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6 Market Place, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 5DG

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
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63 homes (31 for sale · 32 to rent)
Median asking price
£357,500
Median asking rent
£1,975 pcm
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The Gail’s Effect index: sold prices before & after

HM Land Registry · postcode sector AL3 5
£609k£644k£680k£716k£751kH1 ’21: £636,000 median from 132 salesH2 ’21: £715,000 median from 45 salesH1 ’22: £734,725 median from 52 salesH2 ’22: £695,000 median from 71 salesH1 ’23: £695,000 median from 37 salesH2 ’23: £625,000 median from 79 salesH1 ’24: £628,000 median from 49 salesH2 ’24: £720,000 median from 65 salesH1 ’25: £707,500 median from 68 salesH2 ’25: £695,000 median from 45 salesH1 ’26: £660,000 median from 44 salesH2 ’26: £650,000 median from 15 salesH1 ’21H1 ’22H1 ’23H1 ’24H1 ’25H2 ’26
Sold prices in postcode sector AL3 5. Line: median price of standard residential sales per half-year. Bars: number of sales (taller = more sales).
£636kH1 ’21 median
£650kH2 ’26 median
+2%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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