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Sector AL1 3 house prices

St Albans Central · St Albans · district AL1 · 257 postcodes

Median £6,500 per m² over 210 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 11.3% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,500/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−11.3%
Sales, 24 months210with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,530/m² to £3,860/m²: 5 sales£3,860/m² to £4,190/m²: 3 sales£4,190/m² to £4,520/m²: 6 sales£4,520/m² to £4,850/m²: 7 sales£4,850/m² to £5,190/m²: 11 sales£5,190/m² to £5,520/m²: 10 sales£5,520/m² to £5,850/m²: 15 sales£5,850/m² to £6,180/m²: 26 sales£6,180/m² to £6,520/m²: 24 sales£6,520/m² to £6,850/m²: 25 sales£6,850/m² to £7,180/m²: 21 sales£7,180/m² to £7,510/m²: 16 sales£7,510/m² to £7,840/m²: 10 sales£7,840/m² to £8,180/m²: 5 sales£8,180/m² to £8,510/m²: 6 sales£8,510/m² to £8,840/m²: 5 sales£8,840/m² to £9,170/m²: 6 sales£9,170/m² to £9,500/m²: 5 sales£9,840/m² to £10,170/m²: 4 salesAL1 3AL1£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k£12k
AL1 3
£6,500/m² middle · £5,750–£7,290/m² middle half · 210 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 3, 2026: 95AL1, 2026: 116St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL1 3
  • 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 3District AL1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−11.3%−8.3%−4.3%−1.1%
5 years−5.5%−0.7%−3.8%+1.1%
10 years−3.0%+0.4%−1.8%+1.5%
20 years0.0%+2.8%+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. AL3 5Townsend & New Greens£6,400–£8,590/m²
  4. AL1 1St Albans Central£5,640–£8,110/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. 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
Grosvenor Road7666 m²£6,770/m²
Charrington Place6063 m²£6,130/m²
Newsom Place4165 m²£6,200/m²
Avenue Road2685 m²£5,730/m²
Gabriel Square23176 m²£5,450/m²
Alexandra Road2274 m²£8,350/m²
Lemsford Road2163 m²£5,780/m²
Hillside Road1766 m²£6,220/m²
Inkerman Road1670 m²£7,740/m²
Lattimore Road1671 m²£7,870/m²
Liverpool Road15110 m²£7,290/m²
Alma Road1463 m²£6,580/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.