House prices in Cardiff
A typical home in Cardiff sold for £230,000: the count-weighted median of the 31,421 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the CF postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Cardiff property market's median sold price, across the CF postcode area, was £230,000, from 5,033 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £195,000. That is a rise of 18%, about 3.4% a year.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Cardiff median is 19% lower.
Figures on this page cover the CF postcode area, the postal geography centred on Cardiff. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on CF postcodes are counted too.
Cardiff median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £230,000 | £260,500 | 5,033 |
| 2025 | £230,000 | £267,100 | 13,472 |
| 2024 | £222,500 | £254,700 | 12,916 |
| 2023 | £215,000 | £250,300 | 12,226 |
| 2022 | £215,000 | £249,100 | 15,847 |
| 2021 | £195,000 | £231,600 | 17,609 |
| 2020 | £182,000 | £209,900 | 12,122 |
| 2019 | £170,000 | £197,300 | 15,843 |
| 2018 | £165,000 | £192,700 | 16,009 |
| 2017 | £160,000 | £186,600 | 16,108 |
| 2016 | £155,000 | £180,000 | 15,823 |
| 2015 | £149,000 | £171,900 | 15,459 |
| 2014 | £145,000 | £166,200 | 15,249 |
| 2013 | £140,000 | £160,700 | 12,896 |
| 2012 | £135,000 | £154,300 | 10,642 |
| 2011 | £132,000 | £153,800 | 10,764 |
| 2010 | £134,000 | £154,600 | 10,829 |
| 2009 | £132,000 | £151,800 | 9,972 |
| 2008 | £132,000 | £150,100 | 11,206 |
| 2007 | £140,000 | £157,800 | 20,740 |
Medians are the middle sold price of the year's recorded sales. The average (mean) can sit well above the median when a few expensive homes change hands.
The priciest parts of Cardiff
Typical price is the count-weighted median over the last three recorded years. Only districts with at least 30 sales in that window are ranked, which keeps low-volume business postcodes out of these tables.
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF71 Cowbridge, St Brides Major | £445,000 | 354 | Report |
| CF14 Birchgrove, Whitchurch | £340,000 | 2,570 | Report |
| CF64 Penarth, Dinas Powys | £337,000 | 1,407 | Report |
| CF15 Radyr & Morganstown | £335,000 | 612 | Report |
| CF36 Porthcawl, Nottage | £320,000 | 648 | Report |
Best value in Cardiff
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF43 Ferndale, Blaenllechau | £94,500 | 324 | Report |
| CF42 Treorchy, Cwmparc | £120,000 | 415 | Report |
| CF45 Mountain Ash, Abercynon | £125,000 | 510 | Report |
| CF40 TONYPANDY TOWN, TREALAW | £125,000 | 528 | Report |
| CF41 Pentre, Ton Pentre | £127,500 | 280 | Report |
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