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Harpenden

21 High Street, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2RY

An old faithful. The sourdough has been doing its due diligence here for years.

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On GAIL’s store finder since at least 12 Jul 2024
Homes within ½ mile
47 homes (40 for sale · 7 to rent)
Median asking price
£450,000
Median asking rent
£2,300 pcm
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The Gail’s Effect index: sold prices before & after

HM Land Registry · postcode sector AL5 4
£523k£625k£728k£830k£932kH1 ’21: £630,000 median from 108 salesH2 ’21: £580,000 median from 41 salesH1 ’22: £732,500 median from 48 salesH2 ’22: £700,000 median from 73 salesH1 ’23: £780,000 median from 41 salesH2 ’23: £680,000 median from 53 salesH1 ’24: £650,000 median from 52 salesH2 ’24: £570,000 median from 63 salesH1 ’25: £680,000 median from 75 salesH2 ’25: £885,000 median from 53 salesH1 ’26: £635,000 median from 33 salesH2 ’26: £800,000 median from 9 salesH1 ’21H1 ’22H1 ’23H1 ’24H1 ’25H2 ’26
Sold prices in postcode sector AL5 4. Line: median price of standard residential sales per half-year. Bars: number of sales (taller = more sales).
£630kH1 ’21 median
£800kH2 ’26 median
+27%Change over the period

This GAIL’s was here before our records start (July 2024), so there’s no clean before/after. The line shows where the area’s heading. Medians wobble with the mix of homes sold (a run of flats pulls them down), so this is context, not prophecy. Land Registry data lags a few months.

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