Princes Avenue, Watford house prices are built from 212 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Nov 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £176,000. Across the 11 years from 2009 to 2020 the median moved +92.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +51.8%.
Median price paid
£176,000
Change in cash, 2009–2020
+92.7%
Change in real terms
+51.8%
Median per m²
£1,874
HM Land Registry212 sales50 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Nov 2024
Section 01
How Princes Avenue, Watford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Princes Avenue, Watford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2020. 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 | £73,005 | £162,106 |
| 2000s | 9 | £187,000 | £340,659 |
| 2010s | 5 | £255,500 | £360,255 |
| 2020s | 1 | £395,000 | £403,587 |
The highest yearly median on record for Princes Avenue, Watford is £395,000 in 2018; the lowest is £59,000 in 1995. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £59,000 to £395,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £131,008, so the real change over the whole record is +290.4% — about +5.60% 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: +92.7% in cash against +51.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 26 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £523,500 | £550,847 |
| 112 | 2 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 3 | 28 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £430,000 | £452,463 |
| 5 | 8 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £425,000 | £447,201 |
| 113 | 16 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £465,000 | £502,414 |
| 114 | 12 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 28 | 27 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £443,333 | £513,640 |
| 83 | 30 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £438,000 | £553,387 |
| 126 | 18 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £435,000 | £549,597 |
| 121 | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £430,000 | £543,280 |
| 109 | 10 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £383,000 | £483,898 |
| 153 | 30 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £420,000 | £543,802 |
| 107 | 5 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £395,000 | £511,433 |
| 115 | 19 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £360,000 | £466,116 |
| 39 | 31 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £390,000 | £504,959 |
| 79 | 31 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £410,000 | £530,854 |
| 36 | 2 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £451,400 | £590,421 |
| 86 | 30 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £375,000 | £499,764 |
| 63 | 1 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £404,000 | £538,412 |
| 132 | 1 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £390,000 | £519,754 |
| 56 | 19 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £435,000 | £579,726 |
| 65 | 2 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £400,000 | £533,081 |
| 88 | 25 Apr 2018 | Terraced | £350,000 | £466,446 |
| 113 | 14 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £375,000 | £510,376 |
| 81 | 15 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £415,000 | £564,817 |
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 Princes Avenue, Watford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Princes Avenue | £370,000 (2015) | £523,500 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.6% |
| 112 Princes Avenue | £74,000 (1997) | £385,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 3 Princes Avenue | £71,950 (1996) | £430,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 113 Princes Avenue | £105,000 (2001) | £465,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.1% |
| 114 Princes Avenue | £344,000 (2015) | £450,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.0% |
| 126 Princes Avenue | £85,000 (1999) | £435,000 (2021) | +7.7% | +5.4% |
| 121 Princes Avenue | £69,500 (1995) | £430,000 (2021) | +7.3% | +5.0% |
| 109 Princes Avenue | £73,000 (2000) | £383,000 (2021) | +8.2% | +5.9% |
| 153 Princes Avenue | £355,000 (2016) | £420,000 (2020) | +4.3% | +2.3% |
| 107 Princes Avenue | £132,000 (2002) | £395,000 (2020) | +6.3% | +4.0% |
| 79 Princes Avenue | £83,750 (1998) | £410,000 (2020) | +7.5% | +5.2% |
| 86 Princes Avenue | £91,000 (1997) | £375,000 (2018) | +7.0% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Princes Avenue, 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 | 196 | 92.5% | £176,000 | £42,000 – £523,500 |
| Semi-detached | 13 | 6.1% | £180,000 | £53,000 – £435,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 0.9% | £69,500 | £69,500 – £139,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 0.5% | £106,950 | £106,950 – £106,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Princes Avenue, Watford
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 211 freehold — 0.5% 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 £106,950 and the median freehold sale £176,000 — a gap of +64.6%. 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 | 1 | 0.5% | £106,950 |
| Freehold | 211 | 99.5% | £176,000 |
| New build | 2 | 0.9% | £62,475 |
| Existing home | 210 | 99.1% | £176,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -64.6%. 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 Princes Avenue, Watford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Princes Avenue, Watford sits above that national figure — +11.7%.
Within Watford the street ranks 694 of 939 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £204,950 (-14.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,874 per square metre, across 50 of the 212 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 £42,000 to £523,500. 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
- Whippendell Road£188,000 median
- Rickmansworth Road£185,000 median
- Scammell Way£77,225 median
- Chester Road£160,750 median
- Harwoods Road£166,045 median
- Cassio Road£99,950 median
- Byewaters£204,498 median
- Hagden Lane£187,000 median
- Pioneer Way£90,000 median
- Metropolitan Station Approach£255,000 median
- Colnebank Drive£415,000 median
- Himalayan Way£94,475 median
- Sydney Road£357,000 median
- The Gateway£236,000 median
- Croxley View£200,000 median
- St James Road£175,875 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 109 Princes Avenue5 sales
- 106 Princes Avenue5 sales
- 122 Princes Avenue5 sales
- 112 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 3 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 121 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 63 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 144 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 116 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 134 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 129 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 125 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 117 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 111 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 84 Princes Avenue4 sales
- 36 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 113 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 126 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 107 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 86 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 65 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 81 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 27 Princes Avenue3 sales
- 93 Princes Avenue3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Princes Avenue, Watford?
The median price paid in Princes Avenue, Watford across every sale on the register is £176,000. 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 Princes Avenue, Watford?
212 sales are on record for Princes Avenue, Watford, the most recent completing on 26 Nov 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Princes Avenue, Watford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +92.7% between 2009 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +51.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Princes Avenue, Watford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £395,000, set in 2018. 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 Princes Avenue, Watford?
£1,874 per square metre, from the 50 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 26 Nov 2024. 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, “Princes Avenue, 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.