Watford sold house prices

Every recorded Land Registry sale in Watford, Hertfordshire. Trend over the last 24 months, breakdown by property type, top streets by sale volume, and the 20 most recent sales.

Sales last 12 months
822
Median price
£420,000
Period
Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Refreshed 1 November 2026

By property type

Median price last 12 months. Year-on-year change shown where prior-year data is available.

Property type Sales Median price YoY change
Detached 79 £860,000 +8.9%
Semi-detached 205 £545,000 +1.9%
Terraced 261 £420,000 -2.3%
Flat 261 £260,000 -8.8%
Other 16 £367,000 -29.4%

Monthly sales volume

Sales registered with HM Land Registry, Aug 2024 to Aug 2026. Sales appear two to three months after completion.

237 119 0 Aug 2024 Jul 2025 Aug 2026
Monthly sales volume
MonthValue
2024-0826
2024-09128
2024-10150
2024-11164
2024-12133
2025-01113
2025-02144
2025-03237
2025-0426
2025-0587
2025-0685
2025-07106
2025-0884
2025-0981
2025-1035
2026-0181
2026-02100
2026-03128
2026-04100
2026-0571
2026-0688
2026-07102
2026-0824

Top streets in Watford by sale volume

Last 24 months. Streets where homes change hands most often, useful when you want to compare like-for-like.

Street Sales (24m) Average price
St Albans Road 62 £334,682
Colnebank Drive 51 £424,823
Whippendell Road 24 £339,979
Langley Road 23 £620,674
Hempstead Road 19 £506,277
Prestwick Road 17 £384,994
Hayling Road 16 £491,125
Rickmansworth Road 16 £487,594
Leavesden Road 16 £321,031
Gammons Lane 15 £394,093

20 most recent sales

The latest registered transactions. Each row links to the full property report for that address.

Date Street Postcode Type Tenure Price
21 Aug 2026 Evensyde WD18 8WQ Terraced Freehold £340,000
21 Aug 2026 Beeston Close WD19 6LF Semi-detached Freehold £665,000
21 Aug 2026 Judge Street WD24 5AN Terraced Freehold £430,000
21 Aug 2026 Exchange Road WD18 0TG Other Freehold £1,350,000
20 Aug 2026 Hayling Road WD19 7QR Terraced Freehold £430,000
14 Aug 2026 Thorpe Crescent WD19 4LE Semi-detached Freehold £490,000
14 Aug 2026 Tait Place WD25 0BJ Terraced Freehold £600,000
12 Aug 2026 Colnhurst Road WD17 4BZ Detached Freehold £1,050,000
12 Aug 2026 Cassio Road WD18 0QS Flat Leasehold £120,000
11 Aug 2026 Scammell Way WD18 6GB Flat Leasehold £255,000
11 Aug 2026 Cassio Place WD18 7AL Flat Leasehold £300,000
10 Aug 2026 Diamond Road WD24 5EN Terraced Freehold £518,000
7 Aug 2026 North Western Avenue WD25 0AJ Semi-detached Freehold £435,000
7 Aug 2026 Holtsmere Close WD25 9AF Flat Leasehold £100,000
7 Aug 2026 Venice Avenue WD18 7BW Flat Leasehold £240,000
7 Aug 2026 Victoria Road WD24 5AY Terraced Freehold £370,000
7 Aug 2026 Vicarage Road WD18 0EJ Other Freehold £200,000
6 Aug 2026 Shaftesbury Road WD17 2RQ Terraced Freehold £362,500
5 Aug 2026 Woodhall Lane WD19 6EY Semi-detached Freehold £670,000
5 Aug 2026 Euston Avenue WD18 7SY Terraced Freehold £350,000

Highest sales last 12 months

  • Chalk Hill
    £4,000,000
    9 Apr 2026 · Detached
  • The Green
    £3,500,000
    11 Jun 2026 · Detached
  • The Green
    £3,500,000
    11 Jun 2026 · Other

Lowest sales last 12 months

  • Leavesden Road
    £500
    11 Mar 2026 · Other
  • Elm Avenue
    £12,500
    7 May 2026 · Other
  • Whippendell Road
    £48,000
    29 Jun 2026 · Other

Lowest sales are often part-transfers, probate transactions, or non-arms-length deals between connected parties. They don't always reflect open-market value.

What sold prices don't tell you about Watford

  • Lease length isn't shown. Leasehold sales appear with the tenure flag, but the remaining term and ground rent are recorded only on the title document.
  • Off-market sales never appear. Private deals, repossessions sold below the open market, and most probate transfers are absent from this dataset.
  • New-build prices may include incentives. The number recorded is gross. Developer carpet allowances, deposit contributions, and part-exchange aren't deducted.
  • There is a reporting lag. Sales from the last two to three months haven't filtered through Land Registry yet.

Planning applications near Watford

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Watford, with decisions and approval rates.

FAQ

All sales come from HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data, the official record of every freehold and leasehold transaction registered in England and Wales. Data is refreshed monthly. The latest refresh on this page was 1 November 2026.
Sales typically take two to three months to reach the Price Paid dataset, because solicitors register transfers in batches after completion. If a sale completed in the last quarter, it may not yet be visible.
New-build sales are flagged but the listed price may include developer incentives (carpet allowance, deposit contribution, part-exchange). The number recorded reflects the gross price, not the buyer's effective cost.
No. Land Registry records the tenure (freehold or leasehold) but not the remaining lease length. For lease term, ground rent, and service charge information, the official Land Registry title document is the source. Our paid full report includes the title link.

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