East Hertfordshire
SG12 house prices in East Hertfordshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for East Hertfordshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£424,000
Range £212,400–£699,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SG12: the typical (median) sold price is £424,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SG12 is an active market, with about 30 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were flats (typically £249,999) and 30% were terraced homes (typically £423,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year: East Hertfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SG12: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since December 2025 make SG12 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £212,400 to £699,500 makes £424,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in SG12 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Before an offer goes in on any SG12 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (637 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and long-term flood risk, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free SG12 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
SG12 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£424,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
30.2
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SG12
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SG12 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £785,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £249,999.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 27 | £785,000 | £563,000–£1,208,000 |
| Semi-detached | 63 | £545,000 | £427,000–£731,000 |
| Terraced | 73 | £423,000 | £301,000–£607,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 79 | £249,999 | £135,800–£305,300 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SG12
The quarterly typical price rose 53.2%, from £310,000 in Q4 2025 (22 sales) to £475,000 in Q3 2026 (39 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £310,000 | 22 |
| Q1 2026 | £416,500 | 99 |
| Q2 2026 | £425,000 | 90 |
| Q3 2026 | £475,000 | 39 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SG12 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SG12 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £212,400 and £699,500, around a typical £424,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SG12
Flat / maisonette homes were 33% of recorded sales (79 of 242). 67% of sales were freehold and 33% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached11%
- Semi-detached26%
- Terraced30%
- Flat / maisonette33%
Tenure
- Freehold67%
- Leasehold33%
See the figures
167 freehold (67%) and 83 leasehold (33%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG12. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
RIVERSCROFT MANSIONS, TRAPSTYLE ROAD, WARE
£300,000 (2025)£295,000 (2026)-1.7% over 0.5 yrs (-3.1%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SG12 sits in East Hertfordshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SG12
15, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, WARE
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£285,000
29, BENNINGFIELD ROAD, WARE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£640,000
39, MUSLEY HILL, WARE
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£420,000
3, PRIORY FARM YARD, WARE
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£628,000
3, SELLS ROAD, WARE
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£499,995
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SG12 includes the Great Amwell & Stansteads ward.
In plain English
What the East Hertfordshire (SG12) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £785,000 against £249,999 for flats: about 3.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £212,400 and £699,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- 33% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 30 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 12 December 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on SG12
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in SG12
£2,455
Band D a year in East Hertfordshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 |
These are East Hertfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority SG12 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for East Hertfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SG12
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Priors Wood Primary School.
All schools
Priors Wood Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG12 7HZ
403 m
Good · 2016
Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG12 7BT
779 m
Good · 2014
Kingshill Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG12 0RL
1.2 km
Good · 2023
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG12 0RL
1.2 km
Good · 2023
Hertford Regional College
16 plus · Colleges · SG12 9JF
1.2 km
Not graded
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SG12 9HY
1.3 km
Good · 2014
Presdales School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SG12 9NX
1.6 km
Outstanding · 2024
St Catherine's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG12 0AW
1.8 km
Good · 2018
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the SG12 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SG12
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around SG12
637
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 22 September 2026.
Recent applications
EastHertfordshire/3/26/0977/HHConditions
459 m
Single storey rear and side extension with link to garage. Partial conversion of the garage with alterations to the fenestration and insertion of roof light windows. External landscaping alterations and relocation of steps.
Received 2026-07-10 · decided 2026-09-04
EastHertfordshire/3/26/0766/CLPOPermitted
175 m
Certificate of lawfulness for loft conversion including 2 rooflights to front elevation, flat roof dormer to rear and removal of chimney stack
Received 2026-05-29 · decided 2026-06-29
EastHertfordshire/3/26/0767/HHConditions
175 m
Proposed single storey flat roof extension, including rooflight
Received 2026-05-29 · decided 2026-07-20
EastHertfordshire/3/26/0609/CLPOPermitted
288 m
Certificate of lawfulness for rear dormer roof extension, front rooflights and removal of chimney
Received 2026-04-29 · decided 2026-06-18
EastHertfordshire/X/26/0193/CNDPermitted
115 m
Discharge of Biodiversity Net Gain and Conditions 6 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 8 (Swift Boxes) and 14 (Materials) attached to 3/25/0185/FUL
Received 2026-04-24 · decided 2026-07-17
EastHertfordshire/X/26/0203/CNDConditions
115 m
Discharge of Condition 12 (Contamination) attached to 3/25/0185/FUL
Received 2026-04-24 · decided 2026-07-14
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SG12 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for SG12 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 637 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SG12
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled SG12 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SG12 0TP, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so SG12 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG12: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in SG12, band by band
East Hertfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG12 median sold price of £424,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEast Hertfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £424,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.39% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.45% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.51% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.58% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 0.71% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 0.84% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 0.96% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 1.16% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG12 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SG12 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 237 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG12. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
15, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, WARE
SG12 0TP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-08-21
29, BENNINGFIELD ROAD, WARE
SG12 8RD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£640,000
2026-08-21
39, MUSLEY HILL, WARE
SG12 7NA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-08-21
3, PRIORY FARM YARD, WARE
SG12 8FA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£628,000
2026-08-21
3, SELLS ROAD, WARE
SG12 7LQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£499,995
2026-08-14
3, HORROCKS CLOSE, WARE
SG12 0QL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-08-14
58, ERMINE STREET, WARE
SG12 0SY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-07
ROWAN COURT, COWPER CLOSE, WARE
SG12 0GJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£136,000
2026-08-07
30, RIVER MEADS, WARE
SG12 8EE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,000
2026-08-03
79, QUEENS ROAD, WARE
SG12 7DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-07-31
16, LOXLEY COURT, WARE
SG12 9FF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-07-31
56, ST MARGARETS ROAD, WARE
SG12 8EW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,000
2026-07-30
STEWART PLACE, STATION ROAD, WARE
SG12 9UN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 9 recorded sales
£270,000
2026-07-29
5, LOXLEY COURT, WARE
SG12 9FF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£294,500
2026-07-27
4, ALBANY MEWS, WARE
SG12 7AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£675,000
2026-07-24
1, WULFRATH WAY, WARE
SG12 0DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-07-24
FAIRWAYS, WESTMILL ROAD, WARE
SG12 0EW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,050,000
2026-07-24
35, FARM CLOSE, WARE
SG12 7SQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-07-24
128, RIVER MEADS, WARE
SG12 8EL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£263,000
2026-07-23
16, THE BRAMBLES, WARE
SG12 0XU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-20
85, MUSLEY LANE, WARE
SG12 7ER · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-07-20
7, CODDINGTON CLOSE, WARE
SG12 9FN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£103,500
2026-07-17
24, THE HYDE, WARE
SG12 0ER · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-16
THE MOAT HOUSE, FANHAMS HALL ROAD, WARE
SG12 7SD · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,345,000
2026-07-14
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
Questions, answered
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Postcode districts near SG12
The closest districts to SG12 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in SG14 (Hertford) 3.3 miles
- House prices in EN11 (Hoddesdon) 3.4 miles
- House prices in SG10 (Much Hadham) 4.6 miles
- House prices in EN10 (Broxbourne) 5.3 miles
- House prices in CM19 (Harlow) 5.3 miles
- House prices in SG11 (Ware) 5.4 miles
- House prices in CM20 (Harlow) 5.8 miles
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Data sources
Every SG12 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.