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Great Ashby market report SG1 2, Stevenage
The SG1 2 (Great Ashby) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 3,926 HM Land Registry entries for SG1 2 (Stevenage), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for SG1 2 (Stevenage) is £347,500, from 35 registered sales, up 14% on five years earlier; the mean is £388,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,220 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,926 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
SG1 2 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside SG1 (Stevenage). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where SG1 2 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.
SG1 2 sold prices: where the market stands
Across 35 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) SG1 2 home went for £347,500. The mean is £388,800, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in SG1 2
Measured by floor area, the last five years of SG1 2 sales average about £4,220 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SG1 2 22% above the national figure.
A typical SG1 2 home, priced year by year (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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £347,500 | £347,500 | 35 |
| 2025 | £360,000 | £368,609 | 79 |
| 2024 | £390,000 | £414,650 | 117 |
| 2023 | £430,000 | £472,465 | 88 |
| 2022 | £347,500 | £407,483 | 90 |
| 2021 | £305,000 | £386,169 | 120 |
| 2020 | £284,000 | £368,496 | 72 |
| 2019 | £280,000 | £367,013 | 79 |
| 2018 | £277,000 | £369,246 | 93 |
| 2017 | £313,000 | £426,901 | 103 |
| 2016 | £275,000 | £384,728 | 110 |
| 2015 | £227,800 | £321,881 | 116 |
| 2014 | £196,000 | £278,060 | 117 |
| 2013 | £170,000 | £244,613 | 93 |
| 2012 | £171,000 | £251,691 | 76 |
| 2011 | £166,000 | £250,596 | 78 |
| 2010 | £160,000 | £250,921 | 75 |
| 2009 | £150,800 | £242,412 | 58 |
| 2008 | £190,000 | £311,450 | 94 |
| 2007 | £175,000 | £296,849 | 222 |
| 2006 | £165,000 | £286,419 | 128 |
| 2005 | £158,000 | £281,176 | 114 |
| 2004 | £150,000 | £272,429 | 137 |
| 2003 | £135,000 | £248,703 | 165 |
| 2002 | £117,000 | £220,134 | 182 |
| 2001 | £88,500 | £170,137 | 184 |
| 2000 | £79,200 | £155,430 | 158 |
| 1999 | £76,000 | £151,464 | 231 |
| 1998 | £66,000 | £133,226 | 166 |
| 1997 | £59,000 | £120,997 | 143 |
| 1996 | £55,000 | £115,993 | 154 |
| 1995 | £45,500 | £98,910 | 249 |
In cash terms the typical SG1 2 home went from £45,500 in 1995 to £347,500 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 251%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2023; the current median sits about 26% below that. Someone who bought at the 2023 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the SG1 2 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+32.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−20.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SG1 2 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −3.5% | −5.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.6% | −2.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.4% | −1.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
How many homes change hands in SG1 2
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
SG1 2 recorded 35 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 161 sales a year before the financial crisis and 82 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the SG1 2 market
This is a thin market: 35 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
What tenants pay around SG1 2
SG1 2 falls under Stevenage, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,426 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,018 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,110 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Stevenage
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £347,500 median purchase price, a rent of £1,426 a month (£17,112 a year) works out at a 4.9% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Asked and answered: SG1 2 (Great Ashby)
Are property prices falling in SG1 2 (Great Ashby)?
Is SG1 2 (Great Ashby) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SG1 2 (Great Ashby)?
Where do SG1 2 prices go next?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 14% over five years in cash but down 10% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
On the market in SG1 today
This is what you could actually buy today: 228 homes currently on the market from 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole SG1 district, not just SG1 2: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 14% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
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"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every SG1 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
The price of an extra bedroom in SG
Real sold prices by size across the SG area, straight 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £425,000 | £562,950 (+32%) | £790,000 (+40%) | £1,107,500 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £315,000 | £375,000 (+19%) | £450,000 (+20%) | £582,500 (+29%) | £785,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £290,000 | £342,000 (+18%) | £375,000 (+10%) | £510,000 (+36%) | £715,000 (+40%) |
| Flat | £205,000 | £270,000 (+32%) | £410,000 (+52%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the SG area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
SG area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in SG1
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of SG1, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SG1 1 | £305,000 | 17 |
| SG1 3 | £368,000 | 43 |
| SG1 4 | £317,000 | 43 |
| SG1 5 | £335,000 | 41 |
| SG1 6 | £400,000 | 49 |
Zoom out to the full SG1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SG1 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in SG1 2? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SG1 2, open the average prices map and zoom from the SG1 2 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SG1 2 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SG1 2.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about SG1 2. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual SG1 2 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale 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.