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Sector AL5 2 house prices

Harpenden Town · St Albans · district AL5 · 241 postcodes

Median £7,950 per m² over 133 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 8.7% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£7,950/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−8.7%
Sales, 24 months133with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£4,050/m² to £4,610/m²: 3 sales£4,610/m² to £5,170/m²: 2 sales£5,170/m² to £5,730/m²: 10 sales£5,730/m² to £6,290/m²: 11 sales£6,290/m² to £6,850/m²: 8 sales£6,850/m² to £7,410/m²: 18 sales£7,410/m² to £7,970/m²: 17 sales£7,970/m² to £8,530/m²: 15 sales£8,530/m² to £9,090/m²: 10 sales£9,090/m² to £9,650/m²: 9 sales£9,650/m² to £10,210/m²: 9 sales£10,210/m² to £10,770/m²: 7 sales£10,770/m² to £11,330/m²: 6 sales£11,330/m² to £11,890/m²: 2 sales£13,010/m² to £13,570/m²: 1 sale£13,570/m² to £14,130/m²: 1 sale£14,690/m² to £15,250/m²: 4 salesAL5 2AL5£0£5k£10k£15k£20k
AL5 2
£7,950/m² middle · £6,730–£9,360/m² middle half · 133 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 2, 2026: 125AL5, 2026: 130St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL5 2
  • 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 2District AL5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−8.7%−5.7%−5.9%−2.7%
5 years−2.3%+2.7%−2.7%+2.2%
10 years−1.8%+1.5%−1.5%+1.9%
20 years+0.6%+3.5%+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. AL5 5Harpenden East£5,800–£7,990/m²
  5. AL5 1Harpenden Common£5,830–£7,700/m²
  6. EN5 3Totteridge & Barnet Gate£5,540–£7,210/m²
  7. AL3 6Townsend & New Greens£5,510–£6,810/m²
  8. AL3 7Redbourn£4,940–£6,230/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
Townsend Lane24158 m²£9,030/m²
Leyton Road2296 m²£8,140/m²
Douglas Road2195 m²£6,610/m²
Salisbury Avenue18142 m²£9,330/m²
Luton Road16102 m²£6,130/m²
Moreton End Lane13159 m²£8,440/m²
Aplins Close1185 m²£7,570/m²
The Deerings11207 m²£7,250/m²
The Uplands9280 m²£8,110/m²
West Common9124 m²£10,150/m²
Barns Dene8162 m²£9,170/m²
The Chowns8238 m²£7,640/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.