Sold house prices in Watford have an overall average of £417,133, based on all 20,712 residential sales on record — drawn from every recorded UK house sale.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Watford, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £425,000 — it rose 2.4% on the year before. That reflects 1,249 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £845,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £260,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (-27%). Within Watford, the WD25 district saw the strongest recent growth (+4%) and WD19 the softest (-5%).
New-build homes were 0.7% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £425,000 | -0.4% | 409 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £260,000 | -10.3% | 382 |
| Semi-detached | £540,000 | +0.9% | 299 |
| Detached | £845,000 | +7% | 129 |
| Other | £355,000 | -27% | 30 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD17 | +3.9% | +0.3% | -2.7% | -1.4% | +2.3% | £394,000 |
| WD18 | +4.3% | -1.4% | +8.3% | -6.4% | +1.4% | £370,000 |
| WD19 | +4.9% | +0% | +1.6% | +4.1% | -5.5% | £430,000 |
| WD24 | +8.1% | -3.2% | +3.4% | +3.8% | -2.1% | £406,250 |
| WD25 | +5.9% | +4.4% | -2.1% | +3.3% | +4.2% | £495,000 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.7% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
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