Area market snapshot · in Hertfordshire

Welwyn Garden City property market

Updated 5 October 2026 · refreshed daily

Map: Welwyn Garden City is in Hertfordshire.
Median asking price
£325,000↓ 32% below Hertfordshire

276 for sale · Hertfordshire £475k

Median sold price · 12 months to January 2026
£411,500↓ 10% below Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire £455k

Typical asking range
Typical asking range (middle half of listings) and median
MarketRange lowMedianRange high
Welwyn Garden City£240,000£325,000£500,000
Hertfordshire£300,000£475,000£700,000

Each band covers the middle half of asking prices.

How Welwyn Garden City differs from Hertfordshire
  • Flats are 52% of what's for sale, compared to 36% across Hertfordshire
The last 30 days

More homes came onto the market in Welwyn Garden City than left it

New listings
56

↓ 18% · was 68

Price cuts
55

↑ 139% · was 23

Went off market
37

↓ 14% · was 43

Typical time listed
110 days

before going off the market

Changes compare with the prior 30 days.

Asking prices

Where homes in Welwyn Garden City sit by price band, against Hertfordshire

Homes for sale in Welwyn Garden City skew cheaper than in Hertfordshire

75% of Welwyn Garden City listings ask under £500k, a bigger share than Hertfordshire (53%)

Share of current listings by asking-price band
Price bandWelwyn Garden City listingsWelwyn Garden City shareHertfordshire share
<£150k187%3%
£150k–200k135%4%
£200k–250k5118%8%
£250k–300k269%9%
£300k–400k5620%15%
£400k–500k4215%14%
£500k–750k5219%23%
£750k+187%24%

Prices by property type

Current listings and Land Registry sales in Welwyn Garden City, set against Hertfordshire

Flats are 52% of homes for sale in Welwyn Garden City, against 36% across Hertfordshire

Share of homes for sale by property type
property typeWelwyn Garden CityHertfordshire
Flats (144 for sale)£52£36
Terraced (50 for sale)£18£16
Semi-detached (41 for sale)£15£16
Detached (27 for sale)£10£20

Flats in Welwyn Garden City ask £240k, 9% less than Hertfordshire flats (£265k)

Median asking price of current listings; the count under each row

Median asking price by property type
property typeWelwyn Garden CityHertfordshire
Flats (144 for sale)£240,000£265,000
Terraced (50 for sale)£437,500£450,000
Semi-detached (41 for sale)£535,000£595,000
Detached (27 for sale)£685,000£950,000

Price per square foot

Sold · 12 months to July 2026
£476per sq ft↓ 4% below Hertfordshire

429 matched sales

Hertfordshire: £496 per sq ft

Asking · current listings
£430per sq ft↓ 9% below Hertfordshire

208 listings with a known floor area

Hertfordshire: £474 per sq ft

Sold prices per sq ft in Welwyn Garden City are up 20% over 10 years, to £476

Hertfordshire: up 21% to £496 over the same period

Sold price per square foot over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsWelwyn Garden CityHertfordshire
Sept 2016£396£409
Dec 2016£408£419
Mar 2017£420£426
Jun 2017£426£431
Sept 2017£427£435
Dec 2017£419£436
Mar 2018£421£437
Jun 2018£423£438
Sept 2018£423£439
Dec 2018£424£439
Mar 2019£422£437
Jun 2019£412£435
Sept 2019£416£434
Dec 2019£423£434
Mar 2020£422£435
Jun 2020£416£434
Sept 2020£422£437
Dec 2020£429£444
Mar 2021£434£450
Jun 2021£434£457
Sept 2021£433£458
Dec 2021£432£462
Mar 2022£439£468
Jun 2022£448£475
Sept 2022£465£487
Dec 2022£471£494
Mar 2023£471£499
Jun 2023£475£499
Sept 2023£472£495
Dec 2023£470£489
Mar 2024£470£485
Jun 2024£470£484
Sept 2024£466£484
Dec 2024£470£487
Mar 2025£472£490
Jun 2025£468£491
Sept 2025£473£493
Dec 2025£470£494
Mar 2026£470£494
Jun 2026£473£495
Jul 2026£476£496

Homes sold in Welwyn Garden City

Completed sales
610↑ 14% vs previous year

Previous 12 months: 537 sales

Median sold price
£411,500↓ 10% below Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire: £455,000

The median sold price in Welwyn Garden City is up 32% over the last 10 years, to £412k

Hertfordshire: up 36% to £455k over the same period

Median sold price over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsWelwyn Garden CityHertfordshire
Mar 2016£311k£335k
Jun 2016£327k£345k
Sept 2016£341k£355k
Dec 2016£350k£362k
Mar 2017£354k£370k
Jun 2017£350k£375k
Sept 2017£355k£380k
Dec 2017£360k£385k
Mar 2018£360k£385k
Jun 2018£362k£385k
Sept 2018£359k£387k
Dec 2018£357k£386k
Mar 2019£353k£385k
Jun 2019£350k£385k
Sept 2019£357k£385k
Dec 2019£355k£386k
Mar 2020£356k£390k
Jun 2020£360k£390k
Sept 2020£368k£400k
Dec 2020£380k£417k
Mar 2021£390k£431k
Jun 2021£390k£438k
Sept 2021£385k£433k
Dec 2021£385k£428k
Mar 2022£385k£425k
Jun 2022£388k£425k
Sept 2022£410k£440k
Dec 2022£415k£450k
Mar 2023£415k£455k
Jun 2023£420k£455k
Sept 2023£417k£450k
Dec 2023£405k£450k
Mar 2024£410k£445k
Jun 2024£410k£445k
Sept 2024£405k£445k
Dec 2024£413k£450k
Mar 2025£410k£450k
Jun 2025£412k£452k
Sept 2025£410k£452k
Dec 2025£410k£455k
Jan 2026£412k£455k

610 homes sold in Welwyn Garden City in the 12 months to January 2026, 9% above Welwyn Garden City's five-year norm of 561 a year

Hertfordshire is 9% above its own five-year norm

Homes sold over time (12-month windows ending each quarter)
Window endsWelwyn Garden City
Mar 2016700
Jun 2016668
Sept 2016640
Dec 2016646
Mar 2017610
Jun 2017618
Sept 2017638
Dec 2017630
Mar 2018603
Jun 2018606
Sept 2018568
Dec 2018572
Mar 2019565
Jun 2019533
Sept 2019548
Dec 2019544
Mar 2020574
Jun 2020540
Sept 2020537
Dec 2020561
Mar 2021635
Jun 2021824
Sept 2021805
Dec 2021753
Mar 2022709
Jun 2022581
Sept 2022620
Dec 2022657
Mar 2023577
Jun 2023556
Sept 2023524
Dec 2023468
Mar 2024473
Jun 2024500
Sept 2024499
Dec 2024521
Mar 2025633
Jun 2025586
Sept 2025595
Dec 2025618
Jan 2026610

What listings offer

Welwyn Garden City has more parking but fewer gardens than Hertfordshire.

Gardens
70%

Fewer gardens than Hertfordshire

70% of listings have a garden; Hertfordshire: 76%. 194 of 276 listings have a garden. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Parking
88%

More parking than Hertfordshire

88% of listings have parking or a garage; Hertfordshire: 80%. 242 of 276 listings have parking or a garage. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Chain-free
35%

Chain-free in line with Hertfordshire

35% of listings are listed as chain-free; Hertfordshire: 34%. 96 of 276 listings are listed as chain-free. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.

Recent sales in Welwyn Garden City

The newest completed sales registered with HM Land Registry

AddressSoldPrice
8 Marsden Close · AL8 6YETerraced · FreeholdJul 2026£465,000
6 Picketts · AL8 7HJSemi-detached · FreeholdJul 2026£425,000
69 Thistle Grove · AL7 4AFTerraced · FreeholdJul 2026£395,000
5 Beverley Gardens · AL7 2NGDetached · FreeholdJul 2026£575,000
6 Chalk Dale · AL7 2APTerraced · FreeholdJul 2026£445,000

Current listings worth a look

Picked by simple rules, not adverts: cheapest, most space, gardens

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How nearby areas compare

Current listings around Welwyn Garden City

AreaFor saleMedian asking
Welwyn Garden City276£325k
Stevenage393£335k
Hemel Hempstead706£400k
Watford838£395k
St Albans519£475k
Hertfordshirebenchmark7,505£475k

Key facts about Welwyn Garden City

  • Rising over the long run, flat over the last year: the median sold price in Welwyn Garden City is up 32% over the last 10 years and broadly flat over the last 12 months.
  • Homes for sale skew cheaper than in Hertfordshire: 75% of current listings in Welwyn Garden City ask under £500k, against 53% across Hertfordshire.
  • Sales are running above Welwyn Garden City's five-year norm: 610 homes sold in the 12 months to January 2026, against a norm of 561 a year; 56 homes came onto the market in the last 30 days and 37 left it.

Welwyn Garden City property market: common questions

Where is Welwyn Garden City?

Welwyn Garden City is in Hertfordshire.

What is the average house price in Welwyn Garden City?

The median asking price across the 276 homes for sale in Welwyn Garden City is £325,000 (as of 5 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £240,000 and £500,000. That is 32% below Hertfordshire. Homes that actually sold in Welwyn Garden City went for a median £411,500 (Land Registry, 12 months to January 2026).

Are house prices in Welwyn Garden City rising or falling?

Rising over the long run, flat over the last year. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Welwyn Garden City is up 32% over the last 10 years and broadly flat over the last 12 months (12 months to January 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Is Welwyn Garden City cheaper than Hertfordshire?

Yes: asking prices in Welwyn Garden City are typically lower than across Hertfordshire. The median asking price in Welwyn Garden City is £325,000 against £475k across Hertfordshire: 32% below Hertfordshire. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value. The saving holds from the lower end to the top of the market.

How many homes are for sale in Welwyn Garden City?

276 homes are on the market in Welwyn Garden City right now, down 10% since 1 Sept, 56 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

Are house prices being cut in Welwyn Garden City?

55 listings in Welwyn Garden City had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 20% of the homes currently for sale.

How long are homes on the market in Welwyn Garden City?

Of the Welwyn Garden City listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 110 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

How much do flats and houses cost in Welwyn Garden City?

The median asking price for a flat in Welwyn Garden City is £240,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is terraced houses, at a median £437,500 across 50 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

How much is a two-bedroom flat in Welwyn Garden City?

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Welwyn Garden City is £260,000, across 89 current listings.

How much is a three-bedroom house in Welwyn Garden City?

There is no single three-bedroom house price: the largest group of three-bedroom houses for sale in Welwyn Garden City is terraced houses, at a median asking price of £437,500 across 34 listings. The Size × type view on this page covers every combination we track.

What is the price per square foot in Welwyn Garden City?

In Welwyn Garden City, homes that sold went for a median £476 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £430 per sq ft.

How these numbers are made

  • Asking figures: Current listings we track across estate agents and portals (276 in Welwyn Garden City), refreshed daily, as of 5 October 2026. We quote medians, never means, and suppress anything based on fewer than 5 listings.
  • Off market and time listed: Off-market counts include only listings confirmed off the market after a short grace period; "typical time listed" is time advertised, not time to sell. We have tracked Welwyn Garden City since December 2025.
  • Hertfordshire comparisons: The same daily snapshot taken across the whole of Hertfordshire, so both sides of every comparison share one basis. Where a comparison spans all property types, some of the gap reflects what is for sale here.
  • Sold figures: HM Land Registry price paid data. Sold prices and sales counts cover the 12 months to January 2026; sold price per square foot covers the 12 months to July 2026, with floor areas from EPC certificates (the two run on different pipelines, and the latest months are left out while sales are still being registered). England and Wales; new-builds and non-standard transactions excluded.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales © Crown copyright.