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What is the average house price in St Albans?
£709,854

Average price per property type

Detached house illustration

Detached

£1,170,898

Semi-detached house illustration

Semi-Detached

£791,344

Terraced house illustration

Terraced

£605,039

Flats illustration

Flats

£346,282

Are prices going up or down?

Short term 📉

Prices decreased by £-7,436 (-1.04%) over the past year

Long term 📈

Prices increased by £211,702 (42.50%) over the past 10 years

Quick answers for St Albans

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When did average house prices in St Albans reach their peak?

Prices peaked at £833,508 in APR 2025.

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How many properties are being sold in St Albans?

1,675 properties sold in the last 12 months, -497 (-22.9%) vs the previous 12 months.

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What type of properties are sold in St Albans?

Terraced houses are most common at 26.3% of sales.

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Property price ranges in St Albans

The most common price range is £500k - £1m at 75.7% of sales.

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What is the most expensive (and cheapest) area of St Albans?

Most expensive: Harpenden Rural (£1,339,333). Cheapest: London Colney (£466,747).

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Most expensive houses in St Albans 👀

43 west common, hertfordshire

Sold in MAY 2017

£5,860,000

46 west common, hertfordshire

Sold in SEPT 2017

£5,300,000

highlands annables lane, hertfordshire

Sold in NOV 2016

£5,125,000

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Data sources

Location boundary data sourced from OpenStreetMap and price information is from HM Land Registry

Last updated at 29 March 2026 at 17:51 with the latest Land Registry data (February 2026). The St Albans dataset covers 6,695 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.