Postcode sector

Sector AL3 5 house prices

Townsend & New Greens · St Albans · district AL3 · 232 postcodes

Median £7,380 per m² over 213 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 2.7% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£7,380/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+2.7%
Sales, 24 months213with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£4,540/m² to £4,910/m²: 4 sales£4,910/m² to £5,280/m²: 6 sales£5,280/m² to £5,650/m²: 9 sales£5,650/m² to £6,020/m²: 16 sales£6,020/m² to £6,380/m²: 17 sales£6,380/m² to £6,750/m²: 20 sales£6,750/m² to £7,120/m²: 19 sales£7,120/m² to £7,490/m²: 20 sales£7,490/m² to £7,850/m²: 15 sales£7,850/m² to £8,220/m²: 15 sales£8,220/m² to £8,590/m²: 18 sales£8,590/m² to £8,960/m²: 15 sales£8,960/m² to £9,330/m²: 15 sales£9,330/m² to £9,690/m²: 10 sales£9,690/m² to £10,060/m²: 6 sales£10,060/m² to £10,430/m²: 3 sales£10,800/m² to £11,160/m²: 1 sale£11,160/m² to £11,530/m²: 1 sale£11,530/m² to £11,900/m²: 3 salesAL3 5AL3£4k£6k£8k£10k£12k
AL3 5
£7,380/m² middle · £6,400–£8,590/m² middle half · 213 sales
District AL3
£6,290/m² middle · £5,260–£7,680/m² middle half · 698 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025AL3 5, 2026: 133AL3, 2026: 126St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL3 5
  • AL3
  • 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
OverAL3 5District AL3
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+2.7%+6.2%−5.0%−1.8%
5 years−2.5%+2.4%−3.6%+1.3%
10 years−1.1%+2.3%−1.0%+2.4%
20 years+1.3%+4.2%+0.8%+3.6%

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. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  5. AL1 3St Albans Central£5,750–£7,290/m²
  6. AL3 6Townsend & New Greens£5,510–£6,810/m²
  7. AL3 7Redbourn£4,940–£6,230/m²
  8. AL3 8Markyate, Flamstead & Gaddesden£4,230–£5,360/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Bernard Street3164 m²£9,000/m²
Dalton Street2573 m²£8,350/m²
Grange Street2370 m²£8,400/m²
Kimberley Road2282 m²£8,200/m²
Oster Street2267 m²£8,080/m²
Batchwood Drive21106 m²£6,110/m²
Carlisle Avenue2162 m²£6,190/m²
Goldsmith Way21135 m²£6,230/m²
Cannon Street2092 m²£7,830/m²
Folly Lane1892 m²£7,240/m²
Normandy Road1790 m²£8,250/m²
Beech Road16110 m²£6,830/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.