marketcodeSold price per m²
£3,611/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
231 sales
-3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
WD18 property market
Sold £3,611/m² · Median sold £381,787 (185 sales) · Index -3% y/y · Turnover 1.8% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is WD18?
- Buildings
- 6,679
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.4%
- HMO-shaped units
- 7.1%
What does WD18 cost?
WD18: sold price per m² £3,611/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 231 sales). -3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£381,787 12 months to Apr 2026
185 sales
-3% 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
£355,794 12 months to Aug 2026
737 listings
+1.3% 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 WD18 earn?
WD18: asking rent £1,492 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 580 lets).
Asking rent
£1,492 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
580 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
6.2% 12 months to Aug 2026
2,632 lets
-0.8% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does WD18 vary by home size?
Asking price in WD18 runs from £220,935 for 1 bedroom to £721,063 for 4 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £220,935 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.9% on the previous 12 months | 191 |
| 2 bedrooms | £342,505 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -2.1% on the previous 12 months | 313 |
| 3 bedrooms | £471,687 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.9% on the previous 12 months | 163 |
| 4 bedrooms | £721,063 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 80 |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
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 WD18?
WD18: turnover 1.8% (12 months to Dec 2025, 238 sales). -9.9% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
1.8% 12 months to Dec 2025
238 sales
-9.9% 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
375 12 months to Jan 2026
375 sales
+14.3% 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
284 12 months to Jul 2026
284 listings
Who is active in WD18?
21 agents listed homes for sale in WD18; the three largest took 52% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 21
- Top three agents’ share
- 52%
- 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 WD18?
Corporate landlords hold 79% of the 543 units in WD18 whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords79% of classified · 430 units
- Housing associations11% of classified · 61 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)7.7% of classified · 42 units
- RMC1.8% of classified · 10 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 WD18 rank?
WD18 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Watford for sold price per m², at £3,611/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Watford
WD18 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Watford for sold price per m², at £3,611/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Watford
WD18 ranks 1st of 3 postcode districts in Watford for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.2%.
Turnover · postcode districts in Watford
WD18 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Watford for turnover, at 1.8%.
Where next from WD18?
- WatfordThe wider market this area sits in.
- WD17Neighbouring postcode district · £6,065/m²
- WD24Neighbouring postcode district · £5,709/m²
- HA6Next door, in another authority · £7,908/m²
- WD19Next door, in another authority · £6,648/m²
- WD3Next door, in another authority · £7,391/m²
- WD23Next door, in another authority · £6,020/m²
Questions about WD18
- What is the median house price in WD18?
- Homes in WD18 sold for a median £381,787 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 185 sales. Per square metre that is £3,611/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in WD18 changed?
- -3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in WD18?
- Homes to let in WD18 asked a median £1,492 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 580 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WD18?
- 6.2% 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, 2,632 lets. -0.8% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in WD18?
- 1.8% of the homes in WD18 changed hands over the 12 months to Dec 2025, 238 sales.
Everything else about WD18
- Properties in WD18Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in WD18Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in WD18Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in WD18What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in WD18What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in WD18Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in WD18What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in WD18Who 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 | 231 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 185 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 737 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 284 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 580 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 2,632 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 | 238 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 375 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 284 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 376 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 361 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
- Asking to sold
- Only 3 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Days to completion
- Only 3 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
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