Hertfordshire
St Albans
5,709 registered sales, by tenure, property type and year.
- Registered sales
- 5,709
- Median price
- £585,000
- New build
- 4.6%
- Postcode areas
- 4
What is a house in St Albans worth?
Across 5,709 registered sales, the median price paid in St Albans was £585,000. Typical prices by property type:
Detached
£876,250
1,120 sales
Semi-detached
£688,575
1,486 sales
Terraced
£558,913
1,681 sales
Flat
£325,000
1,390 sales
In 2025, the most recent full year on the register, the median was £576,500 across 1,724 sales.
These are prices actually paid, not an estimate for any one property. Where a property type sold under both freehold and leasehold, the figure blends the two in proportion to sales. A real valuation also turns on condition, floor area and exact location, none of which the register records.
Value a propertyBy tenure and property type
| Tenure | Property type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold | Terraced | 1,645 | £562,500 |
| Freehold | Semi-detached | 1,486 | £688,575 |
| Leasehold | Flat | 1,390 | £325,000 |
| Freehold | Detached | 1,120 | £876,250 |
| Leasehold | Terraced | 36 | £395,000 |
Median by year
| Year | Median price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | £595,000 | 1,498 |
| 2024 | £577,250 | 1,598 |
| 2025 | £576,500 | 1,724 |
| 2026 | £593,000 | 889 |
Other towns in Hertfordshire
Watford
£420,000 · 4,900 sales
Hemel Hempstead
£402,250 · 4,060 sales
Stevenage
£340,000 · 3,758 sales
Hitchin
£450,625 · 3,664 sales
Bishop's Stortford
£450,000 · 3,343 sales
Waltham Cross
£435,000 · 2,588 sales
Hertford
£450,000 · 2,153 sales
Royston
£415,000 · 2,044 sales
Welwyn Garden City
£410,000 · 1,910 sales
Rickmansworth
£630,000 · 1,848 sales
Ware
£432,750 · 1,848 sales
Harpenden
£799,425 · 1,585 sales
What these figures are and are not
Median prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales only. Repossessions, bulk transfers and company-to-company sales are excluded. The register records no floor area, so nothing here is a price per square foot.
2023-01-01 – 2026-09-30