Cecil Street, Watford house prices are built from 264 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 9 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £172,475. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +78.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +38.1%.
Median price paid
£172,475
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+78.0%
Change in real terms
+38.1%
Median per m²
£2,356
HM Land Registry264 sales92 with floor areaLatest sale 9 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Cecil Street, Watford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cecil Street, Watford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £66,950 | £148,661 |
| 2000s | 9 | £172,000 | £313,333 |
| 2010s | 9 | £247,500 | £348,975 |
| 2020s | 1 | £365,000 | £372,935 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cecil Street, Watford is £365,000 in 2022; the lowest is £56,475 in 1995. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £56,475 to £365,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £125,401, so the real change over the whole record is +237.2% — about +4.61% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +78.0% in cash against +38.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 9 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £388,000 | £388,000 |
| 117 | 19 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 107 | 19 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 81a | 19 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 74 | 30 May 2025 | Terraced | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 49 | 27 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £400,000 | £420,896 |
| 54 | 6 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £353,000 | £371,440 |
| 134 | 12 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £457,000 | £480,873 |
| 50 | 31 May 2024 | Terraced | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 80 | 4 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £337,250 | £364,385 |
| 103 | 14 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £380,000 | £410,575 |
| 77 | 1 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £380,000 | £410,575 |
| 67 | 28 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £395,000 | £457,642 |
| 61 | 27 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 64 | 5 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £373,000 | £432,153 |
| 76 | 1 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 40 | 28 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £336,500 | £389,864 |
| 11 | 28 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £332,000 | £384,651 |
| 121 | 18 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £405,000 | £511,694 |
| 111 | 18 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 52 | 1 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 134 | 11 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £400,000 | £505,376 |
| 136 | 15 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £379,000 | £490,716 |
| 60 | 23 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £350,000 | £453,168 |
| 35 | 7 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £327,000 | £423,388 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Cecil Street, Watford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Cecil Street | £88,500 (1999) | £388,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 81A Cecil Street | £266,100 (2019) | £310,000 (2025) | +2.6% | -1.6% |
| 74 Cecil Street | £97,950 (2000) | £375,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 49 Cecil Street | £53,000 (1995) | £400,000 (2024) | +7.2% | +4.5% |
| 54 Cecil Street | £175,000 (2005) | £353,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| 134 Cecil Street | £320,000 (2014) | £457,000 (2024) | +3.6% | +0.5% |
| 50 Cecil Street | £75,000 (1998) | £360,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 80 Cecil Street | £162,500 (2004) | £337,250 (2023) | +3.9% | +1.0% |
| 103 Cecil Street | £58,000 (1995) | £380,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| 77 Cecil Street | £165,000 (2006) | £380,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.0% |
| 67 Cecil Street | £98,500 (2000) | £395,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +3.9% |
| 61 Cecil Street | £78,500 (1999) | £365,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cecil Street, Watford is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 248 | 93.9% | £172,000 | £49,000 – £465,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 7 | 2.7% | £125,000 | £17,500 – £125,000 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 2.7% | £290,000 | £180,000 – £385,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 0.8% | £98,000 | £98,000 – £220,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cecil Street, Watford
7 of the sales on record are leasehold and 257 freehold — 2.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £125,000 and the median freehold sale £174,950 — a gap of +40.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 7 | 2.7% | £125,000 |
| Freehold | 257 | 97.3% | £174,950 |
| New build | 6 | 2.3% | £289,500 |
| Existing home | 258 | 97.7% | £170,750 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +69.5%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 17 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Cecil Street, Watford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cecil Street, Watford sits above that national figure — +9.5%.
Within Watford the street ranks 717 of 939 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £204,950 (-15.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,356 per square metre, across 92 of the 264 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £17,500 to £465,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Courtlands Close£120,750 median
- Gammons Lane£224,975 median
- Leavesden Road£161,500 median
- Southwold Road£105,000 median
- Norbury Avenue£180,000 median
- Sandringham Road£196,000 median
- Exeter Close£120,000 median
- Judge Street£174,500 median
- Balmoral Road£169,000 median
- Bushey Mill Lane£206,000 median
- Regent Street£173,500 median
- Gisburne Way£145,500 median
- Dodd Road£226,250 median
- Anglian Close£140,000 median
- Copsewood Road£179,225 median
- Brighton Road£195,975 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 49 Cecil Street7 sales
- 103 Cecil Street6 sales
- 74 Cecil Street5 sales
- 50 Cecil Street5 sales
- 67 Cecil Street5 sales
- 76 Cecil Street5 sales
- 60 Cecil Street5 sales
- 35 Cecil Street5 sales
- 19 Cecil Street5 sales
- 73 Cecil Street5 sales
- 28 Cecil Street5 sales
- 40 Cecil Street4 sales
- 54 Cecil Street4 sales
- 77 Cecil Street4 sales
- 37 Cecil Street4 sales
- 18 Cecil Street4 sales
- 17 Cecil Street4 sales
- 16 Cecil Street4 sales
- 72 Cecil Street4 sales
- 9 Cecil Street4 sales
- 57 Cecil Street4 sales
- 95 Cecil Street4 sales
- 68 Cecil Street4 sales
- 134 Cecil Street3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cecil Street, Watford?
The median price paid in Cecil Street, Watford across every sale on the register is £172,475. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Cecil Street, Watford?
264 sales are on record for Cecil Street, Watford, the most recent completing on 9 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cecil Street, Watford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +78.0% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +38.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cecil Street, Watford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £365,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Cecil Street, Watford?
£2,356 per square metre, from the 92 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 9 Mar 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Cecil Street, Watford house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.