Hertfordshire
Watford
4,900 registered sales, by tenure, property type and year.
- Registered sales
- 4,900
- Median price
- £420,000
- New build
- 11.1%
- Postcode areas
- 5
What is a house in Watford worth?
Across 4,900 registered sales, the median price paid in Watford was £420,000. Typical prices by property type:
Detached
£820,000
468 sales
Semi-detached
£535,000
1,137 sales
Terraced
£430,000
1,447 sales
Flat
£290,000
1,803 sales
In 2025, the most recent full year on the register, the median was £435,000 across 1,369 sales.
These are prices actually paid, not an estimate for any one property. Where a property type sold under both freehold and leasehold, the figure blends the two in proportion to sales. A real valuation also turns on condition, floor area and exact location, none of which the register records.
Value a propertyBy tenure and property type
| Tenure | Property type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | Flat | 1,803 | £290,000 |
| Freehold | Terraced | 1,447 | £430,000 |
| Freehold | Semi-detached | 1,137 | £535,000 |
| Freehold | Detached | 468 | £820,000 |
Median by year
| Year | Median price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | £400,000 | 1,346 |
| 2024 | £425,000 | 1,467 |
| 2025 | £435,000 | 1,369 |
| 2026 | £425,000 | 718 |
Other towns in Hertfordshire
St Albans
£585,000 · 5,709 sales
Hemel Hempstead
£402,250 · 4,060 sales
Stevenage
£340,000 · 3,758 sales
Hitchin
£450,625 · 3,664 sales
Bishop's Stortford
£450,000 · 3,343 sales
Waltham Cross
£435,000 · 2,588 sales
Hertford
£450,000 · 2,153 sales
Royston
£415,000 · 2,044 sales
Welwyn Garden City
£410,000 · 1,910 sales
Rickmansworth
£630,000 · 1,848 sales
Ware
£432,750 · 1,848 sales
Harpenden
£799,425 · 1,585 sales
What these figures are and are not
Median prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales only. Repossessions, bulk transfers and company-to-company sales are excluded. The register records no floor area, so nothing here is a price per square foot.
2023-01-01 – 2026-09-30