marketcodeSold price per m²
£5,574/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
115 sales
-1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
WD17 property market
Sold £5,574/m² · Median sold £510,884 (167 sales) · Index -1.7% y/y · Turnover 2.2% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is WD17?
- Buildings
- 4,969
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.8%
- HMO-shaped units
- 4.3%
What does WD17 cost?
WD17: sold price per m² £5,574/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 115 sales). -1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£510,884 12 months to Apr 2026
167 sales
-1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£382,416 12 months to Aug 2026
723 listings
-6.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does WD17 earn?
WD17: asking rent £1,553 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 480 lets).
Asking rent
£1,553 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
480 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
4.7% 12 months to Aug 2026
1,024 lets
+3.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does WD17 vary by home size?
Asking price in WD17 runs from £227,982 for 1 bedroom to £1,244,136 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £227,982 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -22.7% on the previous 12 months | 170 |
| 2 bedrooms | £350,779 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -7.9% on the previous 12 months | 288 |
| 3 bedrooms | £582,016 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -7.2% on the previous 12 months | 124 |
| 4 bedrooms | £954,049 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.3% on the previous 12 months | 102 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £1,244,136 | 12 months to Jun 2026 | -8.6% on the previous 12 months | 81 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is WD17?
WD17: turnover 2.2% (12 months to Jan 2026, 205 sales). -4.7% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.2% 12 months to Jan 2026
205 sales
-4.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
308 12 months to Jan 2026
308 sales
-13.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
313 12 months to Jul 2026
313 listings
Who is active in WD17?
20 agents listed homes for sale in WD17; the three largest took 38% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 20
- Top three agents’ share
- 38%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WD17?
Corporate landlords hold 77% of the 358 units in WD17 whose freeholder is classified; 97% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords77% of classified · 276 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)13% of classified · 45 units
- Housing associations7.3% of classified · 26 units
- RMC3.1% of classified · 11 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does WD17 rank?
WD17 ranks 1st of 3 postcode districts in Watford for sold price per m², at £5,574/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Watford
WD17 ranks 1st of 3 postcode districts in Watford for sold price per m², at £5,574/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Watford
WD17 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Watford for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.7%.
Turnover · postcode districts in Watford
WD17 ranks 2nd of 3 postcode districts in Watford for turnover, at 2.2%.
Where next from WD17?
- WatfordThe wider market this area sits in.
- WD18Neighbouring postcode district · £5,286/m²
- WD24Neighbouring postcode district · £5,709/m²
- WD19Next door, in another authority · £6,648/m²
- WD23Next door, in another authority · £6,020/m²
- WD25Next door, in another authority · £6,016/m²
- WD3Next door, in another authority · £7,391/m²
- WD4Next door, in another authority · £5,640/m²
- WD5Next door, in another authority · £6,834/m²
Questions about WD17
- What is the median house price in WD17?
- Homes in WD17 sold for a median £510,884 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 167 sales. Per square metre that is £5,574/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in WD17 changed?
- -1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in WD17?
- Homes to let in WD17 asked a median £1,553 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 480 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WD17?
- 4.7% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 1,024 lets. +3.7% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in WD17?
- 2.2% of the homes in WD17 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 205 sales.
Everything else about WD17
- Properties in WD17Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in WD17Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in WD17Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in WD17What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in WD17What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in WD17Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in WD17What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in WD17Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 115 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 167 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 723 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 313 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 480 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,024 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 205 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 308 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 313 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 393 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 330 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
- Asking to sold
- Only 5 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Days to completion
- Only 5 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
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