Neighbourhood in Watford

Central Watford

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Central Watford typically sold for £325,000. Half of the 390 sales were between £249k and £420k, against a typical £415,000 across Watford.

Postcodes WD17, WD18

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £325k half sold for £249k to £420k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 390 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +1.4% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 21% of sales · 69% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Watford.

Detached
Not enough sales (3 in 3 years)
Semi-detached
Not enough sales (15 in 3 years)
Terraced £405,000 typical
Half between £380k and £440k · 107 sales · Watford £425k
Flat £285,000 typical
Half between £215k and £345k · 265 sales · Watford £287k

Since 1995

Each year in Central Watford

This neighbourhood Watford Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Flat68% · Watford 40%
Terraced27% · Watford 30%
Semi-detached4% · Watford 21%
Detached1% · Watford 9%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales21% · Watford 11%

Leaseholds, share of sales69% · Watford 40%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Central Watford

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.