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Birchgrove market report CF14, Cardiff
The standing CF14 (Birchgrove) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 38,662 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in CF14 (Cardiff) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the typical home in CF14 (Cardiff) sold for £335,000 in 2026, the median of 467 registered sales, up 7% on five years earlier. The mean was £358,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,620 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 38,662 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
CF14 is the postcode district covering Birchgrove, Whitchurch, Thornhill & Lisvane in Cardiff. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where CF14 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 CF14 homes really sell for
Across 467 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) CF14 home went for £335,000. The mean is £358,500, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in CF14
By floor space, homes in CF14 have sold for about £3,620 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts CF14 18% above the country at large.
The price of a typical CF14 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £335,000 | £335,000 | 467 |
| 2025 | £350,000 | £358,370 | 1,127 |
| 2024 | £340,000 | £361,490 | 1,067 |
| 2023 | £330,000 | £362,589 | 937 |
| 2022 | £340,000 | £398,689 | 1,198 |
| 2021 | £312,500 | £395,665 | 1,407 |
| 2020 | £280,000 | £363,306 | 918 |
| 2019 | £270,000 | £353,905 | 1,222 |
| 2018 | £259,000 | £345,252 | 1,259 |
| 2017 | £243,000 | £331,428 | 1,227 |
| 2016 | £232,500 | £325,270 | 1,300 |
| 2015 | £218,800 | £309,164 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | £214,300 | £304,022 | 1,332 |
| 2013 | £197,500 | £284,183 | 1,205 |
| 2012 | £187,700 | £276,271 | 954 |
| 2011 | £180,000 | £271,731 | 917 |
| 2010 | £186,000 | £291,696 | 969 |
| 2009 | £173,200 | £278,420 | 1,022 |
| 2008 | £181,000 | £296,697 | 858 |
| 2007 | £191,000 | £323,989 | 1,501 |
| 2006 | £185,000 | £321,136 | 1,670 |
| 2005 | £175,000 | £311,429 | 1,192 |
| 2004 | £175,000 | £317,834 | 1,506 |
| 2003 | £153,000 | £281,863 | 1,582 |
| 2002 | £120,000 | £225,779 | 1,727 |
| 2001 | £96,000 | £184,555 | 1,602 |
| 2000 | £86,500 | £169,756 | 1,281 |
| 1999 | £78,000 | £155,450 | 1,257 |
| 1998 | £70,000 | £141,300 | 1,170 |
| 1997 | £67,000 | £137,403 | 1,413 |
| 1996 | £60,000 | £126,537 | 1,238 |
| 1995 | £60,000 | £130,431 | 917 |
In cash terms the typical CF14 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £335,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 157%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 16% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CF14 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 2003 (+27.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−5.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −4.3% | −6.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.4% | −3.3% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +3.0% | −1.3% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.7% | +0.3% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 37% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £462,500 against £174,000 for a flat, 2.7 times the price.
Median by property type, CF14
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 | £462,500 | 82 | 7,549 |
| Semi-detached | £386,500 | 174 | 14,462 |
| Terraced | £312,500 | 134 | 10,740 |
| Flats | £174,000 | 77 | 5,911 |
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 861 CF14 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 1,508 sales a year before the financial crisis and 959 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the CF14 market
Among the 35 measurable districts of its area, CF14 ranks 5 by median price: firmly in the dearer tier.
What tenants pay around CF14
For renting purposes CF14 sits in Cardiff. The ONS average private rent there is £1,157 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £894 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,677, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Cardiff
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,157 a month is £13,884 a year, which against the £335,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.1%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
What people ask about CF14 (Birchgrove)
How much did a house sell for in CF14 (Birchgrove)?
Are property prices falling in CF14 (Birchgrove)?
Is CF14 (Birchgrove) a good place to buy a house?
Where do CF14 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 7% over five years in cash but down 15% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in CF14 today
Everything above is what homes in CF14 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 86 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 14% above the CF14 median sold price.
CF14 registered 861 sales in the last twelve months; the 86 homes listed now would take about 5 weeks to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger. That is a thin shelf: buyers here are choosing from little, and a well priced home is unlikely to wait long.
9% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Hollybush Estate, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14, Cardiff
- Clos Hendre, Cardiff, CF14, Cardiff
- Melbourne Court TynYParc Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14, 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 CF14 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Listed against sold: the CF14 mix
In CF14, detached homes made up 23% of recent sales yet only 9% of today's listings. Demand outrunning supply for a type is the clearest sign a fairly priced one will go quickly.
| Type | Share of homes for sale now | Share of sales, 2024 and 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 9% | 23% |
| Semi-detached | 49% | 36% |
| Terraced | 20% | 25% |
| Flats | 22% | 16% |
The listing shares count homes published to HomesIndex by agents today; the sales shares count HM Land Registry registrations. Listings typed only as "house", "bungalow" or similar, which the register would file under one of the four forms, are excluded from the listing side.
The CF14 sales calendar
Across the 5,736 sales completed in CF14 from 2021 to 2025, June was the busiest month for completions (9.7% of the total) and January the quietest (6.7%). 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 | 385 | 6.7% |
| February | 413 | 7.2% |
| March | 499 | 8.7% |
| April | 452 | 7.9% |
| May | 462 | 8.1% |
| June | 556 | 9.7% |
| July | 462 | 8.1% |
| August | 481 | 8.4% |
| September | 501 | 8.7% |
| October | 549 | 9.6% |
| November | 513 | 8.9% |
| December | 463 | 8.1% |
Bedroom by bedroom: CF prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the CF area, straight 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%) |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
CF14 ranks 31 of 35 in the CF area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, CF area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside CF14, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CF14 0 | £510,000 | 40 |
| CF14 1 | £350,000 | 69 |
| CF14 2 | £300,000 | 54 |
| CF14 3 | £315,000 | 51 |
| CF14 4 | £370,000 | 64 |
| CF14 5 | £280,000 | 58 |
| CF14 6 | £406,200 | 46 |
| CF14 7 | £333,800 | 22 |
| CF14 9 | £315,000 | 63 |
How CF14 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CF area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CF71 | £463,800 | +3% |
| CF15 | £370,000 | +23% |
| CF64 | £347,500 | +14% |
| CF36 | £340,800 | +23% |
| CF14 (this report) | £335,000 | +7% |
| CF61 | £309,200 | +24% |
| CF23 | £295,000 | +0% |
| CF5 | £287,000 | +10% |
| CF35 | £270,000 | +29% |
| CF62 | £270,000 | +20% |
| CF3 | £250,000 | +14% |
| CF24 | £245,000 | +23% |
| CF72 | £240,000 | +5% |
| CF11 | £234,000 | +11% |
| CF38 | £231,000 | +20% |
| CF83 | £229,000 | +24% |
| CF31 | £225,000 | +18% |
| CF33 | £215,000 | +34% |
| CF63 | £196,000 | +21% |
| CF82 | £195,000 | +21% |
| CF32 | £193,000 | +38% |
| CF10 | £181,000 | +2% |
| CF46 | £181,000 | +30% |
| CF37 | £160,000 | +23% |
Selling a home in CF14? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in CF14, open the average prices map and zoom from the CF14 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded CF14 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with CF14 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual CF14 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.