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Sector AL5 3 house prices

Harpenden North · St Albans · district AL5 · 141 postcodes

Median £6,990 per m² over 122 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 4.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,990/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−4.2%
Sales, 24 months122with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,950/m² to £3,360/m²: 3 sales£3,360/m² to £3,770/m²: 4 sales£3,770/m² to £4,170/m²: 2 sales£4,170/m² to £4,580/m²: 2 sales£4,580/m² to £4,990/m²: 2 sales£4,990/m² to £5,390/m²: 3 sales£5,390/m² to £5,800/m²: 9 sales£5,800/m² to £6,210/m²: 9 sales£6,210/m² to £6,610/m²: 12 sales£6,610/m² to £7,020/m²: 17 sales£7,020/m² to £7,430/m²: 13 sales£7,430/m² to £7,830/m²: 8 sales£7,830/m² to £8,240/m²: 10 sales£8,240/m² to £8,650/m²: 15 sales£8,650/m² to £9,050/m²: 3 sales£9,050/m² to £9,460/m²: 2 sales£9,460/m² to £9,870/m²: 1 sale£9,870/m² to £10,270/m²: 1 sale£10,270/m² to £10,680/m²: 2 sales£10,680/m² to £11,090/m²: 4 salesAL5 3AL5£0£5k£10k£15k
AL5 3
£6,990/m² middle · £6,100–£8,040/m² middle half · 122 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)

5010015020025030020052010201520202025AL5 3, 2026: 134AL5, 2026: 130St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL5 3
  • 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 3District AL5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−4.2%−1.0%−5.9%−2.7%
5 years−2.6%+2.4%−2.7%+2.2%
10 years−1.2%+2.2%−1.5%+1.9%
20 years+1.1%+4.0%+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

£0–£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. HA7 3Stanmore Uxbridge Road£5,450–£7,040/m²
  8. AL3 7Redbourn£4,940–£6,230/m²
  9. AL3 8Markyate, Flamstead & Gaddesden£4,230–£5,360/m²
  10. LU1 4Caddington & Slip End£3,990–£5,070/m²
  11. LU2 9Wigmore & Airport£3,670–£4,650/m²
  12. LU1 3New Town£2,980–£3,930/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
Roundwood Lane3846 m²£3,710/m²
Luton Road31109 m²£6,970/m²
Park Mount21118 m²£7,010/m²
Park Rise18139 m²£7,340/m²
Park Hill1584 m²£8,250/m²
Harpenden Rise1386 m²£8,330/m²
Tuffnells Way13139 m²£6,350/m²
Carpenders Close12143 m²£6,830/m²
Roundwood Park11198 m²£8,140/m²
Derwent Road9152 m²£6,910/m²
Kinsbourne Close8117 m²£6,540/m²
Ridge Avenue7141 m²£6,620/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.