Gisburne Way, Watford house prices are built from 214 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 2 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £145,500. Across the 16 years from 2007 to 2023 the median moved +54.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.8%.
Median price paid
£145,500
Change in cash, 2007–2023
+54.8%
Change in real terms
-3.8%
Median per m²
£2,868
HM Land Registry214 sales70 with floor areaLatest sale 2 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Gisburne Way, Watford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Gisburne Way, Watford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2023. 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 | 4 | £83,500 | £185,409 |
| 2000s | 7 | £167,000 | £304,225 |
| 2010s | 1 | £217,500 | £306,675 |
| 2020s | 3 | £368,000 | £376,000 |
The highest yearly median on record for Gisburne Way, Watford is £368,750 in 2021; the lowest is £69,322 in 1997. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £83,950 to £258,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £182,107, so the real change over the whole record is +53.4% — about +1.60% 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: +54.8% in cash against -3.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 47 | 16 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| Flat 8 Branscombe House | 17 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £199,239 |
| Flat 9 Branscombe House | 29 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £207,000 | £217,813 |
| 7 | 4 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £395,000 | £415,634 |
| Flat 25 Branscombe House | 17 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £275,517 |
| Flat 13 Branscombe House | 27 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £207,500 | £224,195 |
| Flat 24 Branscombe House | 22 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £297,126 |
| Flat 26 Branscombe House | 3 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| Flat 15 Branscombe House | 17 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £258,500 | £279,299 |
| Flat 27 Branscombe House | 9 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 35 | 14 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £415,000 | £480,813 |
| 20 | 4 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £522,000 | £604,782 |
| 31 | 13 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 4 | 25 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £368,000 | £426,360 |
| Flat 21 Branscombe House | 6 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 3 | 5 May 2021 | Terraced | £362,500 | £457,997 |
| 2 | 17 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £395,000 | £499,059 |
| 7 | 15 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| Flat 19 Branscombe House | 22 Jan 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £252,500 | £319,019 |
| 10 | 15 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £378,300 | £477,960 |
| 17 | 20 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £452,500 | £591,860 |
| 10 | 21 Aug 2019 | Terraced | £340,000 | £444,712 |
| Flat 17 Branscombe House | 16 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £251,000 | £328,302 |
| Flat 7 Branscombe House | 11 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £359,830 |
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 Gisburne Way, Watford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Gisburne Way | £103,000 (1999) | £415,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 47 Gisburne Way | £82,500 (1996) | £420,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| FLAT 8 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £59,995 (1997) | £195,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| FLAT 9 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £58,995 (1997) | £207,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 7 Gisburne Way | £79,950 (1996) | £395,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| FLAT 25 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £72,950 (1997) | £255,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| FLAT 13 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £59,995 (1997) | £207,500 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| FLAT 24 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £69,300 (1997) | £275,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| FLAT 26 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £69,303 (1997) | £280,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| FLAT 15 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £74,995 (1997) | £258,500 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| FLAT 27 BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way | £69,303 (1997) | £260,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.9% |
| 35 Gisburne Way | £81,950 (1996) | £415,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Gisburne Way, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 105 | 49.1% | £125,000 | £58,995 – £280,000 |
| Terraced | 103 | 48.1% | £152,000 | £77,000 – £522,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4 | 1.9% | £104,950 | £103,905 – £245,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 0.9% | £103,950 | £103,950 – £249,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Gisburne Way, Watford
103 of the sales on record are leasehold and 111 freehold — 48.1% 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 £151,000 — a gap of +20.8%. 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 | 103 | 48.1% | £125,000 |
| Freehold | 111 | 51.9% | £151,000 |
| New build | 62 | 29.0% | £79,950 |
| Existing home | 152 | 71.0% | £178,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -55.2%. 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 2 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 Gisburne Way, Watford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Gisburne Way, Watford sits below that national figure — -7.6%.
Within Watford the street ranks 826 of 939 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £204,950 (-29.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,868 per square metre, across 70 of the 214 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 £58,995 to £522,000. 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
- Cecil Street£172,475 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
- 10 Gisburne Way7 sales
- FLAT 11, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way7 sales
- 7 Gisburne Way6 sales
- FLAT 24, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way6 sales
- FLAT 21, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way6 sales
- FLAT 16, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way6 sales
- FLAT 9, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way5 sales
- FLAT 25, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way5 sales
- FLAT 5, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way5 sales
- 23 Gisburne Way5 sales
- 16 Gisburne Way5 sales
- FLAT 12, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way5 sales
- 27 Gisburne Way5 sales
- 4 Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 8, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 13, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 26, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 15, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 27, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- 3 Gisburne Way4 sales
- 17 Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 7, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
- 33 Gisburne Way4 sales
- FLAT 1, BRANSCOMBE HOUSE Gisburne Way4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Gisburne Way, Watford?
The median price paid in Gisburne Way, Watford across every sale on the register is £145,500. 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 Gisburne Way, Watford?
214 sales are on record for Gisburne Way, Watford, the most recent completing on 2 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Gisburne Way, Watford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +54.8% between 2007 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Gisburne Way, Watford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £368,750, set in 2021. 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 Gisburne Way, Watford?
£2,868 per square metre, from the 70 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 2 Apr 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, “Gisburne Way, 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.