AL8 postcode district

Property prices and recorded sales

AL8: 6,628 recorded property sales with dates, prices and address history. HM Land Registry records, not current valuations.

Latest recorded sale
24 July 2026
All recorded sales
6,628
Since 4 January 1995
Five-year median
£485,000
Sales in five-year window
887

Five-year sales by property type

Detached 160
Semi-detached 204
Terraced 256
Flats 235
Other 32

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
2015200£360,000£637,000£535,000£330,000£230,000£395,000
2016215£410,500£740,000£544,300£380,000£233,500£201,063
2017194£417,500£690,000£580,000£395,000£255,000£656,000
2018171£432,500£712,500£523,500£417,500£265,000£554,167
2019196£414,000£766,750£574,500£373,500£250,500£1,400,000
2020192£517,500£792,000£600,000£400,000£245,755£480,000
2021237£423,000£797,500£550,100£436,000£262,500£345,000
2022226£500,000£933,750£700,000£466,000£295,000£223,500
2023153£517,000£830,778£677,500£447,500£282,500£98,870
2024170£465,000£913,500£638,750£431,300£260,000£115,000
2025175£489,000£818,000£635,000£447,500£267,000£890,000
202672£553,250£948,750£690,500£466,750£307,500-

Every recorded sale

6,621-6,628 of 6,628 · AL8

July 2021 to July 2026

  • 20 January 1995

    £96,000

    9, Rooks Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JT

    Semi-detached, Freehold, new build

  • 20 January 1995

    £90,000

    8, Rooks Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JT

    Terraced, Freehold, new build

  • 16 January 1995

    £141,000

    4, Pentley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SH

    Semi-detached, Leasehold, existing property

  • 9 January 1995

    £131,000

    45, Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 9 January 1995

    £65,000

    32, Springfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6XN

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 6 January 1995

    £370,000

    76, Brockswood Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BQ

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 6 January 1995

    £74,000

    6, Springfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6XP

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 4 January 1995

    £159,000

    41, High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BT

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

Local property price history

361-372 of 378 monthly records

Average price trend

Latest 12 monthly UK House Price Index records for Welwyn Hatfield.

Average price trend data
PeriodAverage price
July 1995£76,309
August 1995£77,063
September 1995£77,858
October 1995£77,326
November 1995£76,703
December 1995£76,564
January 1996£76,385
February 1996£76,679
March 1996£77,765
April 1996£78,131
May 1996£79,393
June 1996£80,595
Monthly UK House Price Index records
MonthAreaAverage priceIndexMonthly changeAnnual changeSales volume
June 1996Welwyn Hatfield£80,59517.71.5%7.1%139
May 1996Welwyn Hatfield£79,39317.51.6%3.5%127
April 1996Welwyn Hatfield£78,13117.20.5%-0.7%118
March 1996Welwyn Hatfield£77,76517.11.4%-0.5%107
February 1996Welwyn Hatfield£76,67916.90.4%-0.9%102
January 1996Welwyn Hatfield£76,38516.8-0.2%2.8%105
December 1995Welwyn Hatfield£76,56416.9-0.2%Not supplied124
November 1995Welwyn Hatfield£76,70316.9-0.8%Not supplied109
October 1995Welwyn Hatfield£77,32617.0-0.7%Not supplied104
September 1995Welwyn Hatfield£77,85817.11.0%Not supplied144
August 1995Welwyn Hatfield£77,06317.01.0%Not supplied161
July 1995Welwyn Hatfield£76,30916.81.4%Not supplied113

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 £485,000 from 887 recorded sales in AL8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Welwyn Hatfield is £450,696 in June 2026, up 5.8% 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.