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Harpenden Common

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Harpenden Common typically sold for £795,000. Half of the 297 sales were between £600k and £1.33m, against a typical £620,000 across St Albans.

Postcode AL5

All of St Albans
Harpenden EastHarpenden TownWheathampsteadRedbourn
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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £795k half sold for £600k to £1.33m
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 297 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +19.5% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 10% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across St Albans.

  • Detached £1,325,000 typical
    Half between £850k and £1.85m · 149 sales · St Albans £975k
  • Semi-detached £700,000 typical
    Half between £625k and £830k · 61 sales · St Albans £721k
  • Terraced £595,000 typical
    Half between £480k and £679k · 57 sales · St Albans £575k
  • Flat £253,052 typical
    Half between £214k and £299k · 30 sales · St Albans £335k

Since 1995

Each year in Harpenden Common

This neighbourhood St Albans Homes sold
£0£500k£1m 1995: £114,7501996: £119,0001997: £129,9501998: £162,0001999: £166,7502000: £183,0002001: £225,0002002: £235,0002003: £264,4752004: £300,0002005: £320,0002006: £312,0142007: £386,5002008: £357,5002009: £375,0002010: £435,0002011: £386,2502012: £413,0002013: £450,0002014: £536,5002015: £637,7502016: £602,5002017: £607,5002018: £623,5002019: £640,0002020: £697,5002021: £682,5002022: £765,0002023: £825,0002024: £810,0002025: £815,000 1995: 107 sold1996: 156 sold1997: 129 sold1998: 131 sold1999: 159 sold2000: 145 sold2001: 161 sold2002: 145 sold2003: 170 sold2004: 131 sold2005: 147 sold2006: 206 sold2007: 141 sold2008: 78 sold2009: 96 sold2010: 128 sold2011: 106 sold2012: 111 sold2013: 116 sold2014: 118 sold2015: 124 sold2016: 144 sold2017: 105 sold2018: 134 sold2019: 105 sold2020: 92 sold2021: 144 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 105 sold2024: 103 sold2025: 105 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£500k£1m 1995: £114,7501996: £119,0001997: £129,9501998: £162,0001999: £166,7502000: £183,0002001: £225,0002002: £235,0002003: £264,4752004: £300,0002005: £320,0002006: £312,0142007: £386,5002008: £357,5002009: £375,0002010: £435,0002011: £386,2502012: £413,0002013: £450,0002014: £536,5002015: £637,7502016: £602,5002017: £607,5002018: £623,5002019: £640,0002020: £697,5002021: £682,5002022: £765,0002023: £825,0002024: £810,0002025: £815,000 1995: 107 sold1996: 156 sold1997: 129 sold1998: 131 sold1999: 159 sold2000: 145 sold2001: 161 sold2002: 145 sold2003: 170 sold2004: 131 sold2005: 147 sold2006: 206 sold2007: 141 sold2008: 78 sold2009: 96 sold2010: 128 sold2011: 106 sold2012: 111 sold2013: 116 sold2014: 118 sold2015: 124 sold2016: 144 sold2017: 105 sold2018: 134 sold2019: 105 sold2020: 92 sold2021: 144 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 105 sold2024: 103 sold2025: 105 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Detached50% · St Albans 22%
  • Semi-detached21% · St Albans 26%
  • Terraced19% · St Albans 26%
  • Flat10% · St Albans 25%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · St Albans 4%
Leaseholds, share of sales10% · St Albans 26%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Harpenden Common

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.