Watford property prices

Name: Watford city Affordability: House Price to Earnings Ratio
Creator: Plumplot
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The average property price in Watford city is £471k, the median price is £426k. The average price increased by £13.4k (3%) over the last twelve months. The price of an established property is £474k. The price of a newly built property is £370k. There were 1.4k property sales and sales dropped by 37.9% (-874 transactions). Most properties were sold in the £400k-£500k price range with 351 (25.5%) properties sold, followed by £500k-£750k price range with 288 (20.9%) properties sold.

Current residential property prices
May 2025 - April 2026	Watford city	England & Wales
Average price	█ £471k	█ £348k
Median price	█ £426k	█ £278k

Watford property sales share by price range

shows a number of properties sold in a given price range between May 2025 - April 2026.

Market Analysis of Sales Volume and Share by Property Price Range
Property price range	Market share	Sales volume
█ £50k-£100k	0.4%	5
█ £100k-£150k	1.6%	22
█ £150k-£200k	4.5%	62
█ £200k-£250k	9.1%	125
█ £250k-£300k	7.8%	107
█ £300k-£400k	19.3%	266
█ £400k-£500k	25.5%	351
█ £500k-£750k	20.9%	288
█ £750k-£1M	7.6%	104
█ over £1M	3.3%	46

Watford house prices map

This price map shows the average property price in a given postcode sector. The most affordable place is 'WD18 9' with the average price of £268k. The most expensive place is 'WD17 3', £944k.

Watford house prices compared to other cities

Comparison of the average property price and an average price percentage change by city. Price % change compares the average property price between May 2025 - April 2026 to the average price in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle shows the number of property transactions. The bigger the circle the higher the sales volumes in city.

Ranking of city by Average House Price
Rank	city	Average price
1.	Inner London	£809k
2.	St Albans	£674k
3.	Cambridge	£575k
4.	Oxford	£574k
5.	Guildford	£566k
6.	Outer London	£562k
7.	Bath	£553k
8.	Woking	£517k
9.	Brighton and Hove	£493k
10.	Watford	£471k
	...
103.	Darlington	£158k
104.	Scunthorpe	£156k
105.	Sunderland	£155k
106.	Stockton-on-Tees	£154k
107.	Middlesbrough	£154k
108.	Kingston upon Hull	£152k
109.	Stoke-on-Trent	£151k
110.	Blackpool	£146k
111.	Burnley	£138k
112.	Grimsby	£136k
113.	Hartlepool	£135k

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Watford real house prices

Yearly average nominal house prices adjusted for inflation.

Watford real house prices

Yearly Real Average House Prices for Watford city
Year	Watford city	England & Wales
2025	£459k	£356k
2024	£485k	£371k
2023	£500k	£407k
2022	£568k	£458k
2021	£589k	£451k
2020	£578k	£428k
2019	£577k	£406k
2018	£609k	£418k
2017	£608k	£427k
2016	£602k	£420k
2015	£541k	£407k
2014	£489k	£400k
2013	£466k	£394k
2012	£447k	£393k
2011	£449k	£403k
2010	£462k	£427k
2009	£446k	£384k
2008	£481k	£408k
2007	£517k	£430k
2006	£484k	£411k
2005	£475k	£392k
2004	£452k	£383k
2003	£430k	£343k
2002	£380k	£309k
2001	£341k	£271k
2000	£303k	£253k
1999	£273k	£229k
1998	£254k	£210k
1997	£219k	£199k
1996	£202k	£186k
1995	£199k	£183k