marketcodeSold price per m²
£5,337/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
10,790 sales
+0.9% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
County or region
Hertfordshire property market
Sold £5,337/m² · Median sold £496,211 (10,790 sales) · Index +0.9% y/y · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026
What does Hertfordshire cost?
Hertfordshire: sold price per m² £5,337/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 10,790 sales). +0.9% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£496,211 12 months to Apr 2026
10,790 sales
+0.9% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£482,415 12 months to Aug 2026
37,983 listings
+0.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 8 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
How does Hertfordshire vary by home size?
Asking price in Hertfordshire runs from £222,530 for 1 bedroom to £1,278,888 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £222,530 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -4.2% on the previous 12 months | 4480 |
| 2 bedrooms | £346,068 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.9% on the previous 12 months | 10533 |
| 3 bedrooms | £517,431 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.1% on the previous 12 months | 11623 |
| 4 bedrooms | £770,566 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +0.2% on the previous 12 months | 7779 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £1,278,888 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.1% on the previous 12 months | 3318 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Hertfordshire?
Hertfordshire: new listings 23,446 (12 months to Aug 2026, 23,446 listings). +9.1% on the previous 12 months.
New listings
23,446 12 months to Aug 2026
23,446 listings
+9.1% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
14,537 12 months to Aug 2026
14,537 listings
+18.4% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Days to completion
216 days 12 months to Nov 2024
1,484 matched sales
+4.5% on the previous 12 months.
Who is active in Hertfordshire?
446 agents listed homes for sale in Hertfordshire; the three largest took 4.9% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 446
- Top three agents’ share
- 4.9%
- New homes among listings
- 6.8%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Where does Hertfordshire rank?
Hertfordshire ranks 2nd of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £5,337/m².
Sold price per m² · counties and regions in England
Hertfordshire ranks 2nd of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £5,337/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | £5,496/m² | 11,759 | measured |
| 2 | Hertfordshire | £5,337/m² | 10,790 | measured |
| 3 | West Sussex | £4,485/m² | 9,317 | measured |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | £4,477/m² | 6,963 | measured |
| 5 | Essex | £4,262/m² | 15,867 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across counties and regions in England →
Sold price per m² · local authorities within Hertfordshire
St. Albans leads the 10 local authorities within Hertfordshire for sold price per m², at £6,757/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Albans | £6,757/m² | 1,362 | measured |
| 2 | Three Rivers | £6,133/m² | 789 | measured |
| 3 | Hertsmere | £6,036/m² | 865 | measured |
| 4 | East Hertfordshire | £5,241/m² | 1,646 | measured |
| 5 | Dacorum | £5,219/m² | 1,510 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities within Hertfordshire →
Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities within Hertfordshire
Watford leads the 10 local authorities within Hertfordshire for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.2%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watford | 5.2% | 4,443 | measured |
| 2 | Stevenage | 5.1% | 1,109 | measured |
| 3 | Welwyn Hatfield | 4.2% | 2,006 | measured |
| 4 | Broxbourne | 3.9% | 1,137 | measured |
| 5 | East Hertfordshire | 3.8% | 2,332 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across local authorities within Hertfordshire →
Turnover · local authorities within Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire leads the 10 local authorities within Hertfordshire for turnover, at 2.9%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Hertfordshire | 2.9% | 1,964 | measured |
| 2 | North Hertfordshire | 2.8% | 1,673 | measured |
| 3 | St. Albans | 2.7% | 1,703 | measured |
| 4 | Broxbourne | 2.7% | 1,143 | measured |
| 5 | Dacorum | 2.5% | 1,750 | measured |
Full table: turnover across local authorities within Hertfordshire →
Where next from Hertfordshire?
- EnglandThe wider market this area sits in.
- BroxbourneLocal authority · £5,484/m²
- DacorumLocal authority · £5,197/m²
- East HertfordshireLocal authority · £5,357/m²
- HertsmereLocal authority · £6,377/m²
- North HertfordshireLocal authority · £4,971/m²
- St. AlbansLocal authority · £8,159/m²
- StevenageLocal authority · £4,148/m²
- Three RiversLocal authority · £6,742/m²
- WatfordLocal authority · £5,886/m²
- Welwyn HatfieldLocal authority · £5,536/m²
- CambridgeshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,791/m²
- DerbyshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,036/m²
- DevonNeighbouring county or region · £3,741/m²
- East SussexNeighbouring county or region · £3,947/m²
- EssexNeighbouring county or region · £4,374/m²
- GloucestershireNeighbouring county or region · £3,836/m²
- HampshireNeighbouring county or region · £4,398/m²
- KentNeighbouring county or region · £4,098/m²
Questions about Hertfordshire
- What is the median house price in Hertfordshire?
- Homes in Hertfordshire sold for a median £496,211 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 10,790 sales. Per square metre that is £5,337/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in Hertfordshire changed?
- +0.9% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- How quickly do homes sell in Hertfordshire?
- Homes that were listed and then registered as sold took a median 216 days from first listing to completion, over the 12 months to Nov 2024, 1,484 matched sales.
Everything else about Hertfordshire
- Properties in HertfordshireEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in HertfordshireFootprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in HertfordshireRegistered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in HertfordshireWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in HertfordshireWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in HertfordshireRegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in HertfordshireWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in HertfordshireWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 10,790 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 10,790 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 37,983 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 1,484 matched sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 23,446 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 14,537 listings |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 1,484 matched sales |
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