AL5 postcode district

Property prices and recorded sales

AL5: 18,958 recorded property sales with dates, prices and address history. HM Land Registry records, not current valuations.

Latest recorded sale
16 July 2026
All recorded sales
18,958
Since 4 January 1995
Five-year median
£770,500
Sales in five-year window
2,424

Five-year sales by property type

Detached 770
Semi-detached 632
Terraced 352
Flats 574
Other 96

Annual property market

Bars show recorded Price Paid sales. Lines show median sale prices. Hover or tap a year for exact values, or select a legend item to show or hide a series.

Annual property market data
YearRecorded salesAll property types median sale priceDetached median sale priceSemi-detached median sale priceTerraced median sale priceFlat or maisonette median sale priceOther median sale price
2015608£625,000£980,000£639,000£439,500£300,000£495,000
2016608£567,375£1,000,000£650,000£470,000£325,000£347,500
2017531£650,000£1,015,000£662,500£497,000£340,000£693,125
2018522£695,000£1,050,000£670,000£500,000£325,000£549,500
2019536£703,500£1,000,000£717,500£550,000£327,500£713,500
2020460£729,286£1,100,000£770,000£545,000£335,000£637,250
2021689£700,000£1,275,000£750,000£540,000£335,000£550,000
2022564£755,500£1,300,000£800,000£635,000£360,000£1,000,000
2023476£782,500£1,335,000£805,000£610,000£330,000£800,000
2024492£775,000£1,300,000£775,000£615,000£345,000£350,000
2025532£775,000£1,400,000£835,500£602,500£350,000£1,435,000
2026151£722,500£1,321,250£875,000£595,000£337,500£275,000

Every recorded sale

18,941-18,958 of 18,958 · AL5

July 2021 to July 2026

  • 20 January 1995

    £180,000

    7, Townsend Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BQ

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 20 January 1995

    £75,000

    8, Burnsall Place, Harpenden, AL5 1RS

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 18 January 1995

    £67,500

    St Johns Court, 3, St Johns Road, Harpenden, AL5 1DL

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 17 January 1995

    £130,000

    98a, Cowper Road, Harpenden, AL5 5NL

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 17 January 1995

    £174,950

    5, Sir Josephs Walk, Harpenden, AL5 2DT

    Terraced, Freehold, new build

  • 16 January 1995

    £166,950

    31, Hillside Road, Harpenden, AL5 4BS

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 12 January 1995

    £88,000

    12, Linwood Road, Harpenden, AL5 1RR

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 12 January 1995

    £48,000

    Yardley Court, 10, Milton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5LH

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 10 January 1995

    £85,000

    Shelley Court, 15, Milton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5LL

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 9 January 1995

    £97,000

    125, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5RQ

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 9 January 1995

    £361,000

    23, Townsend Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2PY

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 7 January 1995

    £125,000

    70, Park Rise, Harpenden, AL5 3AL

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 7 January 1995

    £250,000

    27, Stewart Road, Harpenden, AL5 4QE

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 6 January 1995

    £86,500

    9, Rothamsted Court, Harpenden, AL5 2BZ

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 6 January 1995

    £89,450

    24, Poets Court, Harpenden, AL5 5EW

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, new build

  • 5 January 1995

    £85,000

    3, Betjeman Close, Harpenden, AL5 4XH

    Terraced, Freehold, new build

  • 4 January 1995

    £57,000

    8, Cowper Road, Harpenden, AL5 5NG

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 4 January 1995

    £180,000

    36, Topstreet Way, Harpenden, AL5 5TT

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

Local property price history

349-360 of 378 monthly records

Average price trend

Latest 12 monthly UK House Price Index records for St Albans.

Average price trend data
PeriodAverage price
July 1996£99,601
August 1996£100,104
September 1996£100,997
October 1996£101,453
November 1996£102,796
December 1996£104,826
January 1997£108,588
February 1997£108,724
March 1997£110,120
April 1997£109,806
May 1997£112,544
June 1997£115,182
Monthly UK House Price Index records
MonthAreaAverage priceIndexMonthly changeAnnual changeSales volume
June 1997St Albans£115,18218.52.3%16.8%321
May 1997St Albans£112,54418.12.5%15.1%280
April 1997St Albans£109,80617.6-0.3%14.8%255
March 1997St Albans£110,12017.71.3%13.8%186
February 1997St Albans£108,72417.50.1%11.3%172
January 1997St Albans£108,58817.43.6%10.0%202
December 1996St Albans£104,82616.82.0%8.1%273
November 1996St Albans£102,79616.51.3%6.4%300
October 1996St Albans£101,45316.30.5%4.1%267
September 1996St Albans£100,99716.20.9%2.0%291
August 1996St Albans£100,10416.10.5%2.7%329
July 1996St Albans£99,60116.01.0%3.8%294

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £770,500 from 2,424 recorded sales in AL5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for St Albans is £651,448 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Local comparison

House prices in nearby postcode districts

Nearby districts are ranked by distance between their postcode centroids within 50 km. Prices are five-year medians from recorded HM Land Registry sales, not asking prices.