A move often starts long before a property is officially listed. I

Welwyn Garden City is not one market this year. Across its five neighbourhoods, growth is not following the price ladder, and the strongest gains are not in the most expensive streets.

Stevenage completed noticeably fewer sales this year, but the homes that did sell went for more, not less, a different story to a slowing market.

Within Letchworth, one estate is climbing strongly, one has barely moved, and the gap is not really about location.