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AL1 vs AL5: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in AL1 and AL5, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, AL1 is the more affordable of the two, at £540,000 versus £780,000.

AL1
St Albans
AL5
St Albans, Harpenden
Median sold price£540,000£780,000
Average sold price£649,932£938,395
Year-on-year+3.6%+6.7%
Sales (3 yrs)1,6031,201
Flat / maisonette (median)£350,000£335,000
Terraced (median)£607,500£602,500
Semi-detached (median)£786,000£820,000
Detached (median)£1,187,500£1,325,000

Green marks the more affordable (lower-priced) area for each measure. Figures cover the whole district over the last three years and are a market guide, not a valuation of any home.

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Sources

Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.