Postcode sector

Sector AL4 8 house prices

Wheathampstead · St Albans · district AL4 · 209 postcodes

Median £6,170 per m² over 166 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 0.5% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,170/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+0.5%
Sales, 24 months166with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,390/m² to £3,710/m²: 8 sales£3,710/m² to £4,020/m²: 1 sale£4,020/m² to £4,340/m²: 3 sales£4,340/m² to £4,650/m²: 5 sales£4,650/m² to £4,970/m²: 9 sales£4,970/m² to £5,280/m²: 19 sales£5,280/m² to £5,600/m²: 12 sales£5,600/m² to £5,910/m²: 13 sales£5,910/m² to £6,230/m²: 17 sales£6,230/m² to £6,550/m²: 15 sales£6,550/m² to £6,860/m²: 18 sales£6,860/m² to £7,180/m²: 9 sales£7,180/m² to £7,490/m²: 14 sales£7,490/m² to £7,810/m²: 9 sales£7,810/m² to £8,120/m²: 4 sales£8,120/m² to £8,440/m²: 4 sales£8,440/m² to £8,750/m²: 1 sale£8,750/m² to £9,070/m²: 2 sales£9,390/m² to £9,700/m²: 3 salesAL4 8AL4£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k
AL4 8
£6,170/m² middle · £5,240–£7,000/m² middle half · 166 sales
District AL4
£6,570/m² middle · £5,640–£7,470/m² middle half · 683 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025AL4 8, 2026: 135AL4, 2026: 130St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL4 8
  • AL4
  • 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
OverAL4 8District AL4
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+0.5%+3.9%−2.5%+0.7%
5 years−2.3%+2.7%−2.6%+2.3%
10 years−0.9%+2.5%−0.9%+2.5%
20 years+0.6%+3.5%+1.0%+3.9%

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–£8,000/m²
  1. AL4 9Marshalswick£5,850–£7,550/m²
  2. AL5 5Harpenden East£5,800–£7,990/m²
  3. AL5 1Harpenden Common£5,830–£7,700/m²
  4. EN5 4High Barnet & Hadley£5,980–£7,430/m²
  5. AL4 0Colney Heath & Highfield Park£5,720–£7,560/m²
  6. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  7. AL4 8Wheathampstead£5,240–£7,000/m²
  8. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  9. AL8 7Knightsfield£4,870–£6,290/m²
  10. AL6 9Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village£4,740–£5,890/m²
  11. SG4 8Knebworth, Codicote & Kimpton£4,720–£5,800/m²
  12. AL10 9Hatfield North & West£4,120–£5,370/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
Lower Luton Road2495 m²£6,430/m²
Melbourne Mews19114 m²£6,420/m²
Necton Road16109 m²£6,410/m²
The Hill1480 m²£6,950/m²
Wick Avenue13141 m²£5,670/m²
Beech Way12176 m²£6,090/m²
Marshalls Heath Lane12150 m²£7,500/m²
Old School Drive12112 m²£6,420/m²
Brewhouse Hill11102 m²£5,630/m²
Four Limes1048 m²£3,670/m²
Butterfield Road9120 m²£6,210/m²
Caesars Road996 m²£5,780/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.