St Albans property prices

Name: St Albans city Affordability: House Price to Earnings Ratio
Creator: Plumplot
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The average property price in St Albans city is £682k, the median price is £598k. The average price increased by £6.6k (1%) over the last twelve months. The price of an established property is £681k. The price of a newly built property is £747k. There were 777 property sales and sales dropped by 20.6% (-256 transactions). Most properties were sold in the £500k-£750k price range with 233 (30.0%) properties sold, followed by £750k-£1M price range with 148 (19.0%) properties sold.

Current residential property prices
April 2025 - March 2026	St Albans city	England & Wales
Average price	█ £682k	█ £346k
Median price	█ £598k	█ £275k

St Albans property sales share by price range

shows a number of properties sold in a given price range between April 2025 - March 2026.

Market Analysis of Sales Volume and Share by Property Price Range
Property price range	Market share	Sales volume
█ £100k-£150k	0.9%	7
█ £150k-£200k	1.3%	10
█ £200k-£250k	3.6%	28
█ £250k-£300k	8.5%	66
█ £300k-£400k	10.4%	81
█ £400k-£500k	12.9%	100
█ £500k-£750k	30.0%	233
█ £750k-£1M	19.0%	148
█ over £1M	13.4%	104

St Albans house prices map

This price map shows the average property price in a given postcode sector. The most affordable place is 'AL1 3' with the average price of £517k. The most expensive place is 'AL3 4', £1.0M.

St Albans house prices compared to other cities

Comparison of the average property price and an average price percentage change by city. Price % change compares the average property price between April 2025 - March 2026 to the average price in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle shows the number of property transactions. The bigger the circle the higher the sales volumes in city.

Ranking of city by Average House Price
Rank	city	Average price
1.	Inner London	£821k
2.	St Albans	£682k
3.	Oxford	£575k
4.	Cambridge	£571k
5.	Guildford	£571k
6.	Outer London	£562k
7.	Bath	£555k
8.	Woking	£512k
9.	Brighton and Hove	£495k
10.	Watford	£462k
	...
103.	Darlington	£158k
104.	Scunthorpe	£155k
105.	Stockton-on-Tees	£154k
106.	Sunderland	£153k
107.	Middlesbrough	£152k
108.	Kingston upon Hull	£151k
109.	Stoke-on-Trent	£149k
110.	Blackpool	£145k
111.	Burnley	£137k
112.	Grimsby	£137k
113.	Hartlepool	£135k

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St Albans real house prices

Yearly average nominal house prices adjusted for inflation.

St Albans real house prices

Yearly Real Average House Prices for St Albans city
Year	St Albans city	England & Wales
2025	£673k	£355k
2024	£706k	£371k
2023	£757k	£407k
2022	£854k	£458k
2021	£830k	£451k
2020	£766k	£428k
2019	£797k	£406k
2018	£800k	£418k
2017	£830k	£427k
2016	£824k	£420k
2015	£714k	£407k
2014	£704k	£400k
2013	£648k	£394k
2012	£671k	£393k
2011	£652k	£403k
2010	£702k	£427k
2009	£601k	£384k
2008	£659k	£408k
2007	£706k	£430k
2006	£635k	£411k
2005	£609k	£392k
2004	£602k	£383k
2003	£583k	£343k
2002	£554k	£309k
2001	£474k	£271k
2000	£455k	£253k
1999	£379k	£229k
1998	£344k	£210k
1997	£316k	£199k
1996	£262k	£186k
1995	£263k	£183k