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Apsley market report HP3 0, Hemel Hempstead

The standing HP3 0 (Apsley) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 4,483 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in HP3 0 (Hemel Hempstead) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the middle 2026 sale in HP3 0 (Hemel Hempstead) came in at £500,000, out of 37 registered, down 9% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £658,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,350 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,483 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.

A postcode sector like HP3 0 is a single group of streets within HP3 (Hemel Hempstead), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where HP3 0 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£500,000median sold price, 2026
£5,350/m²average price per m², last 5 years
-9%change over five years, cash
37homes sold, last 12 months
3.8%gross rental yield (est.)

HP3 0 sold prices: where the market stands

In the HP3 0 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £500,000, from 37 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £658,100, sitting a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.

House prices per square metre in HP3 0

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in HP3 0 costs about £5,350 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so HP3 0 trades 75% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical HP3 0 home, 1995 to 2026

The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £87,200 at the time · £189,559 in today's money · 120 sales1996: £106,000 at the time · £223,549 in today's money · 149 sales1997: £118,200 at the time · £242,404 in today's money · 204 sales1998: £128,000 at the time · £258,377 in today's money · 172 sales1999: £142,800 at the time · £284,593 in today's money · 174 sales2000: £155,000 at the time · £304,188 in today's money · 151 sales2001: £171,000 at the time · £328,739 in today's money · 184 sales2002: £200,000 at the time · £376,298 in today's money · 186 sales2003: £225,000 at the time · £414,505 in today's money · 137 sales2004: £243,500 at the time · £442,244 in today's money · 178 sales2005: £250,000 at the time · £444,899 in today's money · 126 sales2006: £288,500 at the time · £500,799 in today's money · 206 sales2007: £342,500 at the time · £580,975 in today's money · 178 sales2008: £300,000 at the time · £491,763 in today's money · 71 sales2009: £290,000 at the time · £466,177 in today's money · 98 sales2010: £329,000 at the time · £515,957 in today's money · 100 sales2011: £322,000 at the time · £486,096 in today's money · 95 sales2012: £358,000 at the time · £526,931 in today's money · 102 sales2013: £387,800 at the time · £558,005 in today's money · 104 sales2014: £407,500 at the time · £578,110 in today's money · 158 sales2015: £420,000 at the time · £593,460 in today's money · 189 sales2016: £500,000 at the time · £699,505 in today's money · 169 sales2017: £515,000 at the time · £702,408 in today's money · 111 sales2018: £450,000 at the time · £599,858 in today's money · 123 sales2019: £432,000 at the time · £566,249 in today's money · 165 sales2020: £494,000 at the time · £640,975 in today's money · 142 sales2021: £550,000 at the time · £696,371 in today's money · 194 sales2022: £560,000 at the time · £656,664 in today's money · 136 sales2023: £495,000 at the time · £543,884 in today's money · 84 sales2024: £595,000 at the time · £632,607 in today's money · 105 sales2025: £587,500 at the time · £601,549 in today's money · 135 sales2026: £500,000 at the time · £500,000 in today's money · 37 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£500,000£500,00037
2025£587,500£601,549135
2024£595,000£632,607105
2023£495,000£543,88484
2022£560,000£656,664136
2021£550,000£696,371194
2020£494,000£640,975142
2019£432,000£566,249165
2018£450,000£599,858123
2017£515,000£702,408111
2016£500,000£699,505169
2015£420,000£593,460189
2014£407,500£578,110158
2013£387,800£558,005104
2012£358,000£526,931102
2011£322,000£486,09695
2010£329,000£515,957100
2009£290,000£466,17798
2008£300,000£491,76371
2007£342,500£580,975178
2006£288,500£500,799206
2005£250,000£444,899126
2004£243,500£442,244178
2003£225,000£414,505137
2002£200,000£376,298186
2001£171,000£328,739184
2000£155,000£304,188151
1999£142,800£284,593174
1998£128,000£258,377172
1997£118,200£242,404204
1996£106,000£223,549149
1995£87,200£189,559120

In cash terms the typical HP3 0 home went from £87,200 in 1995 to £500,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 164%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2017; the current median sits about 29% below that. Someone who bought at the 2017 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the HP3 0 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+25% -20% 0% 1996 · +21.6% on the year before1997 · +11.5% on the year before1998 · +8.3% on the year before1999 · +11.6% on the year before2000 · +8.5% on the year before2001 · +10.3% on the year before2002 · +17.0% on the year before2003 · +12.5% on the year before2004 · +8.2% on the year before2005 · +2.7% on the year before2006 · +15.4% on the year before2007 · +18.7% on the year before2008 · −12.4% on the year before2009 · −3.3% on the year before2010 · +13.4% on the year before2011 · −2.1% on the year before2012 · +11.2% on the year before2013 · +8.3% on the year before2014 · +5.1% on the year before2015 · +3.1% on the year before2016 · +19.0% on the year before2017 · +3.0% on the year before2018 · −12.6% on the year before2019 · −4.0% on the year before2020 · +14.4% on the year before2021 · +11.3% on the year before2022 · +1.8% on the year before2023 · −11.6% on the year before2024 · +20.2% on the year before2025 · −1.3% on the year before2026 · −14.9% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 1996 (+21.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−14.9%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

What HP3 0 has returned, per year

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−14.9%−16.9%
5 years (since 2021)−1.9%−6.4%
10 years (since 2016)0.0%−3.3%
20 years (since 2006)+2.8%0.0%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

Transaction volumes

Sales per year, counted

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

63125188250 1995: 120 sales1996: 149 sales1997: 204 sales1998: 172 sales1999: 174 sales2000: 151 sales2001: 184 sales2002: 186 sales2003: 137 sales2004: 178 sales2005: 126 sales2006: 206 sales2007: 178 sales2008: 71 sales2009: 98 sales2010: 100 sales2011: 95 sales2012: 102 sales2013: 104 sales2014: 158 sales2015: 189 sales2016: 169 sales2017: 111 sales2018: 123 sales2019: 165 sales2020: 142 sales2021: 194 sales2022: 136 sales2023: 84 sales2024: 105 sales2025: 135 sales2026: 37 sales1995200020052010201520202026

Over the last twelve months of data, 37 sales completed in HP3 0. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 168 sales a year before the financial crisis and 99 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

How HP3 0 trades

Only 37 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes HP3 0 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the HP3 district median, HP3 0 sits 18% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

The rental side of HP3 0

The local authority for HP3 0 is Dacorum, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,579 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,087 a month here against £2,270 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Dacorum

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £1,087 a month£1,0871 bed2 bed: £1,365 a month£1,3652 bed3 bed: £1,639 a month£1,6393 bed4+ bed: £2,270 a month£2,2704+ bed

£1,579 a month is £18,948 a year, which against the £500,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.8%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.

HP3 0 (Apsley): the questions that come up

How much did a house sell for in HP3 0 (Apsley)?
Land Registry recorded 37 sales in HP3 0 (Apsley) in 2026, with a median sold price of £500,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in HP3 0 (Apsley)?
In HP3 0 (Apsley) the median moved down 15% year on year; over five years it is down 9%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is HP3 0 (Apsley) a good place to buy a house?
HP3 0 (Apsley) sold prices are down 9% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Are HP3 0 prices heading up or down?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 9% over five years in cash but down 28% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.

What you could buy in HP3 now

This is what you could actually buy today: 283 homes currently on the market from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole HP3 district, not just HP3 0: live asking prices are collected per district.

£465,000Typical asking price now (HP3 district)
49 below what sold nearby182 in line with nearby sales40 above nearby sales9 well above nearby sales

18% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every HP3 home for sale on the map →

These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.

What another bedroom costs in HP

What homes of each size actually sold for across the HP area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£470,500£632,250 (+34%)£930,000 (+47%)£1,395,000 (+50%)
Semi-detached£315,000£396,000 (+26%)£480,000 (+21%)£636,250 (+33%)£842,500 (+32%)
Terraced£296,000£370,000 (+25%)£425,000 (+15%)£540,000 (+27%)£780,000 (+44%)
Flat£210,000£280,000 (+33%)£474,500 (+69%)

Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the HP area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in HP3

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are HP3's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
HP3 8£500,00033
HP3 9£396,00086

Zoom out to the full HP3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how HP3 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in HP3 0? Price it on the evidence

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in HP3 0, open the average prices map and zoom from the HP3 0 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded HP3 0 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim HP3 0.

Keep digging

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with HP3 0 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual HP3 0 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.