House prices in AL3 5 (St Albans)

This article reveals price per square foot data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'AL3 5' (St Albans) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'AL3 5'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "AL3 5", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it St Albans.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square foot

Knowing the average house price in St Albans is not much use. However, knowing average price per square foot can be quite useful. Price per sqft allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square foot as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 40, Batchwood Drive, St Albans, sold for £660,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 1,033 square feet, the price per sqft is £638.

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The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqft data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £664-£696, £696-£729, £729-£761 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 188 sales in St Albans (AL3 5) that took place in the last two years.

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You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in St Albans (AL3 5). Of the 188 transactions, half were sold for between £589 and £752 per square foot. The median, or 'middle', price per square foot in 'AL3 5' is £700. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £752 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for St Albans

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring St Albans. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for St Albans

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'AL3 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
AL3 7 Redbourn	£459 sqft	£535 sqft	£615 sqft
AL3 6 St Albans	£500 sqft	£552 sqft	£641 sqft
AL3 5 St Albans	£589 sqft	£700 sqft	£752 sqft
AL3 8 Markyate	£416 sqft	£458 sqft	£499 sqft
AL3 4 St Albans	£573 sqft	£680 sqft	£802 sqft

Will St Albans house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for AL3 5 (St Albans) compared with both the wider area AL3 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

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For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for St Albans to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about St Albans and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqft	Recent sales
Dalton Street, St Albans, AL3 5Q	807 sqft	£755	23
Cannon Street, St Albans, AL3 5J	979 sqft	£688	21
Kimberley Road, St Albans, AL3 5P	914 sqft	£777	20
Oster Street, St Albans, AL3 5J	753 sqft	£726	20
Bernard Street, St Albans, AL3 5Q	785 sqft	£767	19
Folly Lane, St Albans, AL3 5J	936 sqft	£670	19
Beech Road, St Albans, AL3 5A	0 sqft	£586	18
Grange Street, St Albans, AL3 5N	742 sqft	£773	18

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqft	New build sales
Maryland Place, St Albans, AL3 5F	0 sqft	£532	17

Maryland Place, St Albans, AL3 5F has seen 17 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £789,381). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 1,474 sqft, with an average price of £532 sqft. This £sqm average is £-167 below the average for AL3 5. New builds typically command a £ per sqft premium. In the case of Maryland Place the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of St Albans is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqft	£/sqft
40, Batchwood Drive, St Albans	£660,000 Jul-2024	1,033	638
1a, Etna Rd, St Albans	£430,000 Jul-2024	613	700
48, Kimberley Rd, St Albans	£720,000 Jul-2024	796	903

See the entire list of all sales in St Albans (AL3 5) here.