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AL9 vs AL1: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in AL9 and AL1, 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 £585,000.

AL9
Welwyn Hatfield, Hatfield
AL1
St Albans
Median sold price£585,000£540,000
Average sold price£730,426£649,932
Year-on-year+3.8%+3.6%
Sales (3 yrs)3311,603
Detached (median)£1,007,500£1,187,500
Semi-detached (median)£583,750£786,000
Terraced (median)£450,000£607,500
Flat / maisonette (median)£285,000£350,000

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.