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Sector SG5 2 house prices

Hitchin Town & West · North Hertfordshire · district SG5 · 208 postcodes

Median £5,750 per m² over 208 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 6.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£5,750/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−6.2%
Sales, 24 months208with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,160/m² to £1,550/m²: 8 sales£2,330/m² to £2,720/m²: 2 sales£2,720/m² to £3,110/m²: 1 sale£3,500/m² to £3,890/m²: 9 sales£3,890/m² to £4,280/m²: 9 sales£4,280/m² to £4,680/m²: 19 sales£4,680/m² to £5,070/m²: 20 sales£5,070/m² to £5,460/m²: 19 sales£5,460/m² to £5,850/m²: 20 sales£5,850/m² to £6,240/m²: 28 sales£6,240/m² to £6,630/m²: 21 sales£6,630/m² to £7,020/m²: 17 sales£7,020/m² to £7,410/m²: 22 sales£7,410/m² to £7,800/m²: 6 sales£7,800/m² to £8,190/m²: 2 sales£8,190/m² to £8,580/m²: 1 sale£8,580/m² to £8,970/m²: 4 salesSG5 2SG5£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k
SG5 2
£5,750/m² middle · £4,800–£6,620/m² middle half · 208 sales
District SG5
£4,800/m² middle · £4,170–£5,700/m² middle half · 1046 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025SG5 2, 2026: 132SG5, 2026: 113North Hertfordshire houses, 2026: 120
  • SG5 2
  • SG5
  • North Hertfordshire 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
OverSG5 2District SG5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−6.2%−3.0%−3.5%−0.3%
5 years−3.1%+1.8%−2.8%+2.1%
10 years−0.8%+2.6%−0.7%+2.7%
20 years+0.7%+3.5%+0.3%+3.2%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£3,000–£7,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. SG5 2Hitchin Town & West£4,800–£6,620/m²
  3. SG4 9Hitchin Highbury£4,690–£6,660/m²
  4. SG5 1Hitchin Bearton£4,360–£6,260/m²
  5. SG4 7Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell£4,820–£6,270/m²
  6. SG5 3Ickleford, Great Offley & Whitwell£4,380–£5,460/m²
  7. SG5 4Stotfold£3,920–£4,800/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
Old Park Road4856 m²£5,620/m²
Wratten Road West3162 m²£7,240/m²
Bedford Road2872 m²£5,110/m²
Symonds Road2864 m²£6,670/m²
Tudor Court1676 m²£4,480/m²
Burford Way1585 m²£4,950/m²
Kings Hedges1584 m²£4,630/m²
Pirton Road1458 m²£5,350/m²
Wellingham Avenue1387 m²£5,710/m²
Oughton Head Way1171 m²£6,580/m²
Swinburne Avenue1175 m²£4,550/m²
Tilehouse Street11118 m²£5,220/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.