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New homes in Watford
97.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 10
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.1
Homes started in Watford
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Watford
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Watford |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | 10 |
| Dec 2025 | 10 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 370 |
| Sep 2024 | 370 |
| Jun 2024 | 370 |
| Mar 2024 | 380 |
| Dec 2023 | 30 |
| Sep 2023 | 40 |
| Jun 2023 | 100 |
| Mar 2023 | 550 |
| Dec 2022 | 590 |
| Sep 2022 | 910 |
| Jun 2022 | 860 |
| Mar 2022 | 470 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,370 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,090 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,090 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,020 |
| Dec 2020 | 210 |
| Sep 2020 | 170 |
| Jun 2020 | 750 |
| Mar 2020 | 810 |
| Dec 2019 | 670 |
| Sep 2019 | 670 |
| Jun 2019 | 190 |
| Mar 2019 | 180 |
| Dec 2018 | 180 |
| Sep 2018 | 280 |
| Jun 2018 | 290 |
| Mar 2018 | 280 |
| Dec 2017 | 350 |
| Sep 2017 | 250 |
| Jun 2017 | 160 |
| Mar 2017 | 150 |
| Dec 2016 | 150 |
| Sep 2016 | 160 |
| Jun 2016 | 210 |
| Mar 2016 | 260 |
| Dec 2015 | 220 |
| Sep 2015 | 230 |
| Jun 2015 | 160 |
| Mar 2015 | 100 |
| Dec 2014 | 90 |
| Sep 2014 | 110 |
| Jun 2014 | 120 |
| Mar 2014 | 160 |
| Dec 2013 | 170 |
| Sep 2013 | 160 |
| Jun 2013 | 260 |
| Mar 2013 | 240 |
| Dec 2012 | 250 |
| Sep 2012 | 290 |
| Jun 2012 | 200 |
| Mar 2012 | 220 |
| Dec 2011 | 330 |
| Sep 2011 | 360 |
| Jun 2011 | 370 |
| Mar 2011 | 380 |
| Dec 2010 | 290 |
| Sep 2010 | 210 |
| Jun 2010 | 170 |
| Mar 2010 | 110 |
| Dec 2009 | 40 |
| Sep 2009 | 170 |
| Jun 2009 | 290 |
| Mar 2009 | 530 |
| Dec 2008 | 770 |
| Sep 2008 | 720 |
| Jun 2008 | 690 |
| Mar 2008 | 480 |
| Dec 2007 | 280 |
| Sep 2007 | 180 |
| Jun 2007 | 190 |
| Mar 2007 | 240 |
| Dec 2006 | 240 |
| Sep 2006 | 280 |
| Jun 2006 | 360 |
| Mar 2006 | 290 |
| Dec 2005 | 340 |
A start is the first count of a new home in the UK: no nation counts homes granted planning permission. Most starts are finished one to two years later. England's and Wales's counts come from building control, which misses some homes; Scotland counts housing association approvals as starts; Northern Ireland's begin in 2015.
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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £391,099 and £463,623 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £427,361
- Chance of a rise
- 75%
At the average sale price, a home costs £408,659. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,885 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 52%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £1,834
- Owning per month
- £1,924
Figures for United Kingdom: Watford has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 1995. The deepest began in August 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −20.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 52 months
In 2025 the population grew by 842 while 260 homes were finished: 3.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.2
- Population change, 2025
- +842
5.0% of the 41,411 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 5.0%
- Empty homes
- 2,070
In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 4%