Queens Road, Watford house prices are built from 357 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +70.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +23.8%.
Median price paid
£160,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+70.8%
Change in real terms
+23.8%
Median per m²
£2,938
HM Land Registry357 sales116 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Queens Road, Watford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Queens Road, Watford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £55,125 | £122,404 |
| 2000s | 10 | £146,500 | £266,880 |
| 2010s | 8 | £185,250 | £261,202 |
| 2020s | 4 | £295,000 | £301,413 |
The highest yearly median on record for Queens Road, Watford is £380,000 in 2025; the lowest is £31,000 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £31,000 to £380,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £68,835, so the real change over the whole record is +464.0% — about +5.94% 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: +70.8% in cash against +23.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127b | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 81c | 15 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 203 | 31 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £535,000 | £535,000 |
| 186 | 7 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £380,000 | £388,261 |
| 119 | 31 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £416,000 | £425,043 |
| 195 | 4 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £385,000 | £393,370 |
| Flat 11 Freshfield Court 155-159 | 27 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| Flat 1 161 | 8 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| Flat 3 James Yard, 179b | 1 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £305,149 |
| Flat 1 Ruby Court, 60 | 23 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| 10 Woolrych Court 137-139 | 1 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £215,709 |
| Flat 5 James Yard, 179b | 19 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 148 | 6 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £147,313 |
| Flat 3 161 | 16 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| Flat 24 Tantivy Court, 91 | 28 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £345,747 |
| Flat 2 James Yard, 179b | 28 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| Flat 1 James Yard, 179b | 15 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £324,000 | £350,069 |
| Flat 4 James Yard, 179b | 8 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £367,356 |
| 132a | 1 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| 3 Woolrych Court 137-139 | 5 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| Flat 6 Victoria Court, 89a | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £208,000 | £240,986 |
| 158 | 17 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £395,000 | £457,642 |
| 170 | 20 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £428,000 | £540,753 |
| 130 | 26 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 9 Coach House, 83 – 85 | 15 Dec 2020 | Detached | £362,500 | £469,353 |
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 Queens Road, Watford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127B Queens Road | £90,000 (2012) | £142,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 81C Queens Road | £117,000 (2011) | £215,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| 203 Queens Road | £310,000 (2018) | £535,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +3.3% |
| 186 Queens Road | £60,000 (1998) | £380,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 119 Queens Road | £165,500 (2003) | £416,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 195 Queens Road | £195,000 (2014) | £385,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.1% |
| FLAT 11 FRESHFIELD COURT 155-159 Queens Road | £172,500 (2005) | £280,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.5% |
| FLAT 1 161 Queens Road | £58,000 (1999) | £160,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| 10 WOOLRYCH COURT 137-139 Queens Road | £140,000 (2012) | £205,000 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 148 Queens Road | £430,000 (2009) | £140,000 (2024) | -7.2% | -9.9% |
| FLAT 3 161 Queens Road | £60,000 (1999) | £230,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 132A Queens Road | £54,000 (1999) | £225,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Queens Road, 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 | 224 | 62.7% | £150,000 | £20,000 – £409,998 |
| Terraced | 97 | 27.2% | £165,950 | £15,000 – £535,000 |
| Semi-detached | 31 | 8.7% | £201,000 | £32,000 – £428,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 1.4% | £225,000 | £92,000 – £430,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Queens Road, Watford
227 of the sales on record are leasehold and 130 freehold — 63.6% 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 £148,000 and the median freehold sale £186,750 — a gap of +26.2%. 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 | 227 | 63.6% | £148,000 |
| Freehold | 130 | 36.4% | £186,750 |
| New build | 33 | 9.2% | £173,000 |
| Existing home | 324 | 90.8% | £152,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +13.8%. 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 52 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 Queens Road, Watford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Queens Road, Watford sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Within Watford the street ranks 788 of 939 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £204,950 (-21.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,938 per square metre, across 116 of the 357 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 £15,000 to £535,000. 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
- Hempstead Road£284,950 median
- Langley Road£212,000 median
- Gladstone Road£130,000 median
- Grandfield Avenue£182,250 median
- Cassiobury Drive£622,500 median
- Courtlands Drive£182,000 median
- Estcourt Road£187,000 median
- Sutton Road£166,000 median
- Sotheron Road£171,200 median
- Lockhart Road£237,500 median
- Woodland Drive£488,000 median
- Loates Lane£250,000 median
- Clarendon Road£285,000 median
- Shaftesbury Road£182,500 median
- Ebury Road£125,500 median
- Greenbank Road£247,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 111 Queens Road8 sales
- 170 Queens Road6 sales
- 115 Queens Road6 sales
- FLAT 1, VICTORIA COURT, 89A Queens Road5 sales
- 81C Queens Road4 sales
- 195 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 3, 161 Queens Road4 sales
- 130 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 1, QUEENS COURT, 106 – 108 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 12, TANTIVY COURT, 91 Queens Road4 sales
- 174 Queens Road4 sales
- 140 Queens Road4 sales
- 164 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, 161 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 19, TANTIVY COURT, 91 Queens Road4 sales
- FLAT 1, 131 Queens Road4 sales
- 169 Queens Road4 sales
- 165 Queens Road4 sales
- 127B Queens Road3 sales
- 186 Queens Road3 sales
- 119 Queens Road3 sales
- 132A Queens Road3 sales
- 158 Queens Road3 sales
- FLAT 6, TANTIVY COURT, 91 Queens Road3 sales
Back to Watford house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Queens Road, Watford?
The median price paid in Queens Road, Watford across every sale on the register is £160,000. 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 Queens Road, Watford?
357 sales are on record for Queens Road, Watford, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Queens Road, Watford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +70.8% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +23.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Queens Road, Watford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £380,000, set in 2025. 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 Queens Road, Watford?
£2,938 per square metre, from the 116 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 30 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, “Queens Road, 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.