That is the middle of 2,922 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 6.6 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.
2,922 homes sold in three years: 373 detached houses, 558 semi-detached houses, 1,478 terraced houses and 513 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£553K
median sale · 373 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£625K
Last 12 months
£559K102 sold
New build
£509K
Semi-detached houses£400K
median sale · 558 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£463K
Last 12 months
£405K145 sold
New build
£453K
Terraced houses£330K
median sale · 1,478 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£363K
Last 12 months
£340K441 sold
New build
£446K
Flats and maisonettes£200K
median sale · 513 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£157K–£230K
Last 12 months
£208K131 sold
New build
£254K
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses51%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Stevenage’s homes sold for between £290K and £405K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £520K. 18% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £340,000, sits in the £300–400K band
2,922 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£273,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
819 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,255 in 2001, the busiest year, and 913 in 2023. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Stevenage costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Stevenage, 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
£107K
£171K
£285K
£300K
£370K
£463K
£559K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£110K
£190K
£212K
£288K
£345K
£405K
Terraced houses
£51K
£83K
£155K
£165K
£225K
£276K
£340K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£56K
£113K
£134K
£150K
£180K
£208K
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: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
5,669 new homes have been sold in Stevenage since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 1995.
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 £450,000
against £335,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Stevenage. 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
Lonsdale Road is Stevenage’s busiest street, with 44 sales in three years
214 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 76 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
Lonsdale Road
SG1
44
£331,250
Mostly terraced houses
2
Giles Crescent
SG1
43
£96,250
Mostly flats
3
Stirling Close
SG2
39
£245,000
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Ripon Road
SG1
33
£320,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
York Road
SG1
31
£320,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Grace Way
SG1
29
£365,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Perranporth Lane
SG1
28
£457,500
Mixed · new builds
8
Chells Way
SG2
27
£327,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Archer Road
SG1
26
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Telford Avenue
SG2
25
£325,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Canterbury Way
SG1
25
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Admiral Drive
SG1
24
£225,000
Mostly flats
13
Mendip Way
SG1
23
£375,000
Mixed
14
Kings Road
SG1
23
£90,000
Mostly flats
15
Wisden Road
SG1
22
£353,250
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Chancellors Road: £792,500
Stevenage median£340K
Chancellors Road£793K
North Road£700K
Hertford Road£635K
Franklins Road£628K
Jackdaw Close£565K
Cheapest streets
Kings Road: £90,000
Stevenage median£340K
Kings Road£90K
Giles Crescent£96K
Danestrete£168K
Douglas Drive£170K
Prestatyn Close£175K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.8 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
Stevenage is the 50th most expensive of 50 towns in Hertfordshire
Stevenage 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 Stevenage
What is the average house price in Stevenage?
The median home in Stevenage sold for £340,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,922 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £552,900, semi-detached houses £400,000, terraced houses £330,000 and flats and maisonettes £200,000.
Are house prices going up in Stevenage?
The median was £350,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£332,000), and £350,000 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 Stevenage each year?
819 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,225 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Stevenage?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chancellors Road (SG1, £792,500), North Road (SG1, £700,000) and Hertford Road (SG2, £635,000).
How much does a new build cost in Stevenage?
New homes sold for a median £450,000 over three years, against £335,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5% of sales.
Is Stevenage expensive for Hertfordshire?
Stevenage is the 50th 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.
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