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AL5 vs NR31: house prices per square metre compared

AL5 (Bower Heath) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £7,103 per against £2,607 in NR31 (Gorleston)NR31 is 63% cheaper per . The figures come from 308 and 427 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

AL5

Bower Heath, Harpenden

High confidence

£7,103median per m²

Median sale price
£800,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£5,959 – £8,431
Sales (last 12 months)
325
With a matched floor area
308
Mean floor area (matched sales)
134 m²
Change over 10 years
+22.0%
All AL5 sold prices

NR31

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth

High confidence

£2,607median per m²

Median sale price
£218,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,925 – £3,377
Sales (last 12 months)
537
With a matched floor area
427
Mean floor area (matched sales)
94 m²
Change over 10 years
+38.4%
All NR31 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

AL5 compared with NR31
MeasureAL5NR31Difference
Median price per m²£7,103£2,607−63%
Median sale price£800,000£218,000−73%
Sales (last 12 months)325537+212
Change over 10 years+22.0%+38.4%+16.4 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeAL5NR31
Detached£7,778n = 109£3,167n = 131
Semi-detached£7,238n = 96£2,645n = 122
Terraced£7,057n = 50£2,127n = 157
Flat£5,513n = 53£2,000n = 17

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