How house prices are moving across Hertfordshire, from all UK property sales, median-based.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Hertfordshire, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £450,000 — it was little changed on the year before. That reflects 13,399 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £794,500, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £255,000. Over the past year, flat/maisonette homes moved the most (-4.5%). Within Hertfordshire, the AL8 district saw the strongest recent growth (+13%) and HA6 the softest (-15%).
New-build homes were 0.1% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £412,500 | -0.1% | 4,221 |
| Semi-detached | £550,000 | +3.8% | 3,209 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £255,000 | -4.5% | 3,102 |
| Detached | £794,500 | +1.2% | 2,486 |
| Other | £500,000 | -2.4% | 381 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL1 | +5.1% | -0.2% | +1.9% | -5.5% | +2.3% | £527,000 |
| AL2 | +10.3% | +0% | -1.8% | -1.1% | +2% | £550,000 |
| AL3 | +4.3% | +0% | +0% | +5% | -1.2% | £622,500 |
| AL4 | +14.9% | +1.3% | -5.8% | +0.8% | -0.8% | £625,000 |
| AL5 | +7.9% | +3.6% | -1% | +0% | -6.8% | £722,500 |
| AL6 | -1.4% | +4.2% | -7.4% | +8.7% | -7.4% | £694,750 |
| AL7 | +4.3% | +4.1% | +3.9% | -2.5% | +3.9% | £400,000 |
| AL8 | +18.2% | +4.7% | -11.2% | +5.2% | +13.1% | £553,250 |
| AL9 | +9.4% | +7.7% | -2.6% | +5.5% | -13.2% | £515,000 |
| AL10 | +8.2% | +0.8% | -2.8% | +1.4% | +1.1% | £358,750 |
| CM21 | +13.8% | -5.8% | +0% | -0.1% | -4% | £462,500 |
| CM23 | +9.5% | +0% | -0.2% | -6.5% | -1.2% | £415,000 |
| EN6 | +2.2% | -3.9% | -0.9% | +5.5% | +1.3% | £582,500 |
| EN7 | +21.7% | -4.5% | -6.5% | +2% | -2.5% | £497,000 |
| EN8 | +8.1% | -3.7% | +0.5% | +5.6% | +2.3% | £418,000 |
| EN10 | +4.6% | +4.3% | +3.9% | -3.2% | -6.4% | £421,250 |
| EN11 | +9.6% | +5% | -7.1% | +6.2% | -4.6% | £395,000 |
| HA6 | +4.4% | -34% | +33% | +0% | -14.6% | £1,067,500 |
| HP1 | +4.9% | +5.7% | -0.4% | +1.7% | -2.7% | £404,000 |
| HP2 | +7.9% | -2.7% | +2.7% | +1.3% | -5.3% | £360,000 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.1% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
| Town | 12-mo change | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted | +11.7% | £723,000 |
| Letchworth Garden City | +3.9% | £395,000 |
| Welwyn Garden City | +3.8% | £415,000 |
| Baldock | +2.1% | £365,000 |
| Abbots Langley | +1.4% | £450,000 |
| Potters Bar | +1.3% | £582,500 |
| St Albans | +0.9% | £580,000 |
| Bushey | +0.5% | £537,500 |
| Waltham Cross | +0.1% | £440,000 |
| Hertford | -0.1% | £444,500 |
| Stevenage | -0.4% | £348,750 |
| Watford | -1.6% | £411,000 |
| Bishop'S Stortford | -1.7% | £415,000 |
| Hitchin | -2.1% | £475,000 |
| Hemel Hempstead | -3.7% | £395,000 |
| Hatfield | -3.8% | £375,000 |
| Sawbridgeworth | -3.9% | £462,500 |
| Buntingford | -4.4% | £455,000 |
| Ware | -4.5% | £425,000 |
| Hoddesdon | -4.6% | £395,000 |
| Borehamwood | -5.6% | £425,000 |
| Kings Langley | -6.1% | £537,500 |
| Broxbourne | -6.4% | £421,250 |
| Harpenden | -6.8% | £722,500 |
| Welwyn | -7.2% | £694,750 |
| Royston | -8.4% | £355,000 |
| Rickmansworth | -8.9% | £587,500 |
| Knebworth | -11.7% | £417,000 |
| Tring | -15.9% | £460,000 |
| Radlett | -21.2% | £670,000 |
Median sold price over the last 12 months and its change on the year before. Tap a town for its full breakdown.
Councils across Hertfordshire received 8,880 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -1% on the year before — a marker of how much development is in the pipeline, not a price forecast.
Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1), Open Government Licence.
Source: sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (updated monthly; the most recent 1–2 months are provisional). Median-based; figures track the mix of what sold, not a like-for-like index.