Ley Farm Close, Watford house prices are built from 214 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2011 and the most recent on 8 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £217,750. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +35.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +5.1%.
Median price paid
£217,750
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+35.5%
Change in real terms
+5.1%
Median per m²
£3,850
HM Land Registry214 sales112 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Ley Farm Close, Watford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ley Farm Close, Watford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9 | £240,000 | £338,400 |
| 2020s | 3 | £273,500 | £279,446 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ley Farm Close, Watford is £280,000 in 2021; the lowest is £171,500 in 2011. Across the full 12-year record the cash median has moved from £171,500 to £250,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £262,842, so the real change over the whole record is +10.2% — about +0.89% 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: +35.5% in cash against +5.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Hales Court | 8 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £282,500 | £282,500 |
| 71 Hales Court | 25 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 2 Hales Court | 2 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £228,000 | £232,957 |
| 12 Oliver Court | 27 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| 23 Edridge Court | 20 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 12 Edridge Court | 1 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £296,000 | £311,463 |
| 22 Hales Court | 15 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| 13 Oliver Court | 4 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £227,500 | £239,384 |
| 3 Edridge Court | 27 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 42 Hales Court | 11 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £233,000 | £251,747 |
| 31 Hales Court | 1 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| 26 Hales Court | 18 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 5 Edridge Court | 1 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £209,000 | £242,145 |
| 5 Hales Court | 7 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £236,000 | £273,426 |
| 19 Hales Court | 1 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 9 Edridge Court | 26 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 55 Hales Court | 15 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £247,000 | £286,171 |
| 48 Hales Court | 30 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| 24 Oliver Court | 27 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| 22 Edridge Court | 17 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 11 Oliver Court | 27 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £297,000 | £344,100 |
| 12 Hales Court | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £278,061 |
| 2 Edridge Court | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £232,500 | £269,371 |
| 19 Edridge Court | 29 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 52 Hales Court | 30 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £353,763 |
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 Ley Farm Close, Watford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £212,500 (2012) | £282,500 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 71 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £167,000 (2012) | £200,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 2 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £175,000 (2013) | £228,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.8% |
| 12 OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close | £218,000 (2011) | £295,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
| 23 EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close | £222,500 (2011) | £285,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| 12 EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close | £219,000 (2011) | £296,000 (2024) | +2.3% | -0.6% |
| 22 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £219,950 (2012) | £280,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| 13 OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close | £164,000 (2012) | £227,500 (2024) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| 3 EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close | £165,000 (2012) | £220,000 (2023) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 42 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £170,000 (2012) | £233,000 (2023) | +2.9% | -0.1% |
| 31 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £229,950 (2013) | £300,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| 26 HALES COURT Ley Farm Close | £214,950 (2013) | £300,000 (2022) | +3.8% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ley Farm Close, 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 | 214 | 100.0% | £217,500 | £125,000 – £385,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ley Farm Close, Watford
214 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 214 | 100.0% | £217,750 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 114 | 53.3% | £182,000 |
| Existing home | 100 | 46.7% | £247,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -26.3%. 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 13 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 Ley Farm Close, Watford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ley Farm Close, Watford sits above that national figure — +38.3%.
Within Watford the street ranks 483 of 939 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £204,950 (+6.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,850 per square metre, across 112 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 £125,000 to £385,000. 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
- St Albans Road£177,725 median
- Sheepcot Lane£250,000 median
- North Western Avenue£193,250 median
- High Road£220,000 median
- Briar Road£215,000 median
- Horseshoe Lane£197,000 median
- Osprey Close£120,000 median
- Ravenscroft£110,000 median
- Trevellance Way£165,000 median
- North Approach£210,000 median
- Coates Way£245,000 median
- Fern Way£210,000 median
- Beken Court£136,500 median
- Rochester Drive£111,000 median
- Peregrine Close£155,000 median
- Royce Grove£249,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 71, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close4 sales
- 12, OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close4 sales
- 9, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close4 sales
- 15, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close4 sales
- 12, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 13, OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 3, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 42, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 31, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 26, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 19, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 24, OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 22, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 12, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 19, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 52, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 26, OLIVER COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 26, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 24, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 49, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 10, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close3 sales
- 44, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close2 sales
- 2, HALES COURT Ley Farm Close2 sales
- 23, EDRIDGE COURT Ley Farm Close2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ley Farm Close, Watford?
The median price paid in Ley Farm Close, Watford across every sale on the register is £217,750. 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 Ley Farm Close, Watford?
214 sales are on record for Ley Farm Close, Watford, the most recent completing on 8 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ley Farm Close, Watford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.5% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +5.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ley Farm Close, Watford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £280,000, 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 Ley Farm Close, Watford?
£3,850 per square metre, from the 112 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 8 Jan 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, “Ley Farm Close, 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.