Knebworth & Codicote Property Market Report, September 2026
Knebworth and Codicote are not one market. Moving between them means moving between two genuinely different price tiers, and both saw noticeably fewer completions this year.
This Knebworth & Codicote property market report for September 2026 looks at two villages that, despite sitting side by side, behave quite differently. Codicote's average sale price over the past year was £502,767, up 1.1 per cent, with its top sale reaching £2,495,000. Knebworth's average sat lower at £426,029, up 2.8 per cent, with a top sale of £1,620,500.
Knebworth's price per square foot actually grew faster of the two, up 5.3 per cent against Codicote's 0.6 per cent, a reminder that the smaller, more affordable village is not necessarily the slower moving one.
Both villages saw noticeably fewer completions this year. Knebworth recorded 102 completed sales over the past twelve months, down 14.3 per cent on the year. Codicote recorded 79, down 23.7 per cent, the sharper fall of the two. On samples this size, a handful of transactions either way can move a percentage meaningfully, so these figures are best read as a direction rather than a precise reading, particularly for Codicote.
A smaller flow of completions does not mean less interest, it usually means buyers doing more of their own research before they ever view, comparing recent sales themselves rather than taking a guide price at face value. That makes the clarity of a listing, and the evidence behind its price, decide who enquires at all.
If you are considering a move in either village, the starting point should be a guide price built on genuine, recent evidence for your own village, set out through Putterills' five step process, rather than the combined average of the two. For buyers, Knebworth and Codicote are priced differently for good reason, so compare within the right village rather than against the wider Hertfordshire average.
Nationally, supply is at a twelve year high and buyer enquiries remain 9 per cent below last year, so a guide price grounded in genuinely local, recent comparables is what earns a serious look in either village.
