AL5 — Harpenden
Welcome to AL5 — Harpenden, St Albans. What follows is 18,599 sales over 32 years of real price history, the same data the game deals from, across 8 areas.
A typical AL5 property sold for £115,000 in 1995; by 2026 the median was £701,500 — 6.1× over the period. Local prices had their best year in 2001: +21.3% in one calendar year. The local low point was 2008, when the median changed -10.0% — in the game, that's a down year waiting for your portfolio.
Median sold price in AL5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £115,000 | 609 |
| 2000 | £185,000 | 624 |
| 2005 | £337,500 | 687 |
| 2010 | £455,000 | 579 |
| 2015 | £625,000 | 595 |
| 2020 | £733,500 | 440 |
| 2025 | £765,319 | 488 |
| 2026 | £701,500 | 60 |
The areas on the board
When you spin, the reel chooses between these 8 areas — busier markets come up more often:
- Harpenden (AL5 5) (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Milton Road, Crabtree Lane, Cowper Road
- Harpenden (AL5 4) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Station Road, Sun Lane, Westfield Road
- Harpenden (AL5 1) (21% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cravells Road, Southdown Road, Grove Road
- Harpenden (AL5 3) (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Roundwood Lane, Luton Road, Tuffnells Way
- Harpenden (AL5 2) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Townsend Lane, Luton Road, West Common
- High Street (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land Associated With
- Bower Heath (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Windy Nook, Bower Heath Lane, Plummers Lane
- Chadwell Heath Lane (0% of local sales)
Six slots, ten years, Harpenden's real prices. Play the AL5 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.