AL1 1RN

Sopwell Lane, St Albans

Median, last 3 years

£520,000

7 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£405,000

4 Nov 2025

Standard sales

101

since 1995 (+5 additional entries)

AL1 district median

£535,000

519 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Terraced median £477,500 (4 sales) · Flats sold for £518,500 and £618,625 · Semi-detached sold for £600,000

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

Show the figures

Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2025	£520,000	5
2024 (few sales)	£592,500	2
2022 (few sales)	£625,000	1
2021	£494,000	4
2020	£380,000	3
2018 (few sales)	£499,950	1
2017	£515,000	3
2016 (few sales)	£395,000	2
2015	£440,000	3
2014	£450,000	3
2013	£376,550	4
2012 (few sales)	£334,975	2
2010	£301,500	4
2009	£271,550	5
2008 (few sales)	£325,000	1
2007	£326,350	5
2006	£273,000	3
2005	£241,000	3
2004	£315,000	6
2003	£230,000	5
2002	£247,500	5
2001	£193,500	6
2000	£188,500	3
1999	£165,000	7
1998	£164,000	3
1997	£89,000	8
1996 (few sales)	£95,000	2
1995 (few sales)	£64,675	2

Sale history (106 records · 26 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
71, SOPWELL LANE 27 Apr 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £250,000 (Oct 2004) · +28%	27 Apr 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£319,000
73, SOPWELL LANE 5 Apr 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £354,000 (Oct 2002) · +53%	5 Apr 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£540,000
111, SOPWELL LANE 25 Jan 2007 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £200,000 (Dec 2003) · +25%	25 Jan 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£249,000
57, SOPWELL LANE 19 Dec 2006 · Terraced · Freehold	19 Dec 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£249,995
77, SOPWELL LANE 6 Apr 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £247,500 (Jun 2002) · +11%	6 Apr 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£275,000
75, SOPWELL LANE 3 Mar 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £70,000 (Jul 1997) · +290%	3 Mar 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£273,000
103, SOPWELL LANE 1 Nov 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £192,000 (Apr 2001) · +30%	1 Nov 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£250,000
83, SOPWELL LANE 23 Sep 2005 · Terraced · Freehold	23 Sep 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£222,500
101, SOPWELL LANE 21 Jun 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £119,000 (Aug 1999) · +103%	21 Jun 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£241,000
45, SOPWELL LANE 29 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £345,000 (Aug 2000) · +9%	29 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£377,000
71, SOPWELL LANE 7 Oct 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £164,000 (Mar 1998) · +52%	7 Oct 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£250,000
49, SOPWELL LANE 16 Jul 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £316,000 (Apr 2002) · +1%	16 Jul 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£319,000
47, SOPWELL LANE 6 Jul 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £311,000 (Jan 2004) · +5%	6 Jul 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£325,500
61, SOPWELL LANE 11 Jun 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £150,000 (Oct 2001) · +45%	11 Jun 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£217,500
47, SOPWELL LANE 5 Jan 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £249,950 (Jun 2001) · +24%	5 Jan 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£311,000
41, SOPWELL LANE 17 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £137,500 (Apr 1999) · +67%	17 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£230,000
111, SOPWELL LANE 12 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	12 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£200,000
81A, SOPWELL LANE 23 Oct 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £130,000 (Jul 1998) · +86%	23 Oct 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£242,000
97, SOPWELL LANE 27 Aug 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	27 Aug 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£230,000
65, SOPWELL LANE 10 Jan 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £165,000 (May 1999) · +73%	10 Jan 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£285,000
39, SOPWELL LANE 19 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £98,500 (Apr 1997) · +116%	19 Dec 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£212,500
95, SOPWELL LANE 10 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	10 Dec 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£219,950
73, SOPWELL LANE 11 Oct 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £250,000 (Sep 1997) · +42%	11 Oct 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£354,000
77, SOPWELL LANE 24 Jun 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £131,000 (Dec 1997) · +89%	24 Jun 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£247,500
49, SOPWELL LANE 26 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£316,000
33, SOPWELL LANE 30 Nov 2001 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £188,500 (Apr 2000) · +3%	30 Nov 2001	Semi-detached · Freehold	£195,000
61, SOPWELL LANE 8 Oct 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £84,000 (Nov 1996) · +79%	8 Oct 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£150,000
63, SOPWELL LANE 31 Aug 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £210,000 (Aug 1999) · +18%	31 Aug 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£247,000
89, SOPWELL LANE 24 Jul 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	24 Jul 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£189,000
47, SOPWELL LANE 29 Jun 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £215,000 (Jul 1999) · +16%	29 Jun 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£249,950
103, SOPWELL LANE 30 Apr 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £120,110 (Jun 2000) · +60%	30 Apr 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£192,000
45, SOPWELL LANE 31 Aug 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £235,000 (Mar 1998) · +47%	31 Aug 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£345,000
103, SOPWELL LANE 9 Jun 2000 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Jun 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£120,110
33, SOPWELL LANE 27 Apr 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold	27 Apr 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£188,500
87, SOPWELL LANE 30 Sep 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	30 Sep 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£129,300
63, SOPWELL LANE 20 Aug 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £82,000 (Jul 1997) · +156%	20 Aug 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£210,000
101, SOPWELL LANE 13 Aug 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £93,000 (Mar 1997) · +28%	13 Aug 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£119,000
47, SOPWELL LANE 2 Jul 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	2 Jul 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£215,000
69, SOPWELL LANE 24 Jun 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	24 Jun 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£222,500
65, SOPWELL LANE 14 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	14 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£165,000
41, SOPWELL LANE 28 Apr 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £85,000 (Aug 1997) · +62%	28 Apr 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£137,500
81A, SOPWELL LANE 24 Jul 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £70,000 (Aug 1995) · +86%	24 Jul 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£130,000
71, SOPWELL LANE 13 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Mar 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£164,000
45, SOPWELL LANE 3 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	3 Mar 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£235,000
77, SOPWELL LANE 16 Dec 1997 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £106,000 (May 1996) · +24%	16 Dec 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£131,000
73, SOPWELL LANE 26 Sep 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Sep 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£250,000
41, SOPWELL LANE 29 Aug 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	29 Aug 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£85,000
63, SOPWELL LANE 31 Jul 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	31 Jul 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£82,000
75, SOPWELL LANE 4 Jul 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	4 Jul 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£70,000
39, SOPWELL LANE 17 Apr 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	17 Apr 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£98,500

Area

Postcode district: AL1
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 9 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01023726
Introduced: Jan 1980

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

St Albans, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £646,781
Change since July 2025: +2.3%
First-time buyers: £474,986

Average by property type

Detached: £1,258,766
Semi-detached: £767,828
Terraced: £575,819
Flat / maisonette: £327,034

The official index for St Albans as a whole, not AL1 1RN alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

AL1 1RW £625,000 · 5 sales
AL1 1RJ £643,000 · 3 sales
AL1 1RT £575,000 · 3 sales
AL1 1RU £677,500 · 9 sales
AL1 1RQ £645,000 · 1 sale
AL1 1RP £236,302 · 2 sales
AL1 1NB £624,563 · 8 sales
AL1 1RL no sale since 2007
AL1 1NN £325,000 · last sale 2017
AL1 1RG £600,000 · last sale 2020
AL1 1QH £445,000 · last sale 2023
AL1 1NE £715,000 · 3 sales