The median home in Wheathampstead sells for £625,000
That is the middle of 155 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 5.7 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.
A third of Wheathampstead’s sales are detached houses
155 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 44 semi-detached houses, 36 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£865K
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£760K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£963K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£664K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£558K–£755K
Last 12 months
£705K9 sold
Terraced houses£488K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£420K–£565K
Last 12 months
£469K14 sold
Flats and maisonettes£242K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£315K
Last 12 months
£350K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses23%
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 Wheathampstead’s homes sold for between £420K and £838K
One sale in ten was under £246K and one in ten over £975K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £625,000, sits in the £500–750K band
155 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £110,000 in 1995 to £630,000 in the last 12 months (£430,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
47 sales in the last 12 months, against 122 in 2002, the busiest year, and 42 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wheathampstead costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wheathampstead, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£167K
£265K
£406K
£510K
£675K
£692K
£963K
Semi-detached houses
£115K
£190K
£300K
£300K
£473K
£601K
£705K
Terraced houses
£86K
£130K
£187K
£253K
£317K
£440K
£469K
Flats and maisonettes
£56K
£81K
£144K
£140K
£262K
£232K
£350K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
184 new homes have been sold in Wheathampstead since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2011.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Wheathampstead. 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
Necton Road is Wheathampstead’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Necton Road
AL4
10
£697,500
Mixed
2
Four Limes
AL4
10
£172,475
Mostly flats
3
Wick Avenue
AL4
8
£730,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Old School Drive
AL4
8
£713,750
Mostly detached houses
5
Brewhouse Hill
AL4
8
£623,750
Mixed
6
Butterfield Road
AL4
6
£720,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
The Hill
AL4
6
£356,250
Mostly terraced houses
8
Bury Green
AL4
5
£880,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Tudor Road
AL4
5
£730,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
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
Wheathampstead is the 12th most expensive of 50 towns in Hertfordshire
Wheathampstead is in the middle of Hertfordshire’s 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 Wheathampstead
What is the average house price in Wheathampstead?
The median home in Wheathampstead sold for £625,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 155 standard sales (£630,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £865,000, semi-detached houses £663,750, terraced houses £487,500 and flats and maisonettes £241,500.
Are house prices going up in Wheathampstead?
The median was £624,950 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£577,500), and £630,000 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 Wheathampstead each year?
47 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 61 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wheathampstead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bury Green (AL4, £880,000), Tudor Road (AL4, £730,000) and Wick Avenue (AL4, £730,000).
Is Wheathampstead expensive for Hertfordshire?
Wheathampstead is the 12th 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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