Keats Way, Hitchin house prices are built from 176 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 4 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £145,750. Across the 10 years from 2014 to 2024 the median moved +67.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +22.8%.
Median price paid
£145,750
Change in cash, 2014–2024
+67.4%
Change in real terms
+22.8%
Median per m²
£2,146
HM Land Registry176 sales62 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Keats Way, Hitchin prices moved
The chart tracks the median Keats Way, Hitchin house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2024. 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 | 4 | £50,600 | £112,356 |
| 2000s | 7 | £136,750 | £249,118 |
| 2010s | 5 | £218,000 | £307,380 |
| 2020s | 2 | £320,000 | £326,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for Keats Way, Hitchin is £365,000 in 2024; the lowest is £48,500 in 1995. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £48,500 to £365,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £107,693, so the real change over the whole record is +256.6% — about +4.48% 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: +67.4% in cash against +22.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 4 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 93 | 29 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £365,000 | £372,935 |
| 180 | 12 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 21 | 1 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £485,000 | £495,543 |
| 35 | 5 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 49 | 10 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £337,500 | £355,131 |
| 65 | 27 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £400,000 | £420,896 |
| 33 | 28 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £420,896 |
| 55 | 19 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £343,000 | £360,918 |
| 61 | 3 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 25 | 21 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £365,000 | £394,368 |
| 83 | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 166 | 20 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £207,500 | £240,407 |
| 10 | 18 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £316,800 | £367,040 |
| 180 | 23 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £320,000 | £404,301 |
| 55 | 1 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 93 | 22 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £320,000 | £404,301 |
| 5 | 5 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £305,000 | £385,349 |
| 28 | 29 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £435,887 |
| 40 | 4 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £304,500 | £398,279 |
| 140 | 8 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £222,356 |
| 15 | 28 Jun 2019 | Terraced | £300,000 | £392,393 |
| 25 | 16 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £300,000 | £392,393 |
| 65 | 14 Dec 2018 | Terraced | £330,000 | £439,792 |
| 61 | 18 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £310,000 | £413,138 |
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 Keats Way, Hitchin values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 Keats Way | £44,200 (1999) | £205,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 93 Keats Way | £59,000 (1998) | £365,000 (2025) | +7.0% | +4.2% |
| 180 Keats Way | £148,000 (2006) | £350,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 21 Keats Way | £255,000 (2014) | £485,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +2.8% |
| 35 Keats Way | £186,250 (2006) | £375,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| 65 Keats Way | £59,000 (1997) | £400,000 (2024) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
| 33 Keats Way | £68,000 (1998) | £400,000 (2024) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 55 Keats Way | £142,500 (2003) | £343,000 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 61 Keats Way | £310,000 (2018) | £365,000 (2024) | +2.8% | -1.2% |
| 25 Keats Way | £98,000 (2001) | £365,000 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.3% |
| 83 Keats Way | £109,000 (2000) | £450,000 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 166 Keats Way | £83,000 (2002) | £207,500 (2022) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Keats Way, Hitchin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 134 | 76.1% | £145,500 | £33,500 – £485,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 11.9% | £190,000 | £56,000 – £400,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 20 | 11.4% | £90,000 | £39,950 – £205,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.6% | £137,500 | £137,500 – £137,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Keats Way, Hitchin
27 of the sales on record are leasehold and 149 freehold — 15.3% 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 £92,500 and the median freehold sale £158,000 — a gap of +70.8%. 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 | 27 | 15.3% | £92,500 |
| Freehold | 149 | 84.7% | £158,000 |
A further 5 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 Keats Way, Hitchin
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North Hertfordshire, 49.3% of 67,462 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 273 | 0.4% |
| B | 7,267 | 10.8% |
| C | 25,734 | 38.1% |
| D | 23,792 | 35.3% |
| E | 8,065 | 12.0% |
| F | 1,896 | 2.8% |
| G | 435 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North Hertfordshire at £1,424 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,016 for a one-bedroom home and £1,564 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £145,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.72% 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 SG4, 3 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 1 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 1 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 55.7 times quieter.
Against the 133,210 residents the 2021 census counted in North Hertfordshire, that is 0.02 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 Keats Way, Hitchin
The 2021 census counted 133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire across 56,733 households. 65.9% of those households own their home and 34.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a SG4 postcode: 16 primary, 1 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchin Girls' School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,357 |
| Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 433 |
| William Ransom Primary School | Primary | Community school | 419 |
| Codicote Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 276 |
| Whitehill Junior School | Primary | Community school | 241 |
| St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 234 |
| Highbury Infant School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 195 |
| St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 161 |
| Mary Exton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 146 |
| Kimpton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 133 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hitchin Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Stevenage Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Letchworth Garden City Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
| Knebworth Rail Station | Rail | 7.7 km |
Section 09
How Keats Way, Hitchin compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Keats Way, Hitchin sits below that national figure — -7.5%.
Within Hitchin the street ranks 709 of 772 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £235,000 (-38.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,146 per square metre, across 62 of the 176 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 £33,500 to £485,000. 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.
Keats Way, Hitchin sits in North Hertfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North Hertfordshire at 10.0 times median local earnings of £42,555 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
Streets nearby
- High Street£250,000 median
- Walsworth Road£180,000 median
- Queen Street£175,000 median
- Stevenage Road£208,500 median
- Wedgewood Road£86,000 median
- Millstream Close£101,000 median
- Benslow Lane£320,000 median
- Ninesprings Way£240,000 median
- Woolgrove Road£174,000 median
- Talisman Street£112,000 median
- Cooks Way£200,000 median
- Cadwell Lane£122,646 median
- Halsey Drive£178,000 median
- Common Rise£166,000 median
- Coleridge Close£208,000 median
- Cambridge Road£245,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 144 Keats Way6 sales
- 93 Keats Way6 sales
- 25 Keats Way6 sales
- 65 Keats Way5 sales
- 55 Keats Way5 sales
- 10 Keats Way5 sales
- 180 Keats Way4 sales
- 28 Keats Way4 sales
- 15 Keats Way4 sales
- 69 Keats Way4 sales
- 45 Keats Way4 sales
- 19 Keats Way4 sales
- 35 Keats Way3 sales
- 33 Keats Way3 sales
- 83 Keats Way3 sales
- 166 Keats Way3 sales
- 5 Keats Way3 sales
- 73 Keats Way3 sales
- 150 Keats Way3 sales
- 142 Keats Way3 sales
- 51 Keats Way3 sales
- 122 Keats Way3 sales
- 172 Keats Way3 sales
- 176 Keats Way3 sales
Back to Hitchin house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Keats Way, Hitchin?
The median price paid in Keats Way, Hitchin across every sale on the register is £145,750. 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 Keats Way, Hitchin?
176 sales are on record for Keats Way, Hitchin, the most recent completing on 4 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Keats Way, Hitchin house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +67.4% between 2014 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +22.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Keats Way, Hitchin house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £365,000, set in 2024. 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 Keats Way, Hitchin?
£2,146 per square metre, from the 62 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 4 Feb 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, “Keats Way, Hitchin 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.