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WD17, Watford

Postcode district in Watford · 682 sales in the last 24 months, 508 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£5,630508 sales · £523 per sq ft · up 0.7% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in WD17 are up 0.7% on a year ago, at a median of £5,630 (£523 per sq ft).

Half of the 508 counted sales were between £4,760 and £6,790 per square metre, and the median price paid was £409,300. HM Land Registry records 11,456 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£409,300
£ per m², middle half£4,760 to £6,790
Sales, 24 months682508 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area75 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached97£6,300£5,650–7,210£1,020,000
Flat or maisonette272£5,260£4,300–6,580£301,600
Semi-detached50£6,020£5,150–7,110£837,500
Terraced89£5,750£5,100–6,380£420,000
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 WD17 by quarter, up 0.7% on a year ago
5,2505,8806,510£5,2802024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
8903,4105,930£5,38019952026
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 WD17

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Clarendon Road143£7,380
Hempstead Road25£4,830
Langley Road23£4,740
Gladstone Road19—
Queens Road19—
Grandfield Avenue16£4,690
Cassiobury Drive15£6,870
Lockhart Road14£4,760
Lower High Street14£2,620
Estcourt Road13—
Courtlands Drive12—
Heathdene Manor12£2,050
Shaftesbury Road12—
High Street11—
Colnhurst Road10—
Parkside Drive10—
Sutton Road10—
Loates Lane9—
Malden Road8—
Pumphouse Crescent8—
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
2026108£394,500£5,380
2025254£413,000£5,400
2024280£424,100£5,930
2023178£404,000£5,400
2022259£412,800£5,800
2021341£416,000£5,510
2020181£390,000£5,200
2019239£410,000£5,000
2018229£430,000£5,110
2017236£361,300£5,140
2016310£347,800£5,120
2015304£320,700£4,460
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 75 m² · change on a year ago +0.7% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.