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Townsend & New Greens

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Townsend & New Greens typically sold for £652,500. Half of the 247 sales were between £566k and £820k, against a typical £620,000 across St Albans.

Postcode AL3

All of St Albans
RedbournJersey Farm & SandridgeBernards HeathSt Albans CentralVerulam Park
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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £653k half sold for £566k to £820k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 247 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +8.7% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 8% 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
    Not enough sales (22 in 3 years)
  • Semi-detached £685,000 typical
    Half between £599k and £816k · 87 sales · St Albans £721k
  • Terraced £640,000 typical
    Half between £575k and £760k · 118 sales · St Albans £575k
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (20 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Townsend & New Greens

This neighbourhood St Albans Homes sold
£0£500k£1m 1995: £86,5501996: £94,6501997: £116,5001998: £125,0001999: £143,5002000: £189,5002001: £210,0002002: £235,0002003: £241,0002004: £263,0002005: £265,0002006: £292,5002007: £339,9502008: £315,0002009: £305,0002010: £340,0002011: £352,5002012: £342,5002013: £370,4752014: £445,0002015: £480,0002016: £490,0002017: £506,7502018: £575,0002019: £608,2502020: £575,0002021: £643,7502022: £640,0002023: £625,0002024: £675,0002025: £670,500 1995: 94 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 122 sold1998: 136 sold1999: 169 sold2000: 138 sold2001: 201 sold2002: 155 sold2003: 168 sold2004: 175 sold2005: 136 sold2006: 175 sold2007: 131 sold2008: 79 sold2009: 103 sold2010: 133 sold2011: 108 sold2012: 109 sold2013: 126 sold2014: 121 sold2015: 126 sold2016: 89 sold2017: 82 sold2018: 76 sold2019: 96 sold2020: 123 sold2021: 144 sold2022: 97 sold2023: 88 sold2024: 77 sold2025: 72 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£500k£1m 1995: £86,5501996: £94,6501997: £116,5001998: £125,0001999: £143,5002000: £189,5002001: £210,0002002: £235,0002003: £241,0002004: £263,0002005: £265,0002006: £292,5002007: £339,9502008: £315,0002009: £305,0002010: £340,0002011: £352,5002012: £342,5002013: £370,4752014: £445,0002015: £480,0002016: £490,0002017: £506,7502018: £575,0002019: £608,2502020: £575,0002021: £643,7502022: £640,0002023: £625,0002024: £675,0002025: £670,500 1995: 94 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 122 sold1998: 136 sold1999: 169 sold2000: 138 sold2001: 201 sold2002: 155 sold2003: 168 sold2004: 175 sold2005: 136 sold2006: 175 sold2007: 131 sold2008: 79 sold2009: 103 sold2010: 133 sold2011: 108 sold2012: 109 sold2013: 126 sold2014: 121 sold2015: 126 sold2016: 89 sold2017: 82 sold2018: 76 sold2019: 96 sold2020: 123 sold2021: 144 sold2022: 97 sold2023: 88 sold2024: 77 sold2025: 72 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

  • Terraced48% · St Albans 26%
  • Semi-detached35% · St Albans 26%
  • Detached9% · St Albans 22%
  • Flat8% · St Albans 25%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · St Albans 4%
Leaseholds, share of sales8% · 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.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Townsend & New Greens

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.