HouseMarketBook

AL1, St Albans

Postcode district in St Albans · 1,233 sales in the last 24 months, 1,035 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£6,8001,035 sales · £632 per sq ft · down 0.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in AL1 are down 0.3% on a year ago, at a median of £6,800 (£632 per sq ft).

Half of the 1,035 counted sales were between £5,860 and £7,870 per square metre, and the median price paid was £560,000. HM Land Registry records 25,397 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£560,000
£ per m², middle half£5,860 to £7,870
Sales, 24 months1,2331,035 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area81 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached115£7,690£6,820–8,760£1,300,000
Flat or maisonette371£5,910£5,210–6,580£340,000
Semi-detached191£7,270£6,530–8,380£795,000
Terraced358£7,280£6,410–8,240£625,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in AL1 by quarter, down 0.3% on a year ago
6,6306,7406,850£6,8002024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
1,0403,9456,850£6,80019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in AL1

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026299£570,000£6,800
2025574£550,000£6,770
2024554£588,600£6,850
2023518£575,000£6,850
2022670£553,500£6,820
2021759£533,800£6,380
2020550£503,800£6,250
2019556£480,500£6,060
2018613£495,000£6,090
2017618£480,000£6,210
2016668£470,000£5,900
2015705£400,000£5,420
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 81 m² · change on a year ago −0.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.