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Sector AL5 1 house prices

Harpenden Common · St Albans · district AL5 · 192 postcodes

Median £6,700 per m² over 161 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 7.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,700/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−7.2%
Sales, 24 months161with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,830/m² to £4,280/m²: 6 sales£4,280/m² to £4,720/m²: 5 sales£4,720/m² to £5,170/m²: 7 sales£5,170/m² to £5,620/m²: 12 sales£5,620/m² to £6,060/m²: 18 sales£6,060/m² to £6,510/m²: 21 sales£6,510/m² to £6,960/m²: 22 sales£6,960/m² to £7,400/m²: 20 sales£7,400/m² to £7,850/m²: 16 sales£7,850/m² to £8,300/m²: 17 sales£8,300/m² to £8,740/m²: 2 sales£8,740/m² to £9,190/m²: 7 sales£9,190/m² to £9,640/m²: 2 sales£9,640/m² to £10,080/m²: 2 sales£10,080/m² to £10,530/m²: 1 sale£11,420/m² to £11,870/m²: 1 sale£12,320/m² to £12,760/m²: 2 salesAL5 1AL5£0£5k£10k£15k
AL5 1
£6,700/m² middle · £5,830–£7,700/m² middle half · 161 sales
District AL5
£7,030/m² middle · £5,910–£8,140/m² middle half · 824 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025AL5 1, 2026: 122AL5, 2026: 130St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL5 1
  • AL5
  • 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
OverAL5 1District AL5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−7.2%−4.1%−5.9%−2.7%
5 years−3.4%+1.5%−2.7%+2.2%
10 years−1.6%+1.8%−1.5%+1.9%
20 years+0.3%+3.1%+0.9%+3.8%

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. AL5 2Harpenden Town£6,730–£9,360/m²
  2. AL5 4Harpenden North£5,690–£8,210/m²
  3. AL5 3Harpenden North£6,100–£8,040/m²
  4. AL4 9Marshalswick£5,850–£7,550/m²
  5. AL5 5Harpenden East£5,800–£7,990/m²
  6. AL5 1Harpenden Common£5,830–£7,700/m²
  7. EN5 4High Barnet & Hadley£5,980–£7,430/m²
  8. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  9. AL4 8Wheathampstead£5,240–£7,000/m²
  10. AL3 6Townsend & New Greens£5,510–£6,810/m²
  11. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/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
Southdown Road3363 m²£5,200/m²
Cravells Road2979 m²£7,390/m²
Piggottshill Lane24132 m²£6,990/m²
Grove Road2261 m²£6,620/m²
Coleswood Road21112 m²£6,380/m²
Meadway19110 m²£7,690/m²
Eastmoor Park16136 m²£5,850/m²
Grove Avenue16131 m²£6,320/m²
Broadstone Road1094 m²£6,660/m²
Sibley Avenue10126 m²£6,990/m²
Longfield Road982 m²£5,670/m²
Bewdley Close892 m²£7,360/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.