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AL8 vs AL1: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in AL8 and AL1, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, AL8 is the more affordable of the two, at £515,000 versus £540,000.

AL8
Welwyn Garden City
AL1
St Albans
Median sold price£515,000£540,000
Average sold price£564,476£649,932
Year-on-year+7.6%+3.6%
Sales (3 yrs)4291,603
Terraced (median)£445,000£607,500
Semi-detached (median)£650,000£786,000
Flat / maisonette (median)£275,000£350,000
Detached (median)£840,000£1,187,500

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.