, 24 months208with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£4,310/m² to £4,640/m²: 10 sales£4,640/m² to £4,980/m²: 10 sales£4,980/m² to £5,310/m²: 13 sales£5,310/m² to £5,640/m²: 20 sales£5,640/m² to £5,970/m²: 9 sales£5,970/m² to £6,310/m²: 13 sales£6,310/m² to £6,640/m²: 13 sales£6,640/m² to £6,970/m²: 20 sales£6,970/m² to £7,300/m²: 15 sales£7,300/m² to £7,640/m²: 16 sales£7,640/m² to £7,970/m²: 12 sales£7,970/m² to £8,300/m²: 11 sales£8,300/m² to £8,630/m²: 10 sales£8,630/m² to £8,970/m²: 11 sales£8,970/m² to £9,300/m²: 6 sales£9,300/m² to £9,630/m²: 5 sales£9,630/m² to £9,960/m²: 4 sales£9,960/m² to £10,290/m²: 4 sales£10,290/m² to £10,630/m²: 1 sale£10,630/m² to £10,960/m²: 5 salesAL1 1AL1£4k£6k£8k£10k£12k
AL1 1
£6,920/m² middle · £5,640–£8,110/m² middle half · 208 sales
District AL1
£6,820/m² middle · £5,860–£7,860/m² middle half · 1039 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025AL1 1, 2026: 113AL1, 2026: 116St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL1 1
  • AL1
  • St Albans houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverAL1 1District AL1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−1.5%+1.7%−4.3%−1.1%
5 years−3.7%+1.1%−3.8%+1.1%
10 years−2.0%+1.3%−1.8%+1.5%
20 years+0.8%+3.6%+0.9%+3.7%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£4,000–£10,000/m²
  1. AL1 4Bernards Heath£6,780–£8,700/m²
  2. AL3 4Verulam Park£6,200–£8,570/m²
  3. AL1 1St Albans Central£5,640–£8,110/m²
  4. AL4 0Colney Heath & Highfield Park£5,720–£7,560/m²
  5. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  6. AL1 2Cottonmill & Sopwell£5,750–£7,440/m²
  7. AL1 5The Camp & Cunningham£5,690–£7,300/m²
  8. AL1 3St Albans Central£5,750–£7,290/m²
  9. AL2 2How Wood & Park Street£4,960–£6,500/m²
  10. AL2 1London Colney£4,620–£5,900/m²
  11. AL1 9LongacresToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
London Road9277 m²£5,810/m²
Vickers Mews31141 m²£6,990/m²
Old London Road2769 m²£7,060/m²
Riverside Road2771 m²£7,080/m²
Abbots Park2351 m²£5,050/m²
Holywell Hill2186 m²£5,860/m²
Pageant Road2082 m²£7,620/m²
Albert Street1969 m²£8,450/m²
Sopwell Lane1858 m²£8,450/m²
Meadowcroft1691 m²£5,620/m²
New House Park1691 m²£5,120/m²
Belmont Hill1549 m²£4,900/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.