SG5 — Hitchin
The SG5 board covers Hitchin in North Hertfordshire, built from 20,402 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 8 local areas.
The median sale here was £64,552 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £425,000, a 6.6× change. Peak momentum came in 2000, when the SG5 median climbed +26.5%. 2009 was the year the music stopped here: -12.5% on the median.
Median sold price in SG5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £64,552 | 479 |
| 2000 | £111,000 | 555 |
| 2005 | £215,000 | 633 |
| 2010 | £240,000 | 584 |
| 2015 | £290,000 | 847 |
| 2020 | £400,000 | 611 |
| 2025 | £450,000 | 609 |
| 2026 | £425,000 | 82 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 8 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Stotfold (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Kingsley Avenue, Hitchin Road, High Street
- Hitchin (SG5 1) (27% of local sales) — busiest streets: Nightingale Road, Ickleford Road, Bearton Road
- Hitchin (SG5 2) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bedford Road, Symonds Road, Old Park Road
- Shillington (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bury Road, Hillfoot Road, Church Street
- Ickleford (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Icknield Close, Arlesey Road, Turnpike Lane
- Fairfield (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Kingsley Avenue, Cavendish Lane, Beatrice Place
- Pirton (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Royal Oak Lane, Bunyan Close
- Offley (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Garden Fields, Westbury Farm Close, Gosling Avenue
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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.