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Past price cycles in Stevenage

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−16.4%
Recovery from the low
62 months

Prices in Stevenage and the UK, indexed

Average sale prices, both set to 100 in January 1995.

  • Stevenage
  • United Kingdom
  • 100 = January 1995
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PeriodStevenageUnited Kingdom
Aug 2026634.4534.7
Jul 2026645.3532.9
Jun 2026661.2530.1
May 2026650.8533.1
Apr 2026657.4530.6
Mar 2026650.5526.0
Feb 2026658.1527.6
Jan 2026649.0526.4
Dec 2025650.4524.8
Nov 2025643.3529.6
Oct 2025645.9528.4
Sep 2025640.4527.8
Aug 2025647.8529.8
Jul 2025637.5526.5
Jun 2025633.9522.4
May 2025625.6517.1
Apr 2025635.3509.5
Mar 2025635.6524.8
Feb 2025622.4518.5
Jan 2025610.1518.8
Dec 2024619.1517.0
Nov 2024640.3518.0
Oct 2024654.9519.4
Sep 2024650.6518.4
Aug 2024643.8519.1
Jul 2024637.0514.0
Jun 2024632.6508.3
May 2024631.6506.3
Apr 2024623.6502.2
Mar 2024619.8499.5
Feb 2024617.1498.6
Jan 2024620.9501.2
Dec 2023620.4501.6
Nov 2023629.0505.9
Oct 2023641.5509.4
Sep 2023659.5511.7
Aug 2023663.1514.2
Jul 2023657.0511.4
Jun 2023660.0505.8
May 2023658.7503.9
Apr 2023666.5502.2
Mar 2023660.0501.1
Feb 2023655.1506.8
Jan 2023666.1511.0
Dec 2022677.4515.4
Nov 2022687.8519.5
Oct 2022675.0520.3
Sep 2022659.8520.3
Aug 2022646.9519.2
Jul 2022643.3514.8
Jun 2022645.8505.4
May 2022646.9499.4
Apr 2022638.1493.8
Mar 2022628.4488.0
Feb 2022627.4486.2
Jan 2022623.9485.7
Dec 2021613.0480.1
Nov 2021607.5477.7
Oct 2021609.2468.5
Sep 2021617.9480.5
Aug 2021611.3466.8
Jul 2021604.4453.1
Jun 2021590.0475.4
May 2021587.4451.4
Apr 2021574.6448.4
Mar 2021569.1455.2
Feb 2021558.7448.6
Jan 2021561.5447.3
Dec 2020562.5447.3
Nov 2020562.4443.9
Oct 2020557.2439.4
Sep 2020557.8435.7
Aug 2020552.2431.1
Jul 2020545.1426.9
Jun 2020541.1423.4
May 2020545.9417.6
Apr 2020548.9415.5
Mar 2020554.9419.7
Feb 2020548.6416.0
Jan 2020554.3418.4
Dec 2019543.5418.1
Nov 2019551.4418.7
Oct 2019551.4420.2
Sep 2019553.2421.3
Aug 2019551.1421.0
Jul 2019551.8419.6
Jun 2019560.2415.0
May 2019565.7413.2
Apr 2019573.0412.6
Mar 2019567.8409.7
Feb 2019560.6410.8
Jan 2019551.4411.8
Dec 2018550.6414.4
Nov 2018560.4415.3
Oct 2018564.5417.1
Sep 2018564.7417.5
Aug 2018559.3418.3
Jul 2018552.2417.0
Jun 2018556.6411.9
May 2018548.9409.2
Apr 2018557.3407.5
Mar 2018562.1403.7
Feb 2018565.4406.1
Jan 2018565.5405.0
Dec 2017561.4406.5
Nov 2017562.0404.9
Oct 2017561.3406.0
Sep 2017558.1405.7
Aug 2017563.5407.2
Jul 2017561.8405.4
Jun 2017560.3400.2
May 2017550.9396.8
Apr 2017544.8394.4
Mar 2017535.3388.3
Feb 2017540.5389.1
Jan 2017536.1388.3
Dec 2016546.9388.7
Nov 2016540.5388.0
Oct 2016537.0386.2
Sep 2016526.3387.5
Aug 2016524.3388.1
Jul 2016526.3388.1
Jun 2016526.2384.0
May 2016517.5380.4
Apr 2016509.3376.0
Mar 2016500.4374.6
Feb 2016495.2370.8
Jan 2016485.7370.6
Dec 2015479.4369.6
Nov 2015472.4368.4
Oct 2015468.9365.6
Sep 2015458.8365.1
Aug 2015453.0364.3
Jul 2015445.6361.0
Jun 2015441.0355.0
May 2015432.8352.3
Apr 2015428.2348.5
Mar 2015421.5345.5
Feb 2015420.9344.2
Jan 2015420.6343.9
Dec 2014425.5345.7
Nov 2014423.5344.9
Oct 2014418.9346.1
Sep 2014413.9346.6
Aug 2014408.6346.2
Jul 2014402.1342.2
Jun 2014394.9337.5
May 2014385.6334.6
Apr 2014383.9331.1
Mar 2014381.0323.9
Feb 2014377.3322.7
Jan 2014371.1321.4
Dec 2013366.8321.0
Nov 2013369.2318.1
Oct 2013369.6316.4
Sep 2013365.8317.7
Aug 2013359.8317.4
Jul 2013351.4314.9
Jun 2013348.1311.4
May 2013348.4308.9
Apr 2013354.1307.3
Mar 2013350.4304.3
Feb 2013353.0302.5
Jan 2013346.7302.5
Dec 2012346.7304.6
Nov 2012339.7305.3
Oct 2012343.1305.0
Sep 2012349.7307.2
Aug 2012350.8308.3
Jul 2012349.0307.9
Jun 2012348.1306.7
May 2012347.1303.8
Apr 2012351.5302.8
Mar 2012348.3299.3
Feb 2012351.9298.5
Jan 2012342.6299.3
Dec 2011347.9301.3
Nov 2011345.9302.6
Oct 2011350.8302.5
Sep 2011347.9305.8
Aug 2011346.4306.6
Jul 2011348.7306.4
Jun 2011352.1302.6
May 2011352.8302.1
Apr 2011348.4303.4
Mar 2011344.7298.8
Feb 2011346.1300.2
Jan 2011346.6301.8
Dec 2010343.3304.3
Nov 2010343.4304.9
Oct 2010340.3308.5
Sep 2010344.4312.0
Aug 2010341.6312.8
Jul 2010344.5312.8
Jun 2010332.1309.7
May 2010332.8308.2
Apr 2010326.9306.7
Mar 2010332.9302.8
Feb 2010330.5302.8
Jan 2010333.0302.1
Dec 2009333.9303.2
Nov 2009333.5301.2
Oct 2009330.0300.2
Sep 2009329.3298.2
Aug 2009325.7295.9
Jul 2009321.5293.0
Jun 2009319.5287.8
May 2009314.7285.0
Apr 2009318.7281.1
Mar 2009315.1278.6
Feb 2009322.7280.3
Jan 2009318.4283.6
Dec 2008313.8290.3
Nov 2008315.1294.8
Oct 2008331.2303.4
Sep 2008348.3309.6
Aug 2008353.3317.6
Jul 2008356.7324.4
Jun 2008356.6328.0
May 2008361.0332.4
Apr 2008362.7330.4
Mar 2008368.5329.8
Feb 2008372.7332.2
Jan 2008375.2335.1
Dec 2007373.0341.3
Nov 2007373.5341.8
Oct 2007368.8342.0
Sep 2007368.6342.8
Aug 2007360.3342.3
Jul 2007357.3340.4
Jun 2007356.6336.1
May 2007357.0332.5
Apr 2007356.8328.7
Mar 2007349.6322.2
Feb 2007349.5319.8
Jan 2007342.6318.8
Dec 2006342.5319.0
Nov 2006333.9315.0
Oct 2006337.0313.4
Sep 2006333.0311.6
Aug 2006333.5310.3
Jul 2006326.8307.7
Jun 2006327.1303.4
May 2006326.3300.5
Apr 2006324.7297.7
Mar 2006325.5291.4
Feb 2006324.1289.0
Jan 2006323.4288.6
Dec 2005320.6289.0
Nov 2005319.4287.4
Oct 2005323.6286.6
Sep 2005322.9287.1
Aug 2005323.9287.6
Jul 2005321.4286.4
Jun 2005324.9282.8
May 2005325.6280.6
Apr 2005324.1277.6
Mar 2005320.7273.7
Feb 2005321.3271.5
Jan 2005324.4271.7
Dec 2004324.1271.9
Nov 2004321.7273.9
Oct 2004321.5274.3
Sep 2004321.8272.3
Aug 2004320.9272.8
Jul 2004311.0269.7
Jun 2004302.2264.1
May 2004292.1259.5
Apr 2004288.9256.4
Mar 2004285.9245.3
Feb 2004288.2244.7
Jan 2004284.8247.1
Dec 2003283.1245.6
Nov 2003280.0240.9
Oct 2003280.5243.6
Sep 2003282.7239.4
Aug 2003281.6240.2
Jul 2003284.0236.0
Jun 2003280.5231.9
May 2003286.8231.4
Apr 2003283.4233.0
Mar 2003283.5227.6
Feb 2003272.6222.8
Jan 2003266.7225.2
Dec 2002258.8226.8
Nov 2002251.4219.5
Oct 2002247.6217.3
Sep 2002242.9215.7
Aug 2002235.4210.6
Jul 2002225.8206.0
Jun 2002219.8204.4
May 2002213.8196.4
Apr 2002207.0191.4
Mar 2002199.6188.9
Feb 2002196.6182.5
Jan 2002195.8176.1
Dec 2001192.6176.7
Nov 2001190.8176.7
Oct 2001190.0176.7
Sep 2001188.3180.3
Aug 2001186.1180.3
Jul 2001181.2180.3
Jun 2001179.1174.1
May 2001177.9174.1
Apr 2001175.3174.1
Mar 2001174.3168.0
Feb 2001171.8168.0
Jan 2001173.0168.0
Dec 2000173.9168.9
Nov 2000177.2168.9
Oct 2000177.1168.9
Sep 2000176.1164.0
Aug 2000171.5164.0
Jul 2000170.0164.0
Jun 2000167.1161.0
May 2000165.5161.0
Apr 2000162.9161.0
Mar 2000161.2152.6
Feb 2000159.6152.6
Jan 2000155.5152.6
Dec 1999151.2148.8
Nov 1999147.7148.8
Oct 1999145.5148.8
Sep 1999144.2145.1
Aug 1999140.7145.1
Jul 1999139.3145.1
Jun 1999136.7137.1
May 1999136.2137.1
Apr 1999133.6137.1
Mar 1999132.7131.5
Feb 1999133.0131.5
Jan 1999135.9131.5
Dec 1998136.3130.7
Nov 1998136.6130.7
Oct 1998134.4130.7
Sep 1998133.4131.3
Aug 1998133.0131.3
Jul 1998133.2131.3
Jun 1998133.6125.8
May 1998130.4125.8
Apr 1998128.0125.8
Mar 1998124.0119.5
Feb 1998123.7119.5
Jan 1998122.7119.5
Dec 1997121.5116.5
Nov 1997119.1116.5
Oct 1997117.0116.5
Sep 1997115.1117.4
Aug 1997112.2117.4
Jul 1997109.7117.4
Jun 1997108.8111.7
May 1997107.2111.7
Apr 1997105.9111.7
Mar 1997104.6109.5
Feb 1997103.5109.5
Jan 1997102.9109.5
Dec 1996103.3108.0
Nov 1996105.1108.0
Oct 1996105.5108.0
Sep 1996104.3106.2
Aug 1996101.9106.2
Jul 1996100.9106.2
Jun 199699.9102.2
May 199699.7102.2
Apr 199698.8102.2
Mar 199698.1102.1
Feb 1996100.0102.1
Jan 1996100.2102.1
Dec 1995100.7100.6
Nov 1995100.1100.6
Oct 199599.8100.6
Sep 1995101.5102.0
Aug 1995101.7102.0
Jul 1995101.4102.0
Jun 199599.6101.1
May 199598.4101.1
Apr 199597.7101.1
Mar 199598.2100.0
Feb 199598.1100.0
Jan 1995100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
August 1995March 1996−3.5%75
November 2000February 2001−3.0%33
January 2008December 2008−16.4%1162
April 2019June 2020−5.6%1410
November 2022January 2025−11.3%26Not yet

The UK House Price Index goes back to 1968 for the UK, its nations and England's regions, to 1995 for councils in England and Wales, to 2004 in Scotland and to 2005 in Northern Ireland, where it is quarterly. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Stevenage

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £269,270 and £317,943 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£293,606
Chance of a rise
21%

At the average sale price, a home costs £309,123. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,426 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
20%
Payment, one income
41%

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£1,445
Owning per month
£1,455

289.6% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
600
Per 1,000 residents
6.5

Figures for United Kingdom: Stevenage has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

In 2025 the population grew by 847 while 440 homes were finished: 1.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.9
Population change, 2025
+847

3.2% of the 37,775 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.2%
Empty homes
1,220

In 2025, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
1%