That is the middle of 936 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.2 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
936 homes sold in three years: 257 detached houses, 225 semi-detached houses, 263 terraced houses and 191 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£565K
median sale · 257 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£500K–£640K
Last 12 months
£595K54 sold
New build
£582K
Semi-detached houses£395K
median sale · 225 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£438K
Last 12 months
£408K54 sold
New build
£370K
Terraced houses£350K
median sale · 263 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£385K
Last 12 months
£355K73 sold
New build
£364K
Flats and maisonettes£188K
median sale · 191 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£227K
Last 12 months
£198K58 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 28% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes20%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Royston’s homes sold for between £288K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £622K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £378,000, sits in the £300–400K band
936 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,850 in 1995 to £370,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
239 sales in the last 12 months, against 615 in 2004, the busiest year, and 219 in 2008. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 78% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Royston costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Royston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£96K
£174K
£250K
£313K
£389K
£550K
£595K
Semi-detached houses
£66K
£110K
£200K
£210K
£295K
£360K
£408K
Terraced houses
£52K
£88K
£162K
£181K
£250K
£300K
£355K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£60K
£138K
£127K
£160K
£190K
£198K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 2.5% of sales in the last 12 months
1,795 new homes have been sold in Royston since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2003.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £550,000
against £370,000 for a home sold on, 49% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Royston. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Hampshire Road is Royston’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
67 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Hampshire Road
SG8
28
£607,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Orpington Road
SG8
24
£478,500
Mixed · new builds
3
Goodes Court
SG8
23
£182,000
Mostly flats
4
Desborow Lane
SG8
18
£539,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Princes Mews
SG8
18
£247,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Mill Road
SG8
16
£338,750
Mostly terraced houses
7
Burns Road
SG8
15
£275,000
Mixed
8
Melbourn Road
SG8
14
£540,000
Mixed
9
Queens Road
SG8
14
£302,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Garden Walk
SG8
13
£395,000
Mixed
11
Redwing Rise
SG8
13
£372,500
Mixed
12
Kneesworth Street
SG8
13
£233,000
Mostly flats
13
Barkway Road
SG8
12
£622,500
Mixed
14
Old North Road
SG8
12
£251,000
Mixed
15
Newman Avenue
SG8
11
£355,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Berkshire Court: £700,000
Royston median£378K
Berkshire Court£700K
Barkway Road£623K
Landrace Drive£610K
Hampshire Road£608K
Cornish Close£591K
Cheapest streets
Wordsworth Close: £154,000
Royston median£378K
Wordsworth Close£154K
Gresley Lodge£165K
Fish Hill£165K
Collingwood Court£170K
Goodes Court£182K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Hertfordshire
Royston is the 47th most expensive of 50 towns in Hertfordshire
Royston is one of Hertfordshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Royston
What is the average house price in Royston?
The median home in Royston sold for £378,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 936 standard sales (£370,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £565,000, semi-detached houses £395,000, terraced houses £350,000 and flats and maisonettes £187,500.
Are house prices going up in Royston?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£384,000), and £370,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Royston each year?
239 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 350 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Royston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Berkshire Court (SG8, £700,000), Barkway Road (SG8, £622,500) and Landrace Drive (SG8, £610,000).
How much does a new build cost in Royston?
New homes sold for a median £550,000 over three years, against £370,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Royston expensive for Hertfordshire?
Royston is the 47th most expensive of 50 towns of 2,500 or more in Hertfordshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.