Postcode sector

Sector WD17 1 house prices

Central Watford · Watford · district WD17 · 106 postcodes

Median £6,830 per m² over 114 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 33.6% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£6,830/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−33.5%
Sales, 24 months114with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,630/m² to £3,870/m²: 3 sales£3,870/m² to £4,100/m²: 1 sale£4,100/m² to £4,340/m²: 3 sales£4,340/m² to £4,570/m²: 3 sales£4,570/m² to £4,810/m²: 3 sales£4,810/m² to £5,040/m²: 3 sales£5,040/m² to £5,280/m²: 2 sales£5,280/m² to £5,510/m²: 4 sales£5,510/m² to £5,740/m²: 2 sales£5,740/m² to £5,980/m²: 1 sale£5,980/m² to £6,210/m²: 3 sales£6,210/m² to £6,450/m²: 8 sales£6,450/m² to £6,680/m²: 14 sales£6,680/m² to £6,920/m²: 8 sales£6,920/m² to £7,150/m²: 5 sales£7,150/m² to £7,390/m²: 8 sales£7,390/m² to £7,620/m²: 10 sales£7,620/m² to £7,850/m²: 16 sales£7,850/m² to £8,090/m²: 9 sales£8,090/m² to £8,320/m²: 8 salesWD17 1WD17£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k
WD17 1
£6,830/m² middle · £6,220–£7,700/m² middle half · 114 sales
District WD17
£5,640/m² middle · £4,750–£6,810/m² middle half · 507 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

010020030020052010201520202025WD17 1, 2026: 112WD17, 2026: 113Watford houses, 2026: 129
  • WD17 1
  • WD17
  • Watford houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverWD17 1District WD17
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−33.5%−31.4%−10.4%−7.5%
5 years−6.0%−1.3%−4.7%+0.1%
10 years−3.9%−0.6%−2.5%+0.8%
20 years0.0%+2.8%+0.5%+3.3%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£4,000–£8,000/m²
  1. WD17 1Central Watford£6,220–£7,700/m²
  2. WD17 3Cassiobury£5,770–£7,430/m²
  3. HA5 4Hatch End South£5,430–£7,210/m²
  4. HA6 3Ducks Hill£5,360–£7,000/m²
  5. WD18 0Central Watford£4,880–£5,730/m²
  6. WD24 5Leggatts£4,790–£5,840/m²
  7. WD24 4Tudor£4,850–£5,890/m²
  8. WD17 4Nascot Wood£4,610–£5,830/m²
  9. WD17 2Central Watford£4,220–£5,850/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Clarendon Road9658 m²£7,320/m²
West Street2258 m²£5,360/m²
Terrace Gardens770 m²£5,770/m²
Westland Road658 m²£5,250/m²
Wellington Road596 m²£5,280/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.