St Albans Road West, Hatfield house prices are built from 86 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 15 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £325,500. Across the 13 years from 2009 to 2022 the median moved +262.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +155.6%.
Median price paid
£325,500
Change in cash, 2009–2022
+262.5%
Change in real terms
+155.6%
Median per m²
£2,941
HM Land Registry86 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Jan 2026
Section 01
How St Albans Road West, Hatfield prices moved
The chart tracks the median St Albans Road West, Hatfield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 2 | £95,500 | £212,055 |
| 2000s | 1 | £160,000 | £291,473 |
| 2010s | 3 | £396,500 | £559,065 |
| 2020s | 1 | £580,000 | £592,609 |
The highest yearly median on record for St Albans Road West, Hatfield is £580,000 in 2022; the lowest is £95,500 in 1996. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £95,500 to £580,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £207,162, so the real change over the whole record is +224.4% — about +4.63% 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: +262.5% in cash against +155.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359 | 15 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £825,000 | £825,000 |
| 337 | 22 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £665,000 | £679,457 |
| 379 | 30 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £648,276 |
| 329 | 15 May 2023 | Detached | £1,025,000 | £1,107,471 |
| 363 | 4 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £690,000 | £745,517 |
| 401 | 3 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £580,000 | £671,980 |
| 331 | 8 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £472,000 | £546,853 |
| 335 | 22 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £650,000 | £753,081 |
| 365 | 3 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £716,000 | £829,548 |
| 211 | 24 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £486,606 |
| 1 Longfield House, 200 | 18 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 355 | 19 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £562,000 | £727,658 |
| 323 | 24 Apr 2020 | Detached | £615,000 | £796,281 |
| 379 | 8 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £621,289 |
| 389 | 20 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached | £485,000 | £646,361 |
| 343 | 28 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £436,500 | £581,725 |
| 371 | 8 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached | £506,000 | £674,348 |
| 391 | 13 Apr 2018 | Semi-detached | £512,000 | £682,344 |
| 363 | 14 Dec 2017 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £680,502 |
| 323 | 30 Jun 2017 | Detached | £570,000 | £775,772 |
| 397 | 2 Dec 2016 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £656,139 |
| 361 | 26 Aug 2016 | Semi-detached | £613,500 | £856,470 |
| 321 | 28 Jul 2016 | Detached | £500,000 | £698,020 |
| 209 | 30 Jun 2016 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £488,614 |
| 207 | 3 May 2016 | Semi-detached | £326,000 | £455,109 |
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 St Albans Road West, Hatfield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359 St Albans Road West | £311,000 (2007) | £825,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.2% |
| 337 St Albans Road West | £325,000 (2010) | £665,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +1.8% |
| 379 St Albans Road West | £475,000 (2019) | £600,000 (2023) | +6.0% | +1.1% |
| 329 St Albans Road West | £120,000 (1996) | £1,025,000 (2023) | +8.3% | +5.5% |
| 363 St Albans Road West | £500,000 (2017) | £690,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| 335 St Albans Road West | £375,000 (2015) | £650,000 (2022) | +8.2% | +5.2% |
| 365 St Albans Road West | £162,500 (1998) | £716,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.8% |
| 211 St Albans Road West | £125,000 (2000) | £420,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.1% |
| 323 St Albans Road West | £570,000 (2017) | £615,000 (2020) | +2.6% | +0.9% |
| 389 St Albans Road West | £359,950 (2014) | £485,000 (2018) | +7.7% | +5.8% |
| 371 St Albans Road West | £393,000 (2015) | £506,000 (2018) | +8.8% | +6.8% |
| 391 St Albans Road West | £392,000 (2014) | £512,000 (2018) | +6.9% | +5.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. St Albans Road West, Hatfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 49 | 57.0% | £359,950 | £28,000 – £825,000 |
| Detached | 15 | 17.4% | £500,000 | £120,000 – £1,025,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 14 | 16.3% | £160,000 | £88,000 – £215,500 |
| Terraced | 8 | 9.3% | £114,550 | £80,000 – £436,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in St Albans Road West, Hatfield
14 of the sales on record are leasehold and 72 freehold — 16.3% 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 £160,000 and the median freehold sale £362,250 — a gap of +126.4%. 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 | 14 | 16.3% | £160,000 |
| Freehold | 72 | 83.7% | £362,250 |
| New build | 10 | 11.6% | £157,500 |
| Existing home | 76 | 88.4% | £345,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -54.3%. 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 7 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 09
How St Albans Road West, Hatfield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. St Albans Road West, Hatfield sits above that national figure — +106.7%.
Within Hatfield the street ranks 103 of 420 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £207,500 (+56.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,941 per square metre, across 21 of the 86 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 £28,000 to £1,025,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Walsingham Close£94,000 median
- Clarkson Court£193,000 median
- Campion Road£249,995 median
- Parkhouse Court£203,000 median
- Bishops Rise£173,250 median
- Tudor Close£129,975 median
- Crawford Road£200,000 median
- Heathcote Avenue£218,500 median
- Cunningham Avenue£232,000 median
- Jasmine Gardens£109,998 median
- Garden Avenue£180,000 median
- Aldykes£155,000 median
- Mosquito Way£247,000 median
- Birchwood Avenue£200,000 median
- Millwards£151,000 median
- Bramble Road£340,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 337 St Albans Road West3 sales
- 365 St Albans Road West3 sales
- 321 St Albans Road West3 sales
- 381 St Albans Road West3 sales
- FLAT 7, LONGFIELD HOUSE, 200 St Albans Road West3 sales
- FLAT 3, LONGFIELD HOUSE, 200 St Albans Road West3 sales
- 359 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 379 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 329 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 363 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 335 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 211 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 323 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 389 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 371 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 391 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 311 St Albans Road West2 sales
- FLAT 8, LONGFIELD HOUSE, 200 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 339 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 405 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 375 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 353 St Albans Road West2 sales
- 341 St Albans Road West2 sales
Back to Hatfield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in St Albans Road West, Hatfield?
The median price paid in St Albans Road West, Hatfield across every sale on the register is £325,500. 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 St Albans Road West, Hatfield?
86 sales are on record for St Albans Road West, Hatfield, the most recent completing on 15 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have St Albans Road West, Hatfield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +262.5% between 2009 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +155.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were St Albans Road West, Hatfield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £580,000, set in 2022. 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 St Albans Road West, Hatfield?
£2,941 per square metre, from the 21 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 15 Jan 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, “St Albans Road West, Hatfield 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.