Sold £5,053/m² · Median sold £459,079 (903 sales) · Index +1% y/y · Turnover 1.6% · 12 months, sales to Jun 2026, listings to Sep 2026
What is Welwyn Hatfield?
Buildings
40,767
Mixed-use buildings
76%
HMO-shaped units
9.6%
EPC A or B
12%
EPC D or worse
39%
What does Welwyn Hatfield cost?
Welwyn Hatfield: sold price per m² £5,053/m² (12 months to Jun 2026, 903 sales). -1.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sold price per m²
£5,053/m² 12 months to Jun 2026
903 sales
-1.5% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales per square metre (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 903 sales.
Sold price
£459,079 12 months to Jun 2026
903 sales
-8.4% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 903 sales.
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
£445,143 12 months to Sep 2026
2,855 listings
+1.1% on the previous 12 months.
Median ASKING price of residential sale listings that came to market in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,855 listings.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Sold price per m²: £4,322/m² in Sep 2016 to £4,984/m² in Sep 2026.Sold price: £444,973 in Sep 2016 to £443,835 in Sep 2026.Asking price: £450,000 in Jan 2022 to £450,000 in Sep 2026.Asking price per m²: £5,784/m² in Aug 2025 to £5,645/m² in Sep 2026.Asking to sold: 96% in Jan 2022 to 100% in Dec 2024.
Settled months to Jul 2026; the dashed tail is the published 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
Asking price index: 100.9 in Jan 2022 to 99.3 in Sep 2026.
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,587 lets.
Gross yield, asking basis
4.2% 12 months to Sep 2026
2,149 lets
+0.8% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,149 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
Asking rent: £1,708/month in Aug 2025 to £1,798/month in Sep 2026.Gross yield, asking basis: 3.5% in Jan 2022 to 4.3% in Sep 2026.Asking rent index: 88.9 in Jan 2022 to 111.7 in Sep 2026.
How does Welwyn Hatfield vary by home size?
Asking price in Welwyn Hatfield runs from £215,784 for 1 bedroom to £1,238,668 for 5+ bedrooms.
Asking price by bedroom band in Welwyn Hatfield. Each band shows its own window and sample. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Homes
Asking price
Window
Change
Listings
1 bedroom
£215,784
12 months to Sep 2026
+1.2% on the previous 12 months
306
2 bedrooms
£309,079
12 months to Sep 2026
-0.6% on the previous 12 months
784
3 bedrooms
£476,077
12 months to Sep 2026
+2.2% on the previous 12 months
942
4 bedrooms
£757,976
12 months to Sep 2026
+3.1% on the previous 12 months
543
5+ bedrooms
£1,238,668
12 months to Sep 2026
-10.2% on the previous 12 months
252
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, within the last 12 calendar months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Welwyn Hatfield?
Welwyn Hatfield: turnover 1.6% (12 months to Mar 2026, 869 sales). -33.9% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
1.6% 12 months to Mar 2026
869 sales
-33.9% on the previous 12 months.
Registered sales as a share of the dwelling stock, monthly; the 12-month figure adds the months. UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 869 sales.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Listings for sale
1,824 12 months to Sep 2026
1,824 listings
Residential sale listings observed in the month, from portal listings. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,824 listings.
New listings
1,829 12 months to Sep 2026
1,829 listings
+20.1% on the previous 12 months.
Listings first seen in the month and never reduced; undercounts new listings by the reduction share, by construction. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,829 listings.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Turnover: 0.2% in Sep 2016 to 0.0% in Sep 2026.Listings for sale: 108 in Aug 2025 to 253 in Sep 2026.New listings: 169 in Jan 2022 to 240 in Sep 2026.Price reductions: 43 in Jan 2022 to 84 in Sep 2026.Live listings: 987 in Sep 2026 to 2,601 in Nov 2026.Days to completion: 196 days in Jan 2022 to 176 days in Dec 2024.
Who is active in Welwyn Hatfield?
71 agents listed homes for sale in Welwyn Hatfield; the three largest took 24% of the listings.
Agents active
71
Top three agents’ share
24%
New homes among listings
4.0%
Days to completion is on the listings matched to a registered sale, not a sell-through rate.
Who owns Welwyn Hatfield?
Corporate landlords hold 67% of the 1,693 units in Welwyn Hatfield whose freeholder is classified; 97% of all units are not yet classified.
Corporate landlords67% of classified · 1,133 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)23% of classified · 394 units
Housing associations8.9% of classified · 151 units
RMC0.8% of classified · 14 units
Offshore companies0.1% of classified · 1 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does Welwyn Hatfield rank?
Welwyn Hatfield ranks 7th of 10 local authorities in Hertfordshire for sold price per m², at £5,053/m².
Sold price per m² · local authorities in Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield ranks 7th of 10 local authorities in Hertfordshire for sold price per m², at £5,053/m².
Sold price per m² across local authorities in Hertfordshire, 12 months to Jun 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
AL10Postcode district · Asking £4,894/m² · Sep 2026
AL6Postcode district · Asking £6,108/m² · Sep 2026
AL7Postcode district · Asking £5,201/m² · Sep 2026
AL8Postcode district · Asking £6,160/m² · Sep 2026
AL9Postcode district · Asking £6,755/m² · Sep 2026
BroxbourneNeighbouring local authority · Asking £5,186/m² · Sep 2026
DacorumNeighbouring local authority · Asking £5,797/m² · Sep 2026
East HertfordshireNeighbouring local authority · Asking £5,618/m² · Sep 2026
HertsmereNeighbouring local authority · Asking £6,166/m² · Sep 2026
North HertfordshireNeighbouring local authority · Asking £5,124/m² · Sep 2026
St. AlbansNeighbouring local authority · Asking £7,540/m² · Sep 2026
StevenageNeighbouring local authority · Asking £4,402/m² · Sep 2026
Three RiversNeighbouring local authority · Asking £6,716/m² · Sep 2026
Questions about Welwyn Hatfield
What is the median house price in Welwyn Hatfield?
Homes in Welwyn Hatfield sold for a median £459,079 over the 12 months to Jun 2026, 903 sales. Per square metre that is £5,053/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
How have house prices in Welwyn Hatfield changed?
-1.5% on the previous 12 months.
What is the average rent in Welwyn Hatfield?
Homes to let in Welwyn Hatfield asked a median £1,778/month over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,587 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
What is the gross rental yield in Welwyn Hatfield?
4.2% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,149 lets. +0.8% on the previous 12 months.
How quickly do homes sell in Welwyn Hatfield?
1.6% of the homes in Welwyn Hatfield changed hands over the 12 months to Mar 2026, 869 sales.
Construction costs Context for residential research
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.