AL2 house prices are built from 12,564 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £267,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +20.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -13.5%.
Median price paid
£267,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+20.8%
Change in real terms
-13.5%
Median per m²
£3,734
HM Land Registry12,564 sales578 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Jun 2026
Section 01
How AL2 prices moved
The chart tracks the median AL2 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £94,250 | £209,280 |
| 2000s | 10 | £245,000 | £446,318 |
| 2010s | 10 | £342,000 | £482,220 |
| 2020s | 7 | £543,500 | £555,315 |
The highest yearly median on record for AL2 is £570,000 in 2023; the lowest is £82,750 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £82,750 to £530,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £183,744, so the real change over the whole record is +188.4% — about +3.48% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +20.8% in cash against -13.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 North Cottages | 26 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 39 Beningfield Drive | 24 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £755,000 | £755,000 |
| 37 Halsey Park | 22 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 1 Woodlea | 22 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £222,500 | £222,500 |
| 7 Hammers Gate | 18 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £992,500 | £992,500 |
| 24 Hazel Road | 16 Jun 2026 | Detached | £950,000 | £950,000 |
| 22 Richardson Close | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £688,150 | £688,150 |
| 10 North Close | 11 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £685,000 | £685,000 |
| 541 Watford Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £690,000 | £690,000 |
| 1 Fairway Close | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £715,000 | £715,000 |
| 22 Morris Way | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| 3 OLD COTTAGES Bell Lane | 3 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 49 Long Fallow | 2 Jun 2026 | Detached | £712,000 | £712,000 |
| 5 Oldfield Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £575,000 |
| 16 Willow Way | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 1 Alsop Close | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 9 Maplefield | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 121 Radlett Road | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £406,000 | £406,000 |
| 25 PAGE PLACE Frogmore | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £492,744 | £492,744 |
| 96 Kings Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £447,000 | £447,000 |
| 46 Haseldine Road | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £412,500 | £412,500 |
| 32 Oldfield Road | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 32 Perham Way | 21 May 2026 | Terraced | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 21 Hawfield Gardens | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £685,000 | £685,000 |
| 26 Radlett Road | 20 May 2026 | Terraced | £399,950 | £399,950 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to AL2 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 North Cottages | £36,580 (1998) | £275,000 (2026) | +7.5% | +4.7% |
| 39 Beningfield Drive | £444,950 (2006) | £755,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| 1 Woodlea | £119,950 (2002) | £222,500 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 37 Halsey Park | £114,000 (1999) | £420,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 7 Hammers Gate | £520,000 (2019) | £992,500 (2026) | +9.7% | +5.5% |
| 24 Hazel Road | £370,000 (2009) | £950,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +2.7% |
| 22 Richardson Close | £175,000 (2000) | £688,150 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 10 North Close | £139,950 (1998) | £685,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 541 Watford Road | £208,000 (2000) | £690,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 1 Fairway Close | £325,000 (2007) | £715,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.2% |
| 3 OLD COTTAGES Bell Lane | £52,500 (1995) | £380,000 (2026) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 22 Morris Way | £466,500 (2017) | £675,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. AL2 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 3,392 | 27.0% | £440,000 | £14,500 – £2,400,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,309 | 26.3% | £300,000 | £13,000 – £1,350,000 |
| Terraced | 3,062 | 24.4% | £244,000 | £12,000 – £999,995 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,801 | 22.3% | £159,950 | £18,000 – £1,600,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in AL2
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 2,412 certificates cover AL2, and their median floor area is 87 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +14.5%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 87 m² | about 936 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 65 m² | about 700 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 123 m² | about 1,324 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 19.7% | 475 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 13.0% | 314 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in AL2
2,822 of the sales on record are leasehold and 9,742 freehold — 22.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £158,375 and the median freehold sale £322,250 — a gap of +103.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 2,822 | 22.5% | £158,375 |
| Freehold | 9,742 | 77.5% | £322,250 |
| New build | 1,224 | 9.7% | £325,000 |
| Existing home | 11,340 | 90.3% | £257,250 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +26.3%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 450 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in AL2
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Hertsmere, 48.5% of 45,538 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 61 | 0.1% |
| B | 5,559 | 12.2% |
| C | 16,477 | 36.2% |
| D | 16,509 | 36.3% |
| E | 5,632 | 12.4% |
| F | 1,040 | 2.3% |
| G | 260 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Hertsmere at £1,806 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,242 for a one-bedroom home and £1,916 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £267,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.12% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of AL2, 39 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 6 violent, 1 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 8 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.3 times quieter.
Against the 107,827 residents the 2021 census counted in Hertsmere, that is 0.36 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around AL2
The 2021 census counted 107,827 residents in Hertsmere across 42,682 households. 65.3% of those households own their home and 34.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a AL2 postcode: 7 primary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killigrew Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 412 |
| Bowmansgreen Primary School | Primary | Community school | 315 |
| How Wood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 215 |
| Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 206 |
| Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 200 |
| London Colney Primary & Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 156 |
| Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 153 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| How Wood (Herts) Rail Station | Rail | 0.6 km |
| Park Street Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Bricket Wood Rail Station | Rail | 2.2 km |
| St Albans Abbey Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
Section 09
How AL2 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. AL2 sits above that national figure — +69.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,734 per square metre, across 578 of the 12,564 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £12,000 to £2,400,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
AL2 sits in Hertsmere, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Hertsmere at 11.9 times median local earnings of £45,103 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside AL2
The closest districts
- AL13.4 km · £280,000
- AL46.7 km · £280,000
- AL37.4 km · £311,061
- WD68.0 km · £232,000
- WD238.3 km · £283,575
- HP29.5 km · £174,500
- HP39.5 km · £240,000
- WD1910.5 km · £224,975
This district mostly covers St Albans.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in AL2?
The median price paid in AL2 across every sale on the register is £267,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in AL2?
12,564 sales are on record for AL2, the most recent completing on 26 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have AL2 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +20.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -13.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were AL2 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £570,000, set in 2023. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in AL2?
£3,734 per square metre, from the 578 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 26 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “AL2 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.