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SG5 vs SG1: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in SG5 and SG1, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, SG1 is the more affordable of the two, at £340,000 versus £440,000.

SG5
North Hertfordshire, Hitchin
SG1
Stevenage
Median sold price£440,000£340,000
Average sold price£480,776£357,044
Year-on-year-3.1%+3%
Sales (3 yrs)1,5241,586
Detached (median)£649,975£570,000
Semi-detached (median)£460,000£425,000
Terraced (median)£405,000£335,000
Flat / maisonette (median)£260,000£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.