WD17 — Watford
Watford's WD17 postcode sits in Watford. The board behind it is assembled from 11,024 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 5 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical WD17 sale went from £70,000 in 1995 to £412,000 in 2026 — 5.9× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1999 — prices moved +34.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -12.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in WD17
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £70,000 | 253 |
| 2000 | £121,000 | 350 |
| 2005 | £215,000 | 348 |
| 2010 | £235,000 | 321 |
| 2015 | £315,000 | 357 |
| 2020 | £350,000 | 233 |
| 2025 | £380,000 | 296 |
| 2026 | £412,000 | 43 |
The areas on the board
5 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Watford (WD17 4) (46% of local sales) — busiest streets: Langley Road, Hempstead Road, Grandfield Avenue
- Watford (WD17 2) (28% of local sales) — busiest streets: Queens Road, Gladstone Road, Lower High Street
- Watford (WD17 3) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cassiobury Drive, Hempstead Road, Woodland Drive
- Watford (WD17 1) (12% of local sales) — busiest streets: Clarendon Road, St Albans Road, West Street
- Dorchester Close (0% of local sales)
Reading about 1999 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the WD17 board.
Local business? Put your name on the WD17 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.