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Sector AL5 5 house prices

Harpenden East · St Albans · district AL5 · 223 postcodes

Median £6,790 per m² over 208 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 3.9% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,790/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−3.9%
Sales, 24 months208with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,600/m² to £3,980/m²: 5 sales£3,980/m² to £4,370/m²: 3 sales£4,370/m² to £4,750/m²: 5 sales£4,750/m² to £5,140/m²: 10 sales£5,140/m² to £5,520/m²: 19 sales£5,520/m² to £5,900/m²: 20 sales£5,900/m² to £6,290/m²: 21 sales£6,290/m² to £6,670/m²: 17 sales£6,670/m² to £7,050/m²: 11 sales£7,050/m² to £7,440/m²: 21 sales£7,440/m² to £7,820/m²: 17 sales£7,820/m² to £8,200/m²: 17 sales£8,200/m² to £8,590/m²: 13 sales£8,590/m² to £8,970/m²: 10 sales£8,970/m² to £9,360/m²: 6 sales£9,360/m² to £9,740/m²: 4 sales£9,740/m² to £10,120/m²: 2 sales£10,120/m² to £10,510/m²: 1 sale£10,510/m² to £10,890/m²: 2 sales£10,890/m² to £11,270/m²: 4 salesAL5 5AL5£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k£12k
AL5 5
£6,790/m² middle · £5,800–£7,990/m² middle half · 208 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 5, 2026: 133AL5, 2026: 130St Albans houses, 2026: 130
  • AL5 5
  • 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 5District AL5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−3.9%−0.8%−5.9%−2.7%
5 years−2.6%+2.3%−2.7%+2.2%
10 years−1.7%+1.7%−1.5%+1.9%
20 years+1.1%+3.9%+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

£2,000–£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. AL4 8Wheathampstead£5,240–£7,000/m²
  8. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  9. SG4 8Knebworth, Codicote & Kimpton£4,720–£5,800/m²
  10. LU2 9Wigmore & Airport£3,670–£4,650/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
Milton Road4976 m²£5,760/m²
Millstone Way2764 m²£5,080/m²
Overstone Road21131 m²£8,430/m²
Crabtree Lane20161 m²£7,330/m²
Alzey Gardens18110 m²£7,910/m²
Cowper Road18130 m²£7,450/m²
Salisbury Road1799 m²£5,960/m²
Batford Road1696 m²£6,290/m²
Chesterton Avenue1597 m²£7,730/m²
Topstreet Way15145 m²£7,660/m²
Marquis Lane1282 m²£7,620/m²
Grasmere Avenue11242 m²£7,740/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.