HouseMarketBook

Watford

Council area · 2,502 sales in the last 24 months, 1,943 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£5,4201,943 sales · £504 per sq ft · up 0.5% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Watford are up 0.5% on a year ago, at a median of £5,420 (£504 per sq ft).

Half of the 1,943 counted sales were between £4,740 and £6,070 per square metre, and the median price paid was £423,200. HM Land Registry records 55,716 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£423,200
£ per m², middle half£4,740 to £6,070
Sales, 24 months2,5021,943 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area77 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached181£6,110£5,380–6,960£860,000
Flat or maisonette733£4,960£4,300–5,640£290,000
Semi-detached420£5,700£5,130–6,350£550,000
Terraced609£5,440£4,950–5,960£426,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in Watford by quarter, up 0.5% on a year ago
5,2705,4305,590£5,3202024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
9003,1405,380£5,36019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in Watford

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Clarendon Road143£7,380
Colnebank Drive61£5,690
St Albans Road55—
Whippendell Road35£4,630
Hempstead Road25£4,830
Sydney Road24£5,320
Langley Road23£4,740
St Albans Road22£4,790
Gammons Lane20£4,790
High Road20£5,390
Gladstone Road19—
Queens Road19—
Rickmansworth Road19£5,680
Ye Corner19—
Leavesden Road18—
Pinner Road18£6,060
Bushey Mill Lane16£5,520
Grandfield Avenue16£4,690
North Western Avenue16£5,430
Cassiobury Drive15£6,870
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026524£415,000£5,360
20251,058£424,100£5,380
20241,114£424,100£5,360
20231,026£392,000£5,290
20221,422£400,100£5,360
20211,523£392,000£5,150
2020888£380,000£4,950
20191,092£369,100£4,790
20181,083£366,300£4,850
20171,123£365,000£4,920
20161,346£345,800£4,920
20151,489£303,000£4,220
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 77 m² · change on a year ago +0.5% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.