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Cardiff market report CF
The CF (Cardiff) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 493,852 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in the CF postcode area (Cardiff) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the 2026 median for the CF postcode area (Cardiff) is £230,000, from 6,022 registered sales, up 18% on five years earlier; the mean is £262,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,690 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 493,852 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
CF is the postcode area centred on Cardiff, taking in 35 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.
Where CF sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What a home in CF sells for
Across 6,022 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) CF home went for £230,000. The mean is £262,500, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in CF
The last five years of sales put CF at roughly £2,690 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts CF 19% below the country at large.
A typical CF home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £230,000 | £230,000 | 6,022 |
| 2025 | £230,000 | £235,500 | 13,698 |
| 2024 | £222,500 | £236,563 | 12,917 |
| 2023 | £215,000 | £236,233 | 12,225 |
| 2022 | £215,000 | £252,112 | 15,849 |
| 2021 | £195,000 | £246,895 | 17,610 |
| 2020 | £182,000 | £236,149 | 12,124 |
| 2019 | £170,000 | £222,829 | 15,843 |
| 2018 | £165,000 | £219,948 | 16,009 |
| 2017 | £160,000 | £218,224 | 16,109 |
| 2016 | £155,000 | £216,847 | 15,824 |
| 2015 | £149,000 | £210,537 | 15,459 |
| 2014 | £145,000 | £205,708 | 15,250 |
| 2013 | £140,000 | £201,446 | 12,896 |
| 2012 | £135,000 | £198,703 | 10,643 |
| 2011 | £132,000 | £199,269 | 10,764 |
| 2010 | £134,000 | £210,147 | 10,829 |
| 2009 | £132,000 | £212,191 | 9,972 |
| 2008 | £132,000 | £216,376 | 11,206 |
| 2007 | £140,000 | £237,479 | 20,740 |
| 2006 | £134,600 | £233,648 | 21,390 |
| 2005 | £125,000 | £222,450 | 17,026 |
| 2004 | £118,000 | £214,311 | 21,154 |
| 2003 | £91,500 | £168,565 | 23,418 |
| 2002 | £77,000 | £144,875 | 24,187 |
| 2001 | £65,000 | £124,959 | 21,578 |
| 2000 | £60,000 | £117,750 | 18,302 |
| 1999 | £56,500 | £112,602 | 16,743 |
| 1998 | £52,000 | £104,966 | 15,554 |
| 1997 | £50,000 | £102,540 | 16,607 |
| 1996 | £47,000 | £99,121 | 14,072 |
| 1995 | £45,000 | £97,823 | 11,832 |
In cash terms the typical CF home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £230,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 135%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2022. The market now sits about 9% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the CF median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+29.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−5.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What CF has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | 0.0% | −2.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.4% | −1.4% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +4.0% | −0.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.0% | +0.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 42% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £375,000 against £158,200 for a flat, 2.4 times the price.
Median by property type, CF
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £375,000 | 1,101 | 98,896 |
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 1,711 | 136,802 |
| Terraced | £187,000 | 2,576 | 205,443 |
| Flats | £158,200 | 634 | 52,711 |
How many homes change hands in CF
How many homes change hands
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
The register shows 10,770 CF sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 20,974 sales a year before the financial crisis and 12,142 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
How CF trades
Turnover here is strong: 10,770 sales in the last twelve months of data, enough that the medians rest on a genuinely broad base and one street cannot move the figure.
Rents around CF
The local authority for CF is Rhondda Cynon Taf, the local authority covering most of the CF area (parts fall under Cardiff and Bridgend, where rents differ), and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £748 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £524 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £991, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Rhondda Cynon Taf
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £230,000 median purchase price, a rent of £748 a month (£8,976 a year) works out at a 3.9% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
What people ask about CF (Cardiff)
How much did a house sell for in CF (Cardiff)?
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Will CF prices rise from here?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 18% over five years in cash but down 7% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
On the market in CF today
Everything above is what homes in CF sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 338 homes currently on the market from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 23% below the CF median sold price.
CF registered 10,770 sales in the last twelve months; the 338 homes listed now would take about 2 weeks to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger. Supply that short favours the seller; a sensibly priced home here does not sit for long.
Of everything listed here, 14% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Pantysgallog Houses, Pantysgallog, Merthyr Tydfil, Pantysgallog
- Heol Bryn Selu, Swansea Road, Swansea Road
- Bryncyn, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23, Cardiff
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every CF home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
When homes in CF change hands
Take the 72,299 CF sales dated 2021 to 2025 and sort them by month: June completions lead with 10.0% of the total, January trails with 6.3%. The spread between the busiest and quietest months is small, so timing matters less here than in most markets; price and presentation decide more than the calendar.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4,582 | 6.3% |
| February | 5,291 | 7.3% |
| March | 6,292 | 8.7% |
| April | 5,221 | 7.2% |
| May | 5,565 | 7.7% |
| June | 7,251 | 10.0% |
| July | 5,967 | 8.3% |
| August | 6,306 | 8.7% |
| September | 6,237 | 8.6% |
| October | 6,750 | 9.3% |
| November | 6,446 | 8.9% |
| December | 6,391 | 8.8% |
What another bedroom costs in CF
What homes of each size actually sold for across the CF area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £235,000 | £275,000 (+17%) | £315,997 (+15%) | £389,995 (+23%) | £485,000 (+24%) |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | £210,000 (+11%) | £235,000 (+12%) | £310,000 (+32%) | £450,000 (+45%) |
| Terraced | £166,000 | £150,000 (-10%) | £168,000 (+12%) | £250,000 (+49%) | £325,000 (+30%) |
| Flat | £135,500 | £170,000 (+25%) | £240,000 (+41%) | £279,000 (+16%) | £400,000 (+43%) |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CF area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the CF area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
District by district
The area medians above hide a lot. Here is every CF district with enough sales to measure, dearest first; each links to its own full report.
| District | Median (2026) | 5-year | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF71 Cowbridge, St Brides Major | £463,800 | +3% | 54 |
| CF15 Radyr & Morganstown | £370,000 | +23% | 115 |
| CF64 Penarth, Dinas Powys | £347,500 | +14% | 262 |
| CF36 Porthcawl, Nottage | £340,800 | +23% | 134 |
| CF14 Birchgrove, Whitchurch | £335,000 | +7% | 467 |
| CF61 Llantwit Major, Llan-maes | £309,200 | +24% | 56 |
| CF23 Llanishen, Cyncoed | £295,000 | +0% | 234 |
| CF5 Ely, Caerau | £287,000 | +10% | 423 |
| CF35 PENCOED TOWN, Coychurch | £270,000 | +29% | 151 |
| CF62 Barry (west), Rhoose | £270,000 | +20% | 351 |
| CF3 Llanrumney, Castleton | £250,000 | +14% | 219 |
| CF24 Roath & Plasnewydd, Splott | £245,000 | +23% | 227 |
| CF72 Pontyclun, Llantrisant | £240,000 | +5% | 178 |
| CF11 Canton, CARDIFF BAY (part of) | £234,000 | +11% | 267 |
| CF38 CHURCH VILLAGE, Tonteg | £231,000 | +20% | 160 |
| CF83 Caerphilly, Abertridwr | £229,000 | +24% | 327 |
| CF31 Bridgend, Brackla | £225,000 | +18% | 307 |
| CF33 Cornelly, Pyle | £215,000 | +34% | 83 |
| CF63 Barry (east), Cadoxton | £196,000 | +21% | 159 |
| CF82 Hengoed, Cefn Hengoed | £195,000 | +21% | 139 |
| CF32 Cefn Cribwr, Laleston | £193,000 | +38% | 179 |
| CF10 Grangetown, CARDIFF BAY (part of) & Butetown | £181,000 | +2% | 116 |
| CF46 Treharris, Quakers Yard | £181,000 | +30% | 84 |
| CF37 Glyncoch, Graig | £160,000 | +23% | 198 |
| CF81 Bargoed, Aberbargoed | £160,000 | +37% | 73 |
| CF44 Aberdare, Cwmaman | £155,000 | +28% | 224 |
| CF39 CYMMER & Glynfach & Trebanog, YNYSHIR & Wattstown | £150,000 | +20% | 175 |
| CF48 Cyfarthfa, Pant | £145,000 | +16% | 112 |
| CF40 TONYPANDY TOWN, TREALAW | £135,000 | +35% | 97 |
| CF45 Mountain Ash, Abercynon | £135,000 | +42% | 107 |
| CF47 Merthyr Tydfil, Gurnos | £134,800 | +14% | 70 |
| CF34 Maesteg, Llangynwyd | £128,500 | +15% | 95 |
| CF41 Pentre, Ton Pentre | £128,000 | +19% | 50 |
| CF42 Treorchy, Cwmparc | £122,800 | +17% | 62 |
| CF43 Ferndale, Blaenllechau | £109,000 | +36% | 67 |
Selling a home in CF? Price it on the evidence
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CF's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
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Two maps carry on from here: every CF sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.